Planes, Vaccines, and No EQ

When executives from the Big Three auto makers hopped their individual jets in November 2008 to fly from Detroit to Washington and throw themselves at the feet of Congress to beg for federal financial support, we all marveled at the disconnect. Corporations struggling to make ends meet could not think beyond their corporate rules and norms and do a collective gut check. They never thought to find that emotional quotient, their EQ. The perception of it all... asking us for money while traveling in imperious style. And then they were taken aback with the public outcry. Remember, it wasn't their IQs people were questioning as much as their EQs.

Fast forward to November, 2009. Wall Street bailouts are the norm and fat corporate checks are back. The airplanes never really went away. So while Wall Street perks are percolating, guess what else those money mavericks have that you probably don't? They have allotments of H1N1 vaccine.

Here are some of the numbers:

Citigroup - 1,200 doses

Goldman Sachs - 200 doses

Morgan Stanley - 1,000 doses

Now look at what some of the New York City Hospitals received:

Memorial Sloan Kettering - 200 doses

Lennox Hill - 200 doses

NYU Medical Center - 300 doses

And the local universities:

Columbia University - 200 doses

NYU - 300 doses

The president of the United States has declared the H1N1 pandemic a national emergency. This move is supposed to give the federal government greater authority in coordinating doctors and emergency personnel during pandemics and in times of national security threats. You might also expect that the pronouncement would streamline getting vaccine into your doctor's office and not just into corporate medical clinics.

There are rules and forms of course to get your vaccine. The system is supposed to ensure that those who need it get it first. You remember who they are... pregnant women, young people under the age of 24, people with compromised immune systems and those caring for the very young or the very old. Hmmm. Doesn't sound like a Wall Streeter to me. Wall Street may be ground zero for an economic meltdown, but it is not ground zero for a viral pandemic.

You can put blame in so many places I'm not sure where to start... how the feds assign allotments, the NY Health department that didn't bother to use common sense or the financial institutions who jumped in the life boats while the needy were left on the sinking ship. Who cares about that inconvenient patient up the street when you have your private nurse with a syringe?

And therein lies the EQ gap. The arrogance, sense of entitlement, and self-justification just because you can jump to the front of the line. Issue a press release if you wish telling us how you are saving the world one vaccine at a time because you have donated your supply to a local school or clinic. But for God's sake, put someone other than yourself first for once.

 

Comments

[mofmars333]

Here's an urgent report every American citizen needs to know about.

NBC reports on secret shots leaving many in the military on the brink of death & it was found the mystery shots were flu vaccine.

It's said when this is revealed to the public it will make the Walter Reed scandal pale in comparison.

As you'll see a highly praised Department of Defense Medical Officer disclosed that thousands are having severe reactions & he believes they are being used as guinea pigs in experiments.

"The ‘big lie" H1N1 coincidences, contradictions and conspiring"

Part 1

http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-10438-Peace-Studies-Examiner~y2009m8d27-The-big-lie-H1N1-coincidence-contradiction-and-conspiring

Part 2

http://www.examiner.com/x-10438-Peace-Studies-Examiner~y2009m8d28-The-big-lie-H1N1-coincidence-contradiction-conspiring-part-II

Don't miss the eye opening video in the above link in part 2. You have to scroll down to find it & it will blow any thinking persons mind & wake up any & all who see it.

It's said to be the worst cover up in the history of the military.

Learn more from revealing comments sent to President Obama's Administration at;

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/24/obama-declares-swine-flu_n_332617.html

[Norm]

This is just such an outrage, there are no words. I think it is an IQ problem; the Masters of Finance seem oblivious to the fact that they are the most universally despised group in the country and with each successive arrogant, selfish action they go up a notch on the Most Loathed Index. This is just not smart. I'm sure they see scorn increase daily in faces that once greeted them with respect. Why have the media not raised He** about this??? What's the CDC's problem? And why have they not been aggressively queried?

