"Americans Going to Canada for Flu Shots"

[GreenPartyVoter]

We can't bring Candian drugs to us, so we gotta go to them.



BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - With a shortage of flu vaccine across the country, Margaret Holmen and others from the Powers Lake Senior Citizens Center have been talking about going to Canada for their shots. Clinics and pharmacies across the border are offering to inoculate U.S. residents, and Holmen said she planned to call clinics in Estevan, Saskatchewan, if she cannot get a flu shot in North Dakota this week.

"Everybody here is thinking about it," said Holmen, the senior center's manager. "We hear on the news that we should be patient, but we don't know what to do."

Word of Canada's vaccine availability is spreading quickly. Eighty Americans showed up for flu shots Tuesday at Henders Drug in Estevan - located about nine miles north of the North Dakota border - although the store's newspaper advertisement hadn't even run yet.

"I suspect there will be a lot more," said Larry Preddy, pharmacist and co-owner of the store. He charges Americans the same price as Canadians - $15 Canadian or about $12 U.S.

http://apnews1.iwon.com//article/20041020/D85R4F7O0.html?PG=home&SEC=news

[MercutioATC]

1. Does anybody else find it ironic.....

....that the Bush radio ads claim that Kerry's health plan will turn the U.S. into Canada (with long waits for health care).

Gee...Canada seems to be doing better than we are right now...