Tuesday, November 01, 2005

20 million People.

That is how many will receive a flu vaccine under the current plan outlined by President Bush.
What is the current population, again?

Should America be moving towards a Canadian-style medical system?
That is, in essence, what is being contemplated when the Presdident states that Americans need to have vaccines against any flu that comes along, avian or otherwise.
After all, why stop there. Should we defend ourselves against influenza, only to die from the newest version of typhoid or cholera? Shouldn't the US stockpile, at government expense, agents against every disease, ready to give out should one develop into a pandemic?

Sounds expensive.

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