H1N1 Vaccinations To Be Offered To Guantanamo Bay Detainees

CNN via WIBW.com ^ | Oct 30, 2009 | Mike Mount

[BAW]

The Pentagon will offer the H1N1 vaccination to detainees at the U.S. facility at Guantanamo Bay, officials there said Friday.

The Pentagon made the decision based on U.S. government assessments that people held in detention facilities are at high risk for the pandemic, said Maj. Diana R. Haynie, a spokeswoman for Joint Task Force Guantanamo Bay, which is in charge of holding the suspected terrorists.

[BAW]

Strikes me as odd that there are vaccine shortages, waiting lines to get it (for those that want it) and yet we are giving the GITMO detainees the vaccine.

[Slump Tester]

Strikes me as SOP, given who and what our president is.

[LegendHasIt]

Wait a minute...
Swine is haram...
Wouldn’t swine flu vaccine be haram?

Won’t they be violating their prisoners rights, indeed perhaps dooming them to Jahannam by giving them the vaccine?

Well, then.... It sounds like a good idea to me. I’ll be glad to donate my share to such a good cause.

[annieokie]

Yes, lol, but don’t say it to loudly, give them a lot of it.

[chainsaw]

Good, we need more guinea pigs before the rest of us get that vaccine.

This stuff is being rushed through without proper testing to make sure it’s safe.