Wall Street firms getting H1N1 vaccine 'ahead of hospitals'

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haha finally they get one right 


News that US swine flu vaccines, meant to be prioritized for the nation's most vulnerable, are being distributed to Wall Street firms such as Goldman Sachs sparked uproar Thursday.

The New York Department of Health said Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have applied for supplies of the H1N1 vaccine and are eligible because they are large employers with in-house clinics.

With H1N1 vaccines often scarce and populist anger already raging at Wall Street for last year's financial meltdown, the news triggered furor.

Anna Burger, secretary-treasurer for the largest US health care union, the SEIU, said it was "obscene" that powerful and wealthy private organizations got vaccines when "at-risk Americans are either waiting in line for hours or getting turned away.

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My understanding is that the Wall Street firms are dispensing vaccines according to the guidelines giving priority to "high risk" recipients first.

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LOL i dont know if it is but going off the liberals and the past 8 years with cheney and haliburton im going to call cronyism on this 

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LOL i dont know if it is but going off the liberals and the past 8 years with cheney and haliburton im going to call cronyism on this 

There is a definite controversy up here in Canada. Members of either the Calgary Flames or the Edmonton Oilers received shots ahead of everyone else, and there are people being asked some serious questions. They made the same inquiries of the Toronto Maple Leafs, and everyone went mum. Players refusing to say whether they received or were offered the vaccine. Detractors are saying NHL hockey players were given priviledge over high priority recipients. A Leafs spokesperson said that some members of the team did receive the vaccine, however it was determined that those who did fit the criteria for high priority high risk recipients. They also declined to name names saying it would be a violation of a patients privacy rights. Could all be very innocent, ...but a controversy makes for sexy headlines don't it?