Flu Vaccines and Goo

My mom has the sneaking suspicion that terrorists are behind the inability to supply the US with adequate flu vaccine this year. Now, that may sound crazy, but since my mom's not generally an alarmist (or a crackhead)...I thought about it and considered that indeed it would be an insidious form of bioterrorism to somehow sabotage the US supply of flu vaccine. A warning of sorts. The way the world is today, I'd buy it. Then again, I think I'm just in a Conpiracy Theory kind of mood today ( not in a freaky Mel Gibson bad movie way...in a stealth, FBI good guy way). At any rate, since i have better things to worry about than what plots are being hatched against us by evil fear loving humans, I'll just say okay...that sucks, and move on. Plus, the tour of hope comes through town tomorrow and i'd much rather focus my energies on improving the world and celebrating something such as hope, than dwelling on the very many ways the whole world could one day crumble around us. Some days, I feel like that wierd goo from the movie Ghostbusters II , the pepto-bismol pink and thrives on anger goo, is flowing through the veins of far too many people...if only we could pull a Ghostbusters and make the goo happy, we'd be in business. Anyways, here's what the CDC reported...

"On October 5, 2004, CDC was notified by Chiron Corporation that none of its influenza vaccine (Fluvirin®) would be available for distribution in the United States for the 2004–05 influenza season. The company indicated that the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in the United Kingdom, where Chiron’s Fluvirin vaccine is produced, has suspended the company’s license to manufacture Fluvirin vaccine in its Liverpool facility for 3 months, preventing any release of this vaccine for this influenza season. This action will reduce by approximately one half the expected supply of trivalent inactivated vaccine (flu shot) available in the United States for the 2004–05 influenza season." - Center for Disease Control