Actually it has to do with tort reform. To many lawsuits related to the very rare complications of vaccines. American companies don't want to take the chance and the British supply didn't meet FDA standards.
You can skip the whole FDA process by going to Canada for a shot. -sm --- Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=38 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:132785 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
