http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/flushot.asp


>I was just countering Claudes assertion that this problem was the fault of the Republicans. All congressmen, senators and presidents, regardless of party affiliation are equally to blame for allowing this to happen......since the 60's (see below).
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>More quotes from the Orange County Register article on the "Flu Debacle"
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>"From 1967 to 1984, the number of U.S. vaccine manufacturers fell from 37 to 15, while the number of licensed vaccines declined from 380 to 88,"
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>"Why has this happened? An important reason is litigation, a trend which came to a head about 10 years ago in regard to pediatric vaccines. So many pharmaceutical companies had been sued because of adverse side effects that many simply dropped out of the vaccine business, which is a low-profit sector to begin with."
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>Trial lawyer John Edwards will fix this problem, that is making all his lawyer buddies rich :)