Private Pre-K Kids Don't Get Swine Flu Vaccine

In stark contrast to many city parent outcries, parents of some pre-kindergarten tykes are upset that their kids won't receive the H1N1 vaccine. Because their programs are not located in public schools but in day care centers, churches, community centers, etc. because the schools are too crowded, over 33,000 children ages 6 months to 4 years — the highest risk age for infection — will not have the option to get the vaccine in school. (Pre-K kids in city schools will.) One parent told the Daily News, "It's unfair. My pediatrician doesn't have the vaccine yet, so I think we should be given the option." Though a News commenter may have put it better: "Look what happens when the government runs (RATIONS) healthcare!!! NO PUBLIC OPTION!!!"

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By Jaya Saxena in News on November 3, 2009 10:50 AM

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ticktick

The government is not "rationing" the vaccine. It is turning out to be very difficult to grow. Manufacturers overpromised it.

In other words, not everything is a f*%^ing plot.

longacre

It should be noted that our esteemed government has chosen to offer the vaccine to Guantanamo inmates. Yes, men living in a remote enclave who want you dead will likely get it before your kids because they are "high risk." How one can be high risk living in a solitary cell on a remote enclave guarded by soldiers who have all undergone mandatory vaccination is beyond my pay grade.