Hillary's Flu Vaccine Crisis

newsmax.com ^ | 12/13/03 | Carl Limbacher

[Mich0127]

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Click Here Hillary's Flu Vaccine Crisis

Newspapers are awash this week with headlines warning that the U.S. is running out of flu vaccine, just as the crisis reaches near-epidemic levels, with 11 children dead so far.

But as top radio talker Rush Limbaugh noted this week, the press isn't explaining how the most sophisticated health care system in the world was caught short by the flu crisis.

Perhaps reporters ought to ask New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, since one of the few health care reforms she managed to inflict on the nation during her co-presidency has now backfired by driving most of America's flu vaccine producers out of business.

As reported by the Wall Street Journal this week, "The reason for today's shortage - as well as seven previous preventive vaccine shortages since 2000 - is that there are just five vaccine makers.

"This lack of suppliers is partly thanks to Hillary Clinton, who as first lady turned government into the majority buyer of vaccines and pushed prices so low as to make business unsustainable."

Last summer the Journal noted that the problem goes back to 1993, when Mrs. Clinton's "Vaccines for Children Program" was first implemented.

Hillary's vaccine crusade was being pushed by her Children's Defense Fund mentor Marian Wright Edelman - even though U.S. child vaccination rates at the time were considered relatively high by medical experts.

But that didn't stop Sen. Clinton and her "reformers." She pressured Congress to back the disastrous plan in a bid to make vaccines more available to poor, uninsured and underinsured children. In the process she turned the government into the major purchaser and distributor of vaccines.

Oops! Unfortunately for the familles of the 11 children killed by the disease so far, things didn't quite work out the way Hillary had planned.

As noted by the Kansas City Star this week, the decision to force vaccine makers to discount their price resulted in "declining financial incentives to develop and produce vaccines."

What's more, the vaccination rate "barely budged" after the Hillary-Edelman brainchild was implemented.

Hillary's "reform" did, however, manage to leave the nation thoroughly unprepared to handle the current flu crisis.

[Bringbackthedraft]

I'll believe all this about Hillary when I see it on the news. It should be reported shortly on CNN, NBC, CBS, ABC and all their affiliates. This is definately a news story! Any minute now, watch for it, tomorrows Sunday newspapers should have headlines about it. I Can't wait. YEAH RIGHT!

[chiller]

Also, using the giant Microsoft is not a legitimate comparison to vaccine makers. MS has the wherewithall to put a lot of people under.

[desertcry]

Who cares about the children, the old and the weak dieing of the flu and who is responsible for it. What is important to the liberal media, including FOX is, Halliburton is supplying fuel to the troops at a higher price than it should be. If it's hillary who is responsible, lives are cheap. The witch must NOT be made accountable at all cost.

[Mich0127]

Okay, but on a more serious note, please tell me what impact you think Hillary's plan had?
...I'm waiting...

[Mich0127]

is that next to "Living History"?

[Mich0127]

You are absolutely right: it is like comparing apples and bicycle tires!

[jonathanleebrown]

"Vaccination supplies are expected to be plentiful this year and people were urged to begin getting flu vaccinations in October and November. With enough vaccine supply to meet demand, anyone - regardless of age or health status - should be able to get vaccinated..."

The interesting thing is, this excerpt ( BTW it is from http://www.apha.org/journal/nation/flucover1103.htm Don't you hate it when posters don't support their assertions with citiations?) is from an article not even a month old. I am not inclined to think that production was low because of less manufacturers, but rather fell short due to unexpected demand. In which case implicates the media in my POV.

[Mich0127]

Yeah, because we all know that the liberal media is in the quest for the truth...NOT!

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Sorry, I will never stop blaming the Clintons!!!

Clinton ruined this country. He sold our military secrets to Red China, he feminized the military, disassembled our values, our freedoms, and our beliefs.

Not to mention the laundry list of his associates who died under mysterious circumstances.

Have you ever heard liberals who stopped blaming Reagan for the "homeless," the "rich," and the "AIDS crisis?"

Next time read the article. NewsMax does a fine job of getting us sheeple the real news that isn't reported by the lamestream media. Do you think they're just making this up to preach to the choir?

[armymarinemom]

It should be.

[Mich0127]

Yeah, because broadcasting this is bad publicity...and what is a few lives compared to Bush bashing?
She probably justified the death of these children by thinking: Oh well, they would have grown up to be conservative anyway...

[chiller]

What about the New York Times? I've got a free 2 week trial of the NYT..."Hillary's VACCINE SHORTAGE" will be in there, too, I'm certain. I looked for it today...maybe tomorrow.....I'm sure they'll get to it...front page no doubt....

Btw, I will be cancelling the Times after I kill a few more trees.

[Mich0127]

Don't waste your time looking. There are two good uses for the NY Times: cat litter boxes and doggie wee-wee pads!
If you are going to get it for free, at least use it the way it was intended!

And keep this in mind for the future: Just because it is free, it doesn't mean that you should take it...Would you take a free 2 week trial of massages given by Hillary? I think not. I have more faith in you than that!

Take this as a lesson! LOL!

[BluH2o]

Hillary back in the cattle future days in Little Rock thought, as the governor's wife, she should be involved in reforming Arkansas's abysmal school system. After much ballyhoo at the time Arkansas school achievement ratio is still mired in the bottom 10 percent ... in fact it went from 42nd in the nation to 48th while Clinton was still governor. Hilda-beast's track record comes up short again ...

[Mich0127]

Don't waste your time talking to those who refuse to hear

[chiller]

The one assertion of cpst's I agree with is media hype. I suspect actual flu numbers are only slighty higher than previous years, if that. What is higher is the hype. I get the feeling that if Michael Jackson was looking guilty, or some such trash news story, that we'd be hearing a lot less about the flu and vaccine shortages.

[Mich0127]

And did you expect anything different?

[jmstein7]

So let me get this straight... if someone is caught 10 times for doing 10 "bad" things, you can't blame them for the 11th "bad" thing, even if they did it, because you've already blamed them for too many things? That's absurd.

P.S. ... commie.

[chiller]

You just had to throw in the Hillary qualifier, didn't you?

Actually, I'm looking forward to explaining why I'm cancelling the NY Times.

[Mich0127]

Sorry :-)..but it is the best way to make my point...and it is funny!

Oh, and please do tell me what you say to the NY Times people...I am looking forward to hearing it!