Goldman Sachs Received H1N1 Vaccine Before Several Hospitals

Goldman Sachs Received H1N1 Vaccine Before Several Hospitals
http://www.businessinsider.com/goldman-sachs-received-h1n1-vaccine-before-several-hospitals-2009-11

We've been trying to figure out what, if any, preparations Wall Street has been taking to guard against H1N1.

For the most part, the banks have been coy about their activities.

But as noted on The Today Show this morning, several banks have been among the early recipients of H1N1 vaccine, allowing them to get ahead of hospitals in some instances.

The story was originally broken by BusinessWeek this week.

Goldman Sachs (GS) has received 200 doses in total -- the exact same as Lennox Hill hospital.

Health officials say corporate partners are always part of the distribution of any vaccine.

who is still WAITING for the vaccine for my children here. I Golden Slacks going to vaccinate children, the most at-risk group? I think not. This really sticks in my craw, I can tell you that.

This is when I actually wish the Alex Jones types are right about the vaccine.

I hope they all grow three heads and their arms contort into permanent pretzels!

I actually am inclined to have more faith in the vaccine because of this. The corporatocracy rules
everything now. If this vaccine was unsafe, they would know.

:wtf:

At least I have the comfort of knowing GSacks honchos will most likely die from the poisonous vaccine....:sarcasm:

would have natural immunity.

to be taken out in the streets and shot!

:mad:

What is wrong with a private organization obtaining a vaccine for their employees?

Last week I took my 6 year-old son to an Orlando area walk-in clinic and had him vaccinated against the H1N1. My son and I appeared to be the only people there. Even though I am not considered "at risk", I was advised that I too could be vaccinated and so I received the vaccination.

I am aware of the challenges many have encountered in obtaining the vaccination. In lieu of this, do you feel I should have passed on the vaccine?

And the CDC went to some trouble and expense to determine the most 'at risk' groups from epidimiological studies, and prioritized the vaccine toward those groups.

To my knowledge, Goldman Sachs, et al, did not make the priority list, for the following reasons:

1. They are not front-line health care workers who will be the most exposed...and are needed to care for those who become ill.
2. They are not young people without prior exposure.
3. They do not have compromised immune systems.
4. They are not pregnant woman.

In fact, the majority of them are in the *lowest* risk group -- over 50 with likely residual immunity from prior exposure to similar viruses.

The only thing I can think of is that perhaps somebody got confused and amended the priority vaccination list to include actual SWINE. x(

File this under Timothy Geithner's desk.