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Into changing a journal entry into a article submission, how do I convert it back?

Oh well, original article is available at at my blog. It's a good distributionist rant against Corporatism and government colluding to put all of the CDC's eggs in one basket, so to speak, with respect to H1N1 vaccine production (which, if the emergency really was as big as they keep telling us, a 1:6 ratio of vaccine doses to population will just leave 5/6ths of the population to suffer through the flu and possibly die from it).

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  • But I can link to the submission [slashdot.org] so that it doesn't go away illegally

    • They [the CDC] knew that production was going to be a problem as early as August 25th, and in fact only ordered 40 million vaccinations for a country of 300 million people.

      What I can't figure out is why not everyone is convinced that govt. should be put in charge of *more* things.

      • Because we can't seem to do it for ourselves?

        Actually, the problem here is one of Intellectual Property- I think.

        • Because we can't seem to do it for ourselves?

          I reject arguments that are illogical or arbitrarily default to favoring govt. Or both, as is often the case. Yours and fellow Leftists' arguments boil down to "alternatives to govt. have failed, and govt. has failed, so therefore govt. should get it". Illogic at its finest.

          Actually, the problem here is one of Intellectual Property- I think.

          And the problem typically with arguments against IP are that without the notion of Intellectual Property (in particular, not

          • And the problem typically with arguments against IP are that without the notion of Intellectual Property (in particular, not to mention property rights in general), there likely wouldn't be any flu vaccine to even have this argument over.

            Why? Do you think that people can turn their brains off that easily?

            So to me the question becomes, do we want *some* good stuff, or little to no good stuff. (Or maybe from your govt.-centric POV, it would be do we want people to risk their own money on the

            • It would be easier just to kill everyone, than feed, clothe, bug, etc. everybody.

              But that's obviously evil and insane. Just like your idea. And others of the Left's.

              • No, actually, with modern resource allocation and shipping software, it has become drop dead easy to provide the basic necessities of human life; so easy in fact that governments have to actively *restrict production* on such things as this vaccine and food to maintain a profitable marketplace.

                If we disregard the imaginary and mythical need for a profitable marketplace, and just do these things because we can, there would be no scarcity of resources in any of the primary human need areas. But of course, th

                • and just do these things because we can

                  Yep, that sums up Leftist "morality" pretty much about as best as I ever could.

                  The free market is as "almighty" as for example free elections -- if people should not be allowed to vote with their dollar, then similarly they should not be allowed to vote at all. Instead we should just have MH42 and friends dictate everything in our lives, right.

                  It's freedom that's "almighty". You and other Lefties are about enslaving people (where the only difference is that they say it

                  • Yep, that sums up Leftist "morality" pretty much about as best as I ever could.

                    So why isn't the greatest Leftest President in History living by it? Or perhaps, it is because he isn't a Lefty?

                    Look at what he's accomplished so far: A Keynesian Stimulus "in name only", about 1/100th the size it needed to be to do anything other than prolong the recession for ordinary folks, while letting bankers and traders get away with billions in unearned bonuses. A totally stalled health care plan that

                    • Actually, you don't need to be free from debt if you're free from assets. If you have no assets, then your debt is meaningless, as they cannot collect it.

                      Ask me how I know that. :(

                      Still, life without assets kind of sucks.

                    • Still, life without assets kind of sucks.

                      Let me guess... you are under 30 and can be trusted. Unfortunately, I am over 30 and have assets- I am part of the problem, not part of the solution.

                      Liberal, leftist, geekish, and proud.

                      Regards,

                      James

  • Not everyone has to receive the vaccine to benefit from it. Did you know that a large ratio of people who are exposed to a cold virus never develop symptoms?

    Not everyone exposed to H1N1 will get sick. Not everyone who gets sick will react any worse than if they were to be infected with the typical seasonal flu.

    • And yet- after all the press, demand for the vaccine is far in excess of supply. I'll bet AstraZenneca could make $30-$40/dose just by opening a second factory right now- but they won't do it. My question is why? CDC says everybody at risk should get the vaccine, but then they don't even order enough doses for people at risk. A.Z. knew that production was falling behind as early as April of last year- but didn't bother to open a 2nd or 3rd factory (certainly not for a lack of factory space, unemployed w

      • Well, A.Z. isn't going to make $30-40 a shot by opening a new factory NOW. Vaccines take a long time to incubate, and that's why the seasonal flu vaccine is really just a big guess as to what the seasonal flu will be.

        We have to actually start making the seasonal flu vaccine before we even know which one it will be...

        So, A.Z. can't just turn around and exploit the niche... no one can... by the time the extra vaccines would be ready, the flu season will be over.

        • If this past summer was any indication, H1N1 isn't following the standard "flu season" by any means.

          • If this past summer was any indication, H1N1 isn't following the standard "flu season" by any means.

            The "flu season" is the time when school is in session, and people in general spend more time in close proximity to each other.

            The summer showed a very small progression of H1N1, which was the same as "seasonal flu" during the same time. Seasonal flus don't just disappear outside of the flu season... they're just much less common.

            And the same thing happened with H1N1... it spread in a limited way during the summer season. The "pandemic" status wasn't because it was infecting a large part of the population

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