This shit torques me to NO END--like they cannot afford to get one themselves, with their fancy health care packages!!!
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Shot, or Not
October 26, 2005
While the Attending Physician’s office had originally hoped to be able to make this year’s flu vaccine available to anyone who works on
or visits Capitol Hill, a spokesman for the office said Tuesday that limited supplies will restrict distribution.
According to the spokesman, since the office has not been able to obtain additional supplies from its distributors in recent weeks, the flu vaccine will be limited to Members, staffers, Capitol Police and people with valid Congressional ID cards.
“It looks like we’re not going to get any more, and we just want to make sure we get the basic staff done,” the spokesman said. “What we have seems adequate for what we’re doing. ... We’re going to do our people first and then if it looks like the demand is petering out, then we’ll open it up to additional people. We’re going week by week right now.”