Feds seize flu vaccine meant for black market

Thousands of doses of flu vaccine smuggled from France through Saudi Arabia were destined for black-market sales in New Jersey, federal officials said Tuesday. The smuggling scheme is the latest, and perhaps boldest, criminal act to arise during the nation's unprecedented flu vaccine shortage. As health officials dole out a limited supply of vaccine, police are dealing with price gougers and vaccine thieves. [...] “This in all likelihood was somebody being opportunistic and trying to make a buck on the flu vaccine shortage, and in the process potentially endangering public health,” Raimondi said.

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Endangering public health?! How about a healthcare system that doesn't provide healthcare? A healthcare system where people can't get immunizations. This is insane. And the American public puts up with this shit and thinks we have the best healthcare system in the world. What a joke.

Tuesday Zoe, her mom, and I went down to the Senior Center here on Whidbey Island. They had rented a bus and for $20 for the bus, and $25 for the flu shot, we left the Senior Center at 9 in the morning and at 12:30 we received or flu shots in a town just north of the border in Canada. It was a storefront in a small mall. While we were there four others from Seattle came in to get flu shots. How is it that Canada has enough vaccine to give flu shots to foreigners?

The store front was by an organization called DoctorSolve. They also mail order prescription drugs, too.

Online Canadian Prescriptions Test

KIRO 7 Eyewitness News is committed to uncovering ways you can save money on your prescription drugs. First we took Washington residents to Canada to save on their drugs. Then we revealed how you can shop online and get those same savings at home. Now we have tested 9 online Canadian websites to find even more savings for you. We priced checked 10 different prescriptions on 9 Canadian websites to determine which site offered the best deals. We totaled up the cost of the all the drugs and included fees and shipping and handling. Below is a list of websites, with the least expensive listed first.

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