> Michael wrote: > And a rep from the CDC or some other place I forget said that this is not > the case. The real reason was that the profit margin is just to low.
Exactly. Here's what I heard: The vaccine must be started 9-12 months before its intended use and then it cannot be used. That means that a company must forcast demand: if they forcast too high, they have to eat the loss; if they forcast too low they run out. To maximize profit, they want to forcast low such that there isn't enough vaccine, but they sell out. If that happened people would needlessly die so the federal government stepped in to negotiate for bidders. Mr. Bush's administration, however, refused to guarantee a minimum number of doses to purchase so many bidders never applied, leaving those with the least to lose. That is, the crappy ones. Other countries will guarantee the minimum nuber of doses and also purchase from multiple bidders which is why Canada and the UK have plenty of vaccine and the US doesn't. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| The annual ColdFusion User Conference is being held Sat 6/26 - Sun 6/27/04 8am-5pm in the Washington DC Area. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=44 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:132778 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
