It's getting a little pathetic

I don't like jumping on bandwagons. But I think that if a bandwagon passed by where someone yelled out, "Hey, this is the let's-criticize-the-Obama-administration-for-their-terrible-handling-of-swine-flu-vaccines bandwagon!" I would toss down my rake and hop on that bandwagon. (Assuming the rest of the party had been vaccinated for swine flu.) This is one of those moments where, yes, I think we do have some people to blame. I'm not sure who exactly should be blamed in the administration, whether it be the officials who boldly proclaimed that we would have 150 million doses of the vaccine by the beginning of October (as of now, there are 36 million doses) or the officials who made sure to declare that this is a national emergency and to encourage that people go get non-existent vaccines. Both sets of officials deserve the George W. Bush "Heckuva Job, Brownie" Award for incompetence. Yeah, I get that there are vagaries to the development of vaccines. But you've managed to create a huge demand for the vaccine, and then administered the distribution of the vaccine in an incredibly haphazard way. Basically, each time a clinic in Montgomery County gets a shipment of the vaccine, hordes descend upon the site because there is no telling when the next batch will become available. It doesn't even really seem like local officials have an idea of where the next offering will be.

I'm just saying, if swine flu had been a much more potent strain, this would have been an absolute disaster. Seeing how thousands are descending on clinics, desperation would be breeding riots. (On another note, does Citigroup have 1200 women, let alone 1200 young people up to 24, people caring for infants under six months, and pregnant women? What a crock.)