[MicheleCA]

This is the best H1N1 piece on Huff Po. It explores fact vs. fiction regarding H1N1. It's well worth watching its video.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/29/h1n1-vaccine-dangers-fact_n_338735.html

I am so over the vaccination terror alerts.

[mofmars333]

One more important post on this matter.

Here's a good read also that will help people learn & decide whether or not to take the flu shots, seasonal or H1N1.

With many people asking questions, here's a compiled list of those frequently asked along with some less frequently asked.

This article will help the reader to make an informed decision about the risks and benefits of getting vaccinated."

http://www.thevaccination.com/article/2/Should-I-get-the-new-H1N1-vaccine.html

[mofmars333]

Save & pass this information on to help wake others, especially your physicians, people.

Take no one's word for anything this urgent without doing your own research, your children are too important not to.

Many doctors as referenced in the following links are speaking out & soon many more will be joining their ranks of truth.

"Swine Flu-One of the Most Massive Cover-ups in American History"

Renowned expert exposes major H1N1 myths.

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/11/03/What-We-Have-Learned-About-the-Great-Swine-Flu-Pandemic.aspx

Doctors speak out;

http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/727.html

Doctor Admits Vaccine Is More Deadly Than Swine Flu Itself & Will Not Give It To His Kids

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1z7KSEnyxw&feature=related Poisoning attempt’ charges filed against

French H1N1 campaign

http://www.fleshandstone.net/healthandsciencenews/1662.html

Jane Burgermeister who filed criminal charges is old news but credible & incredible so be sure to see all the information at her site;

http://www.theflucase.com/ Swine Flu Government Data Scam?

http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/731.html


A new study that may save your child;

Chickenpox Vaccine & Death – New US Government Study

http://childhealthsafety.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/chickenpoxadultdeaths/

[MarkSulzman]

Nicely done! The Swine Flu pandemic is a fraud / business plan designed to sell vaccinations. Perhaps another example of Obama being out of touch with his Admin. Does he actually know this truth? With minimum effort / risk he's seemingly achieved his goal of being the 1st Black POTUS talking the progressive talk with the pitiful low perf. marks of being better than the last Admin while enjoying ego & material preppy achievement proffessional perks.

All of us need to start paying attention and look beyond the fog of the Mainstrea Media, of course Huff Po is a decent place to start.

[Josephius]

"The Swine Flu pandemic is a fraud / business plan designed to sell vaccinations. "

Right, because we want to give our money to the European companies from whom we buy our H1N1 vaccines from.

How much money is being made "selling" H1N1 vaccines exactly? All doses have been paid for from federal funds...we only pay for the inoculation, so the manufacturers don't see an extra dime. Not to mention, there is no mark up for supply/dem­and...agai­n, they are all paid for.

So how much money do these companies make again (Novartis, Sanofi, Medimmune, GSK as of Tuesday)? $6 billion, divided by 4 companies minus the cost of manufacturing (about $250 million each) and other misc costs ($63M). That brings it to about $1.0B before taxes. Figuring corp tax rates that leaves them with WHOA! A few hundred million dollars. Whoooo. Wow, that's less than even a meager medication sold by pharma.

And, what about the fact that they could make far, far more money selling drugs and services for people who contract the flu. Roche has made more money from 1 quarter selling Tamiflu that all the vaccine manufacturers combined.

Isn't it true all of you who make these claims of corporate/­government profiteering conspiracies have NEVER actually looked at any numbers involved with cost of goods sold and revenues? Try and be honest with yourself for once. Do you really know what you are talking about or just parroting nonsense?

[Euroflycars]

There would be no trouble with the big auto bosses travelling by aircraft... if they had these mass-produced instead of cars!

Why does everybody just look away from the real problem with the automobile, i.e. the gigantic costs generated by the highway network? Has anybody got a clue how much this amounts per car?

