if you're not going to talk about how to get a flu shot these days then change the subject of the email before sending emails so i know not to bother reading more political bs.
Jim Lubin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Jim Lubin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Sure Clinton made a mess of this, the economy and didn't do anything about the terrorist threat so blame the next administration for not fixing it? Would you be blaming president Gore for not fixing the problem? I suppose you believe president Kerry will fix the problem? Doubt it, he was part of the congress that caused the problem in the first place. Of course, president Kerry will cure every disease known to man with his miracle embryonic stem cells so you won't need to be put through such stress to find a flu shot anyway.
At 01:28 PM 10/20/2004, Dan wrote:
Well we can't thank the Bush administration for fixing this problem either. Bush has had 4 years but he hasn't even attempted to address this issue and even now, he's acting like it's no big deal. After all, what's a few sick and old people. Bush is a war president - it's hard work.
And I'd love to stay away from people who have the flu but I use PCAs and if they have the flu or are just coming down with it, I still need them to assist me. Also, the flu season in my part of the country last for 5 months. Does that mean I have to stay in my house for those 5 months - no going to the movies, shopping, church services, etc., etc.?
At 12:51 PM 10/20/04 -0700, Jim Lubin said something that elicited my response:
I'm paralyzed from the neck down and dependent on a respirator to breathe 24/7 due to Acute Transverse Myelitis. I have never gotten a flu vaccination and don't plan to either. Just stay away from people who are sick.
But since you asked why we can't produce enough flu vaccine, you can thank the bad policy decisions of the Clinton administration in the early '90s that drove most of the companies in this country to stop producing vaccines. Due to price controls to excessive regulation, the companies were not able to make a profit and stopped producing them.
Jim
At 11:17 AM 10/20/2004, rmauro wrote:For a severely disabled person like me, who uses a respirator, like the late Christopher Reeve, to breath twenty-four hours a day, not being able to get a flu shot is very scary, to say the least. For us disabled people, a flu shot could be a matter of life and death.
It is an absolute outrage that we disabled Americans must be put through such stress to find a possibly life saving flu shot. In a country that can spend 200 billion on a foreign war, our government should be able to produce enough flu vaccine for all its citizens.
Each year an average of 36,000 people die of the flu. If 4000 more than that 36,000 die this year as a result of this vaccine shortage, that will be 1000 more than died in 9/11 -- and that is truly an outrage!
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I have post polio syndrome and use a vent like the late Chris Reeve to breath 24/7.
Bob Mauro, KZ2G
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