The Obama administration has announced that it will give away 10% of our limited supply of Swine Flu vaccine to less developed countries through the WHO. They assure us that there will still be plenty for eveyone who wants it, yet the roll out will admittedly be slow, and time is precious in a pandemic. Can we really afford to ship off 10% of our vaccine to other countries?

 

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I guess he gets to make the call on our health care after all.:thumb:

 

 

I was livid when I first read this. I'm getting sick of the U.S. taking care of everybody but the U.S.. I know it might be the right thing to do and all but whatever happend to survival of the fitest? I guess we can keep the rest of the world healthy and strong while we get sick and weak. I guess this is all part of Husain Obamas master plan. I'm soo glad that my genertion is going to be a footnote in some history book as the generation that voted in the destruction of America.:ohbrother:

My first thought, as always, is where in the Constitution does it give the federal government the right to take taxpayer money and use it on vaccines, let alone vaccines for foreigners.

whatever happend to survival of the fitest?

 

Social Darwinism should have gone out the door with WWII as far as I'm concerned. It's a terrible and disgusting idea.

I think it's completely ridiculous that this is an issue. Thanks once again to my friends in the national media for making a mountain out of a molehill.

I think it's completely ridiculous that this is an issue. Thanks once again to my friends in the national media for making a mountain out of a molehill.

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So...we, the richest nation in the world, are giving 10% of our vaccine to countries that would not have access to it? Oh, the inhumanity!

 

Seriously....there are at least 10% of those eligible who won't even get the vaccine no matter what. I won't.

I think it's completely ridiculous that this is an issue. Thanks once again to my friends in the national media for making a mountain out of a molehill.

 

What mountain? The article seemed pretty even handed to me. Or are you referring to something else?

 

I see no problem with sharing the vacines as long as everyone who wants it can get it. I do not like the idea of it being taxpayer funded, unless there is some type of payment or offset included.

Seriously....there are at least 10% of those eligible who won't even get the vaccine no matter what. I won't.

 

Wouldn't you rather it be available for use in case those "10% who won't get it no matter what" (not sure how you came up with that number :idunno:), change their minds and decide to get it?

 

So you have no problem with potentially turning down someone who decides they want it, and giving it away, at the taxpayers expense, to other countries?

I still don't get the whole fuss over swine flu. :lol:

We have better capability to handle disease than many other countries. Perhaps giving some of the vaccine to smaller, poorer nations will keep if from becoming an absolute epidemic which could happen there much more than it realistically can in the U.S.

I have a question: If the vaccine is "taxpayer" funded, then will it be given to us free of charge?

I have a question: If the vaccine is "taxpayer" funded, then will it be given to us free of charge?

 

Yes, it's my understanding the vaccine is free but there may be a fee charged by the place administering the shot.

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Does this not cause the same moral hazard that bailing out the big banks does? If AIG takes huge risks and fails, we will cover their losses. Similarly, if you are a foreign country, any time a new illness arises, why would you bother to spend money on a cure? The United States will merely give you some. It's the same reason why foreign aid is generally a bad idea. Transferring wealth from the U.S. to corrupt political regimes in other countries doesn't give them any reason to become more economically developed- they receive a financial reward for extreme poverty.

 

If we want to continue to have to financially prop up the rest of the world, then ideas like this are great. If we want other countries to prosper like we do, in the interest of ourselves and them, then we should try to stay away from giving out handouts for being unproductive.

I'm with rockmom they can have mine, hope it saves someones life.