Canadian swine flu vaccine set for October

[marmar]

from CBC News:



Canadian swine flu vaccine set for October
Last Updated: Friday, July 17, 2009 | 3:02 PM ET

CBC News


Canada will have enough H1N1 vaccine in place by late October to deal with any swine flu outbreak, federal Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq said Friday.

Aglukkag told reporters that drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline Inc., with whom Ottawa has a contract to develop a swine flu treatment, should be able to produce enough of the drug by then to treat a major spread of the infection.

"Everyone who needs vaccine will be able to get at least one dose before Christmas," Aglukkag said as she gave an update on the H1N1 flu.

Many countries have been scrambling to stockpile treatments for swine flu after the disease began spreading in April. But the lack of available product has forced some governments to develop supply plans in case of a major outbreak of the H1N1 virus. .............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/17/health-minister-canada-swine-flu.html

[stray cat]

1. There is usually only one or two strains worldwide created to make vaccine

those strains have not been successfully created yet - once and if they can be made they are sent to vaccine creators worldwide - so it seems unlikely any one country is able to make any promise This is clearly only their goal - one that appears no different from the wish list of the US and Europe.

[Kingofalldems]

2. But wait, the Canadian system is really bad and

they get second rate care and......:sarcasm: