Wall Street Gets Swine Flu Vaccine Before Many High-Risk Groups


	Wall Street Gets Swine Flu Vaccine Before Many High-Risk Groups

gppixelworks

11-6-2009 12:19 PM

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swine flu, wall street, medical care, healthcare, america, goldman sachs, citigroup, health insurance, high-risk

gppixelworks says:

Very grateful I'm in England as the vaccine is given out on a medical need basis. In America clearly the swine flue vaccine is NOT distributed on a 100% medical need basis. Of course, neither is medical care.

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