[lit-ideas] Re: flu vaccine
- From: Paul Stone <pas@xxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 20:40:20 -0400
>A.A. I'm talking about their responses to the healthcare problems of the c=
>ountry, not flu vaccine. Regarding the bigger picture of healthcare being =
>so expensive that it's burdening businesses and huge numbers of the populat=
>ion are going without, Bush blamed the lawyers and offered no other solutio=
>ns. If he does reform tort laws to the point where companies no longer hav=
>e incentive to behave themselves for fear of lawsuits, what's left? Return=
>ing to the issue of sacrifice, I refer you to Kerry's statement that member=
>s of Congress don't sacrifice when it comes to healthcare.
I thought we were talking about the Flu Vaccine. Sorry for staying on topic.
>So, let's kill the lawyers and have good healthcare in this country. Fair
>enough?
KIlling the lawyers is a good idea. Not very fair though.
>A.A. Childhood vaccinations have made the biggest difference in irradicatin=
>g polio, measles, and the like. Those are mandated. They've been so succe=
>ssful in fact and diseases so minimized that government has to step in and =
>remind parents to have their children vaccinated. These were public health=
> initiatives, not marketing successes. =20
But the pharmaceutical companies -- for whom 5 million dollars is lunch
money -- surely don't give one shit about the public health initiative. If
it was, they would cure diseases, rather than maintain them.
>P.S. 2) because of various legal and corporate decisions, it became unprofi=
>table=20 to make them in country
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>A.A. What legal decisions beyond this unverified account of a lawsuit? Cor=
>porate decisions are based on bottom line. Except Enron, which was based o=
>n fiction.
You made my point for me.
>P.S. 3) A snafu in one of the providers has now greatly decreased the overa=
>ll supply AND screwed up the already in progress delegation of that supply
>
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>A.A. Suppliers are not easy to find because this is a product that makes a =
>marginal amount of money for the manufacturer. It's a nuisance for them.
A nuisance? What about public health initiatives?
>A.A. Five million dollars is lunch money. It's a meaningless amount of mon=
>ey to the pharmaceutical industry. Even so, they will point to it and make=
> a big deal out of it if they need an excuse to give up public health orien=
>ted production.
Man. I LOVE your idea of lunch.
> >Kind of a dog eared question, but do you still think Bush's war is a=20
> >positive thing?
>
>P.S. Reaction omitted for fear of starting a war.
>
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>A.A. This sounds like you still support the invasion.
"STILL"? when did I EVER say that I supported the invasion?
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Paul Stone
pas@xxxxxxxx
Leamington, ON
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