[philman_36]

It seems to me that there is plenty to go around.
And there is no telling how much flu spray has been stockpiled from last year.

[isthisnickcool]

Have they sent the new Flu Vaccine supositories to San Francisco.

[steve86]

And there is no telling how much flu spray has been stockpiled from last year.

Yes, there is. ZERO.

[philman_36]

Just one of many! From Wisconsin Physicians Service...
WPS Health Insurance Approves Nasal Spray Flu Vaccine
"One important way we can help ensure there's enough vaccine for everyone who needs it is to provide insurance coverage of FluMist," said David Luce, M.D., WPS Medical Director.
Snip..."We want our customers to know that despite recent reports of a flu shot shortage, the FluMist nasal spray vaccine is available to help prevent influenza," said Dr. Luce.

[Mediterranean Madman]

What's all the brouhaha on this flu vaccine thing. I didn't even know they existed till like a year ago when there was some more whining going on that brought it to my life. We get the flu, we vomit, we have the runs, we are better the next day. This whining and complaining about a flu vaccine makes us look weak in the world's eyes. My wife and 3 kids have never had them either, but somehow we all survived, even when we have had the flu.

[FITZ]

The spray vaccine, called FluMist and made by Gaithersburg, Maryland-based MedImmune Inc., is approved only for healthy people aged 5 to 49. It is not intended for the elderly, very young children and others at high risk of serious flu complications.

And isn't the reason for this restriction because this is a live virus? That seems like just a good way to spread the flu around --- the healthy person gets a little sick like they would if they actually caught the wild virus --- they pass it around to those who are immunocompromised. They wouldn't give the small pox vaccine for this very reason.

[David M. Brooks]

There might be plenty to go around, with 3 million doses of FluMist and 58 million doses of the regular vaccine; except for panicky demand driven by media and government; tort lawyers and government price controls, and government rationing; making it effectively illegal for those of us over 49 (too old for FluMist) and under 65 (too young for the conventional vaccine)to be vaccinated; unless we work on Capital Hill in any capacity, in which case it will be provide free of charge.

[lancer]

Ya'll get yo shots, ya hear? Then I won't have to git mine...

[etwgmdn]

Anyone ever read The Stand (by Steven King)? In that book the deadliest flu ever was created by military scientists in a bio warfare lab(well, it is Steven King after all) but the story of how it overwhelmed the public and wiped out 99% of the population left a lasting impression. As did the very real Spanish Influenza of 1918.

Airborne viruses scare the ____ out of me. They're very hard to control. Unlike AIDS. Hopefully our wonderful benevolent authorities are spending as much $ to solve the former problem as the latter.

[Wilhelm Tell]

Does anyone know if the Flu-Mist is safe for people allergic to eggs? I also understand that conventional flu shots use mercury as a preservative. Yuck! I'm more worried about what mercury might do that a virus. I wonder whether or not the nasal spray has mercury in it.

[BobS]

Screw the flu vaccine. I want to be re-inoculated for 12 diseases just like in the Air Force. My antibodies need something to do. And I noticed I've been catching colds lately. I was never sick in the AF.