Government Report: H1N1 Poses 'Serious' Health Threat to U.S. (drug, companies)

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"Government Report: H1N1 Poses 'Serious' Health Threat to U.S."
Monday, August 24, 2009

The H1N1 flu poses a serious health threat to the United States, the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology said in a report released Monday.

"The report says the current strain 'poses a serious health threat' to the nation. The issue is not that the virus is more deadly than other flu strains, but rather that it is likely to infect more people than usual because it is a new strain against which few people have immunity," the White House said.

U.S. officials should help drug companies speed up the supply of swine flu vaccines to have at least some available to start vaccinating people by mid-September instead of mid-October as scheduled, White House science advisers said.


Government Report: H1N1 Poses 'Serious' Health Threat to U.S. - Infectious Disease - FOXNews.com

[checking out]

Hocus pocus, alla *****, balderdash and scizzle butt...

And just what would the action plan be? Why not use the thermo-sensors at the airport like the "intelligent" countries are doing??? Forget that I asked.

[Leisesturm]

Hmmmm. Two labs I think were given the franchise to make H1N1 vaccine and one of them left a freeezer door open and the other can't get their cultures to grow... ... that's what happens when you give Capitalists the inside track on a groovy racket like saving the entire U.S. from the deadliest epidemic to come along in decades.

Typical American response above, however. Identify and isolate the poor S.O.B's who come down with the thing and keep them out of my air supply. What if you come down with it 'checking out'? You'll want to know why more vaccine couldn't have been made available given that we've known this was coming since last year.

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