Sucks for You, Teabaggers - Socialized Medicine Anyone???

[kpete]

OUTBREAK!

Report: Swine flu could cause up to 90,000 U.S. deaths
updated 9:29 p.m. EDT, Mon August 24, 2009
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/24/us.swine.flu.projections/

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Georgia crafting swine flu vaccine plan
By Shelia M. Poole and Craig Schneider


The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

With only a month to go before the first swine flu vaccine is scheduled to arrive, Georgia health officials are still devising plans to get the new vaccine to hospitals, doctors, schools, clinics and - ultimately - to your arm.

State and local health officials say they will be ready to distribute vaccine when it arrives, but numerous questions remain on where exactly it will be available and what if any cost there will be.
http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-crafting-swine-flu-136909.html

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just saying...Sucks for You, Teabaggers.

(hat tip to Barack_America)

Swine flu shot exceeds hopes
Just 1 dose found effective, enabling more people to get vaccine

By Kelly Brewington | [e-mail]

September 12, 2009

Twice as many adults could get the swine flu vaccine as scientists initially expected because the inoculation works in just one dose instead of two, federal officials announced Friday.

The preliminary data from American clinical trials of a vaccine come as a surprise and a relief to public health experts who feared there would not be enough vaccine to reach everyone who would need it.

The data confirm results from an Australian study released Thursday that also found that one dose is effective.

"This is very good news for the vaccination program, both with regard to the supply of the vaccine and its potential efficacy," said Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health. The agency is funding the American trials of two vaccines, one from drugmaker Sanofi Pasteur and another from CSL Ltd.
http://www.therapeuticsdaily.com/news/article.cfm?contenttype=sentryarticle&contentvalue=1931275&channelID=30

Feds go hog wild promoting swine-flu shots
CDC spends $16 million on 'outreach' to convince Americans to get vaccine
Posted: August 27, 2009
12:48 am Eastern
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=108035
http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE56669020090709
Flu shot costs might stretch family budget
http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20090901/NEWS01/909010329/1001/NEWS

[Barack_America]

1. Aren't flu shots tax payer funded?

At least in large part.

Sucks for the teabaggers, doesn't look like they'll be able to take them.