Posted on 11/15/2004 11:08:06 AM PST by newgeezer
That's true, in 2003 there was more supply than demand and 3-4 million doses were discarded -- but there was also nearly twice as much supply in 2003 compared to this year.
That's essentially correct. However, an article in the Washington Post a couple of weeks ago indicated that many drug companies will get back in when new gene technology makes the egg-based production method obsolete -- and that might happen in only 4-5 years.
but there was also nearly twice as much supply in 2003 compared to this year.<<<
That is my point. Last year, as in most years, the flu shot was OVER-SUPPLIED.
In 2004, we probably got exactly as much as we would have used without the "shortage". If all the vaccine would have been viable, we probably would have thrown out at least 1/2 of it again.
Hey Ellen, you moroness: stay out of dr's offices where the sick congregate, wash your hands with anti-bacterial soap frequently, and stop picking your nose. You'll survive, bimbo.
I've seen the Canadian system, and I think this is a foretaste of a government run system. Politicians pay attention to whatever is sexy at the moment and don't like oversight much. So, they don't keep up with things. Surely, in this time when we are finding we must beef up our national security and intelligence we don't need to give those old farts in the Senate more authority over something they know nothing about. They have more than enough to do.
Exactly!
LOL! I am still laughing!
Hey not only that, but how about suing attorneys for undermining a business??? Let the doctors get their malpractice insurance money back from the attorneys, juries and the judges.
Me too, sl! LOL!
Of course, she can't be bothered to lay the blame for this flu shot shortage where it belongs, right at the feet of Clinton and the Democrats who make it totally unprofitable for American flu shot manufacturers to continue to make it here so it left America vulnerable to shortages.
Who needs the flu when you have Ellen Goodman to induce vomiting?
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