A Modern-Day Greek Tragedy

Greece to vaccinate population for swine flu

Greece will vaccinate its entire population of 12 million against the H1N1 swine flu pandemic which has swept around the world in weeks, killing hundreds of people, the country’s health minister said on Friday.

“We decided that the entire population, all citizens and residents, without any exception, will be vaccinated against the flu,” Health Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos said after a ministerial meeting.

Greece has already earmarked 40 million euros for vaccines and has placed orders with Novartis, Glaxo and Sanofi [Translation: Big Pharma] for 8 million vaccine doses, to be received gradually by January.

It looks like the Greeks will need copies of the Physician’s Warranty of Vaccine Safety

[Thanks to Eli Cryderman]

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11:20 am on August 1, 2009