May 6th, 2009 Officials Discuss Swine Flu Vaccine
As Swine Flu outbreaks continue, more attention is being given to development of a vaccine. Vaccine manufacturers say they are capable of producing mass quantities of a potential vaccine should the outbreak take a turn for the worse. The Obama administration may even be considering a vaccination plan this fall for Americans that would involve three shots, two of which would be against the Swine Flu. Though this plan is still in the works, health officials told lawmakers Wednesday it took only two weeks to identify the genetic characteristics of swine flu, which means developing a vaccine is definitely a plausible feat. A vaccine could be detrimental as the World Health Organization has recorded the virus as killing 30 people and sickening 1,516 in 22 different countries.
