“As always with pandemic flus, taxpayers are footing the $1. 5 billion check for the 250 million swine flu vaccines that the government has ordered so far a…Government health officials “are mobilizing to launch a massive swine flu vaccination campaign this fall that is unprecedented in its scope — … 600 million doses all together — if the pandemic or demand warrants it,” the report said….
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Nearly two-thirds of U.S. parents say they will hold off having their children vaccinated against the H1N1 swine flu or will not get them immunized at all, according to a survey released on Wednesday. The findings, published by Consumer Reports, underscore one of the main challenges facing the Obama administration as it readies a massive swine flu vaccination roll-out — how to persuade the most vulnerable people to protect themselves against the new virus.
Perhaps their fears of massive swine flu infection is justified, since we now learn their “h …
[Read story at the Straight website] Remember when they called it “swine flu”? …
THE MIAMI HERALD Florida’s surgeon general says the state is preparing for massive swine flu immunizations, starting with schoolchildren, as the Obama administration urges states to prepare for the likelihood that the virus might worsen in the fall. ”We may end up averting a crisis. That’s our hope,” said President Barack Obama, who took time away from the G-8 summit in Italy to telephone another summit back home — the 500 state and local health officials meeting to prepare for swi
… social-economic development target in the long run but we cannot afford to ignore risks and challenges arising from global warming and pandemic especially the outbreak o ..
Also ever more present in the news, we have the constant hum of warnings and predicitions of a massive swine flu pandemic….
Since my last blog on Monday, swine flu has taken quite a turn for the worse in the UK.
… nfluenza caused by novel [see Swine Flu above] or re-emergent [we may not have heard the last of the Bird Flu or something else] ..
