Letter: Too much greed, too little vaccine

Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2004 | 9:22 a.m.

Again, the greed of our capitalistic system let the American people down. The manufacturing of this year's flu vaccine was outsourced because American pharmaceutical companies decided there was not enough profit from the manufacture and sale of the vaccine.

I am outraged that American citizens are not allowed to buy medicines from Canada, yet 50 percent of the flu vaccine that is critical to the health of the nation was outsourced. Substandard manufacturing has now made those shots unavailable for use.

How many lives will be lost and hospital beds filled because of this greed?

RAY HARBERT

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