[jonathanleebrown]

"Vaccination supplies are expected to be plentiful this year and people were urged to begin getting flu vaccinations in October and November. With enough vaccine supply to meet demand, anyone - regardless of age or health status - should be able to get vaccinated..."

The interesting thing is, this excerpt ( BTW it is from http://www.apha.org/journal/nation/flucover1103.htm Don't you hate it when posters don't support their assertions with citiations?) is from an article not even a month old. I am not inclined to think that production was low because of less manufacturers, but rather fell short due to unexpected demand. In which case implicates the media in my POV.

[chiller]

The one assertion of cpst's I agree with is media hype. I suspect actual flu numbers are only slighty higher than previous years, if that. What is higher is the hype. I get the feeling that if Michael Jackson was looking guilty, or some such trash news story, that we'd be hearing a lot less about the flu and vaccine shortages.