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To: unclewest who wrote (78619)	10/18/2004 9:43:10 AM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 793838

Unclewest, you might like this flash movie about Bush, set to a Johnny Cash song -- the file is large so don't click on the link unless you have broadband or are very patient. pages.sbcglobal.net (Maybe a tad blasphemous, the Man Johnny Cash was singing about was Jesus, but I hope Johnny doesn't mind.)

To: unclewest who wrote (78619)	10/18/2004 9:52:31 AM
From: Alastair McIntosh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793838

I got the number from the NYT article that LB referred me to. The disease control centers this year for the first time bought 4.5 million doses of flu vaccine for $40 million as an emergency reserve. It was not nearly enough, acknowledged Dr. Bruce Gellin, director of the National Vaccine Program Office. The government may buy a bigger reserve next year, he said. As far as total demand the article also says this: Influenza can be dangerous. It kills 36,000 people a year in the United States and puts about 200,000 in the hospital. The very old, the very young and people with chronic illnesses are particularly likely to become severely ill from the flu, and in recent years health officials have recommended wider use of the vaccine. The message seems to be reaching the public: demand for the vaccine has grown greatly in the past decade, to more than 85 million doses a year in 2003 from around 20 million in the early 90's. I may not have interpreted the figures correctly but I couldn't find any other statistics one usage and gov't purchasing with a quick bit of googling. Do you have any links showing anything different.