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So far, an uncertain diagnosis on swine flu
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By MICHAEL COUSINEAU
New Hampshire Union Leader Staff
Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009
Limited testing around the state has shown that 1 in 9 people who are complaining of flu-like sickness actually had the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu.
►NH Department of Health & Human Services
►Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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YOUR COMMENTS
Tom W, Candia What better way to show case the benefits of health care reform then to battle a "pandemic".
- Bill, Andover
I am not a fan of the NH Department of H&H services as the distribution middleman - they tend to horde.
I ran into problems with getting standard vaccines, including tetnis and basics about 5 years back. They claimed it was teh fault of the CDC. Which it was.
The Centralization of vaccine purchases by the federal government, has always created shortages in all vaccines and in most cases, takes away the rights of the states to purchase the vaccine it needs, when it needs it.
When the Clinton administration took the rights away from the states to buy vaccines, the number of smaller pharma's that produced it dwindled.
The Clinton administration idea was that if the CDC was the only purchaser, it would be able to reduce costs and also reduce "Waste", e.g. stop individual states from purchasing to much ...
This is a classic example of Federal centralization of purchasing and reduction of waste for our supposed benefit.
Where the state of NH would typically buy enough flu vaccine for the state population and run agressive vaccine programs, the CDC has determined that we should only be allotted 0.42%, since that is the percentage of the total population NH represents.
If we had a system where we were told by the state that we could buy a vaccine shot for our kids .. we all would.
If the state purchased its own volume based on the idea that most people would buy one; that would save the government money and provide for more manufacturers and more doses.
Never put your eggs in one basket.
We have a centralized Federal system "CDC" .... to save us. Problem is they waited to long to cut the order and the check for the vaccine.
This is what will happen with centralized healthcare as well.
- Todd L, Hooksett
That's an interesting thought Tom . It's kind of like they are damned if they do or don't . Personally I got the first of two that are being given out. I'd rather pay for a dang shot than put up with the flu.
- Lew DesRochers, Manchester ,N.H.
Tom W, couldn't agree more.
The "normal" flu strains kill much more every year.
I just can't decide which media driven over-hyped topic to lose more sleep over: Swine flu or Global Warming??? (or is it cooling now?)
- John, Dover
Swine flu is a joke. With 1000 deaths Nationally and 5000 deaths world wide I have to wonder what the big deal is. I have done the research and found that the COMMON COLD kills 20.000 to 22,000 yearly. So who is pushing this fake "pandemic"? The drug companies? The govt.? Why?
- Tom W, Candia
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