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Monday, February 8, 2010

A/H1N1 flu vaccine shortage becomes surplus in U.S.

In "some" countries we don't have enough vaccine to cover 1% of the population but in the US it's another story all together. We need to get our act together to prepare better for future pandemics:

"Out of nearly 120 million A/ H1N1 vaccine doses distributed in the United States, only about 70 million have been used, it was reported on Saturday.

An additional 35 million doses have been produced but not shipped and instead may be donated overseas, the Los Angeles Times said, quoting federal officials."

Read the whole article:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/health/2010-02/07/c_13166478.htm

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