H1N1 vaccines – they’re practically giving them away!
You know that H1N1 flu vaccine that’s been scarce in many areas?
It’s about to get a lot scarcer.
Recently, U.S. officials announced they would cut in half their order of vaccine doses from one of the five companies that supply the vaccine.
This same thing is happening in other countries too. The UK has reduced a vaccine order with one company and may completely discontinue another order. Both France and Germany are attempting to cut their entire orders in half.
Reuters Health reports that the Netherlands and Switzerland have surpluses. Officials there are planning to ship unused vaccines to countries that have a shortage. I guess they plan to leave the vaccines on the front porch of those countries, ring the doorbell and run.
In a simpler era we’d all be lining up to get our shots. We’d have complete faith in Modern Medicine and the idea of “better living through chemistry.”
But here in the not-so-simple 21st century we were able to get the word out that the dreaded killer swine flu pandemic was mostly about vaccine sales.
To Your Good Health,
Jenny Thompson
Source:
“U.S. Scales Back H1N1 Vaccine, Cuts One Order in Half” Reuters Health, 1/11/10, reutershealth.com
