Hi ladies, thought this was interesting...
I've lurked for a very long time but have never posted. I'm very much a republican, and there's never been a doubt in my mind that my vote will be for President Bush.
I had to post this here because it's just yet another thing that burns my butt about sKerry and Edwards. Please forgive me if it's already been mentioned.
A very interesting read.....
The Flu Vaccine
Be sure to read the last line!
How the vaccine works:
Influenza vaccine is produced by growing the
virus in eggs. The virus is killed and processed
to create the vaccine, which is given by
injection under the skin.
The body then produces antibodies to the virus
over the next two to four weeks. If the immunized
person then comes into contact with the influenza
virus, the antibodies attack and kill the virus
before it has a chance to cause infection. The
vaccine contains the 3 most likely strains to be
active during the "flu season"
Why the shortage:
Almost half of the nation's flu vaccine will not
be delivered this year. Chiron, a major
manufacturer of flu vaccine, will not be
distributing any influenza vaccine
this flu season. Chiron was to make 46-48 million
doses of the vaccine for the United States.
Chiron is a British company. Recently British
health officials stopped Chiron from distributing
and making the vaccine when inspectors found
unsanitary conditions in the labs. Some lots of
the vaccine were recalled and destroyed.
Why is our vaccine made in the UK and not the US?
The major pharmaceutical companies in the US
provided almost 90% of the nations flu vaccine at
one time. They did this despite a very low profit
margin for
the product. Basically, they were doing us a
favor. In the late 80's a man from North Carolina
who had received the vaccine got the flu. The
strain he caught was one of the strains in that
years vaccine made by a US company. What did he
do? He sued and he won. He was awarded almost $5
million! After that
case was appealed and lost, most US
pharmaceutical companies stopped making the
vaccine. The liability out weighed the profit
margin.
Since UK and Canadian laws prohibit such
frivolous law suits, UK and Canadian companies
began selling the vaccine in the US.
By the way...the lawyer that represented the man
in the flu shot law suit was a young ambulance
chaser by the name of John Edwards.
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