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Flu Shot
How the vaccine works:
Influenza vaccine is produced by growing the
virus in eggs. The virus is killed and processed
to create the vaccine, which is given by injection
under the skin. The body then produces antibodies
to the virus over the next two to four weeks. If
the immunized person then comes into contact with the
influenza virus, the antibodies attack and kill
the virus before it has a chance to cause infection.
The vaccine contains the 3 most likely strains to
be active during the "flu season"
Why the shortage:
Almost half of the nation's flu vaccine will not be
delivered this year. Chiron, a major manufacturer of
the flu vaccine, will not be distributing any influenza
vaccine this flu season. Chiron was to make 46-48 million
doses vaccine for the United States. Chiron is a British
company. Recently British health officials stopped Chiron
from distributing and making the vaccine when inspectors
found unsanitary conditions in the labs. Some lots of the
vaccine were recalled and destroyed.
Why is our vaccine made in the UK and not the US?
The major pharmaceutical companies in the US provided almost
90% of the nations flu vaccine at one time. They did this
despite a very low profit margin for the product. Basically,
they were doing us a favor. In the late 80's a man from North
Carolina who had received the vaccine got the flu. The strain
he caught was one of the strains in that years vaccine made by
a US company. What did he do? He sued and he won. He was
awarded almost $5 million! After that case was appealed and
lost, most US pharmaceutical companies stopped making the
vaccine. The liability out weighed the profit margin. Since
UK and Canadian laws prohibit such frivolous law suits UK and
Canadian companies began selling the vaccine in the US.
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