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1. They’re not sure how many people actually die from the flu each year

2. We can’t tell how many fewer deaths occur each year because the vaccine was given

3. If the Pharmaceutical companies didn’t take a stab at building a vaccine, they’d be attacked viciously for leaving the public unprotected

4. It’s all a prediction game. It’s very difficult to predict in January through March what the bugs will look like in October - February. Nobody has come up with a better way yet. For now, we go with what we’ve been doing. Makes sense.

5. Pharmaceutical companies put a lot of effort into producing the vaccine. They do so in large numbers so everyone that wants protection can have it.

6. Pharmaceutical companies that have stuck their necks out to do the best they can, have a reasoned expectation that they will be able to move the vaccine.

7. That IS NOT solely for the pharmaceutical companies benefit. If they went to all that effort and didn’t sell vaccine, with 24 months there would no longer be a vaccine available.

8. Folks, life isn’t perfect. There isn’t always a boggy man around every corner.

9. I read an article here on the forum in the last few days, where they’ve tried a different method to combat the flu. It’s a vaccine made a different way. They have had good success in animals. It’s effective against all strains of influenza. Hopefully in the next few years, they’ll crack this sucker wide open, and there will no longer be a flu epidemic each year. Until then folks will bitch and moan.

Isn’t life grand...