Anyway, the per-vehicle global cost would for sure not be comparable to, say, a mass-produced ultralight helicopter based on the Sikorsky X2 concept -- since this would need no infrastructure at all!

Back in 1909, Henry Ford was mandated by the US government to produce the car the worker on the assembly line could afford -- a century later, with unprecedented legal restrictions just about to close in on General Aviation, nobody ought to ignore any longer the reason why.

It's was not so much to keep the personal aircraft an exclusive asset of the corporate elite: the US government wanted foremost to keep the bulk of its citizens grounded for ever to prevent them from taking possession of the airspace with myriads of personal aircraft -- which would have posed, and still poses more than ever a threat to the ultimate joker for global power enforcement, i.e. absolute control of the airspace as granted by a globally operational fleet of supersonic bomber-fighters.

[Pema]

amen. i was so upset when i heard wall street got the h1n1. i am a very at risk patient, i called and called all over, even to my congresswoman susan davis and no luck. tues the h1n1 came to my doctors office and i got my shot. i hope all people who need this shot get it. its a crime whats happened.

[mofmars333]

You need to do some real research because you could be one of the unlucky one in a million which is better odds than winning a jackot lottery. 300 mre each year will be counted among the victims of this probably useless shot. Many get the fle after being shot & that's the truth.

Dr. Gary Null in court last month tellig it like it really is;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3XlJB7J5-o&NR=1

[Pema]

mofmar333...hey thx for the kind concern and the link! i will check it out.

[mofmars333]

PS

That one in a million statistic only counts those recorded. The many, many, who we logically know slip through the cracks of being counted are out there. So before you roll up your sleeves people or offer up your children, know it's like a roll of the dice that you or yours may become another victim.

[logic rulz]

Not only that but they most likely have stockpiles of TAMIFLU, the only currently effective anti-viral medication. The vaccine does not concern me as much because of the nature of the flu virus (RNA) it has a high rate of mutation so the effectiveness of any influenza vaccine is questionable at best.

[MicheleCA]

I'll bet there are stockpiles of avian flu vaccine ready to expire.

[owieowie]

Dr. Nancy you are right on the money...
How refreshing to have someone just tell it
like it is...
These greedy "Pigs at the Through" have no moral compass...

[MicheleCA]

You have to question the medical ethics of those manipulating the American Anxiety Attack!

[Chris]

If I go to my doctor and get the vaccine ahead of soemone "more needy" am I to blame? Or is it more an issue with the provider of the vaccine?

[ron46032]

Other countries are getting a good supply. Don't you think that if the Government thought that it was a real emergency that they would make companies produce enough? I mean it wouldn't be difficult for the US Government to get other providers (including generic manufacturers) to up their supply quickly.

With the BO administration, you can throw trillions at the banks and auto manufacturers, but you can't throw a few billion at pharmaceutical companies to save the citizens.

Face it people, the Government doesn't care about the citizens.

[Josephius]

"Don't you think that if the Government thought that it was a real emergency that they would make companies produce enough? "

Huh? How would they "make" them produce more?

" I mean it wouldn't be difficult for the US Government to get other providers (including generic manufacturers) to up their supply quickly."

Generic manufacturers? Do you know anything about vaccine production?

[Norm]

You know the answer; you are responsible for your actions, your doctor is not the shot police. I would be in big trouble with this disease, but have not sought a shot. It is more important that children and health care providers have it now, as they are more exposed. Some folks are being silly, showing up in line after line. They are so much more likely to be exposed in line than at home watching it on the telly.

[ron46032]

It is a showing of how incompetent this administration really is. You can go to Europe and Asia to get the vaccine, but not in the US. The major media outlets were crying out how the H1N1 is going to be an epidemic and yet I hear nothing from them on how we don't have enough vaccine. Now we have to ration the vaccine because Government is in control (a precursor to Government controlled health care).

Maybe Dr. Snyderman, you need to use your show to explain to the populace that this is what we can expect in the future under Obamacare. And just like under Obamacare, those who can afford it will still get what they want.

