10.22.2004
Urban legand mirrors reality
That should tell you what you need to know...
URBAN LEGEND! Or no? Yes. No. Doesn't matter. The larger truth is that litigation is a muffling force.
I don't take the shot. Most people I know in my small circle get sick in spite of it. The flu shot is a partisan shot, and that it what it is...
Hat tip: Lori Byrd at Polipundit.
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!
That should tell you what you need to know...
Since UK and Canadian laws prohibit such frivolous law suits UK and Canadian companies began selling the vaccine in the US. By the way...the lawyer that represented the man in the flu shot lawsuit was a young ambulance chaser by the name of John Edwards.
URBAN LEGEND! Or no? Yes. No. Doesn't matter. The larger truth is that litigation is a muffling force.
I don't take the shot. Most people I know in my small circle get sick in spite of it. The flu shot is a partisan shot, and that it what it is...
Hat tip: Lori Byrd at Polipundit.
// posted by HunterByrd @ 6:19 PM 
