Flu Shot Hysteria

Conjuring up demand…

Recall, if you will, in the later part of 2004, the supposed impending doom awaiting us all due to a shortage of flu vaccine.  A hysteria seemingly born and bred in the MSM, rather than by the man on the street clamoring for a shot, though the MSM did supply us with a plethora of photos showing the man in the street waiting in line for the “limited” supply of flu shots.

Granted, a flu outbreak could have terrible implications, if a particularly viral strain raised its head, but is the hue and cry for the flu shot more a government and MSM created demand, rather than a necessity for the man on the street?

After reading this article, in USA Today, titled “‘Nothing easy’ in flu season,” I’d state that the flu shot hysteria was just that, hysteria bred in the MSM with the assistance of the government drum beaters, as evidenced by this quote from the linked article.

"Yet now, health officials in many states worry that they will be left with unused shots."
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