[tweedledeedumb]

More likely this is big pharma holding the vacine over our heads about health care. "People be damned...we need our big bucks or else you get sick"

[MicheleCA]

Dr. Nancy has been touting that the public option is a "dirty word" for quite some time.

[Dywrite]

What can we do? Is there a way we can aggregate our voices to call attention to this and protest it?

[Weirdo]

This is the most anti-capitalist thing I've ever heard. Damn it. Don't you know that the people in these big firms run the economy, and if they get sick, they won't be able to keep making piles of money and taking care of the rest of us?

[MicheleCA]

Don't worry they'll always have corporate welfare. Next time they won't have to ask.

[ruk9p]

Protests don't work. All protests can possibly accomplish within this context is give the government a great place to take group photos of what they will refer to as, "radical right-wing protesters" or "tea-baggers" for investigation and unconstitutional surveillance validated by the "Big Brother" Patriot Act.

To be effective, the vast majority of American citizens (not the civilians, they're gutless lemmings) need to get on the same page and next year in April, engage in a straight-up, in the governments face tax revolt lasting exactly 21 days with a hair trigger option for renewal. In my opinion that is the best possible chance to avoid simply being ignored, like protesters. Besides that, all you can do is heed the advice above, assuming you are a citizen and not a civilian. They are not the same thing.

[MicheleCA]

On the way to storming the Bastille, don't forget your H1N1 vaccination!

[thnk4selfagain]

Children especially need this vaccine. I will not get it so that a child or high risks may. The administration should have personally gotten on the phone and made some heads role. Increasingly resemble the country a banana republic in which elected officials will not or can not be effective, and the plutocracy calls the shots. This is not what America is supposed to be.

[ron46032]

Get used to it. Under Obamacare the Medicare generation won't get preference. They've lived their lives. There's no need to waste good money on them.

[MicheleCA]

POTUS is not taking away your Medicare. There are no death panels. Get your seasonal flu shot and turn off Fox.

[thnk4selfagain]

I choose to not have the vaccine so that children/youth and high risks might. If you are elderly shame on you, for the over 65s are not at risk of even having H1N1 flu. You are just like the me-first Wall Streeters. Shameful.

[MicheleCA]

The outrage! Just the motivation the liberal blogosphere needs to demand their vaccine! A for effort!

[Independent1969]

Yes the outrage. How dare we put up with this. I wasn't going to get the vaccine but now that I heard this story I'm going to get 2, maybe 3 shots just to stick it to those Wall Street elitists. Yeah, that's what I'm gonna do.

[antaeus]

Sorry, I don't the joke. I know several people who've had this flu, and it wasn't pleasant. It's especially scary for asthmatics and people with other chronic illness, not to mention pregnant women.

What kind of a country am I living in when anti-social behavior is celebrated or shrugged off?

[MicheleCA]

Two jabs in each arm.

[TXfemmom]

Well put Dr. Snyderman. Trying to shame these people of Wall Street into doing the right thing or even to feel shame, is hopeless, however.

The fact that the American people have taken all this financial destruction and arrogance from the people on Wall Street, the redistribution of wealth at an unparalled rate, and the virtual destruction of the country and continue to see their hubris and sense of entitlement amazes me. These guys are way beyond let them eat cake. It is time to storm the Bastille, which in this country is Wall Street.

[ron46032]

Don't blame Wall Street for the incompetence of our Government. BTW, do you hear anything in the main street news about the shortage? Do you hear about how the Seniors are going to have to go without in order to give preference to the children and pregnant women?

And I thought that the Government's reaction to hurricane Katrina was slow. The H1N1 vaccine makes the reaction to Katrina look speedy. Might as well get used to it.

[MicheleCA]

Ron,

Unlike seasonal flu, Seniors are not considered an H1N1 high risk group. You hve apparently developed a lifetime of flu exposure antibodies.