Pundit.net » Health http://pundit.net Politics, society, and culture Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:42:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 H1N1 Vaccine for Guantanamo detainees http://pundit.net/2009/10/31/h1n1-vaccine-for-guantanamo-detainees/ http://pundit.net/2009/10/31/h1n1-vaccine-for-guantanamo-detainees/#comments Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:33:07 +0000 Damien Baldino http://pundit.net/?p=75 There are currently 900,000 residents in King County Washington who are considered to be “at risk,” and in need of the H1N1 vaccine. Keep in mind, this is not the total population of King County, merely the individuals who are most susceptible due to age and health risk. Unfortunately, the county has only received 85,000 doses of the vaccine. More than 90,000 people will not receive a potentially life-saving vaccine until late December. Of course, there’s nothing to stop this deadline from being pushed back even further, but not everyone will have to wait.

The government is planning on offering the H1N1 vaccine to detainees at Guantanamo Bay. Yes, you read correctly. Many American children with medical conditions will not receive the vaccine for months, but it is being offered to terrorists who want to kill U.S. citizens. The government feels the detainees are at a high risk of a pandemic. That might be true, but I’m not really concerned about them. Any additional health risks they face could have been avoided by not attempting to kill American citizens.

The detainees are allowed certain rights under international law. That isn’t being questioned. What I am questioning is the possibility of these detainees receiving vaccinations before many Americans.

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