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#+TITLE: Flu Fighters
#+AUTHOR: Christopher Beam
#+LINK:  https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2009/04/sen-susan-collins-picked-a-bad-time-to-oppose-pandemic-flu-spending.html

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- Sen. Susan Collins of Maine did not actually sneak into the workplaces of 40
  Americans, jimmy open their lunchboxes, and lace their sandwiches with
  contaminated ham. What she did was strip $780 million dedicated to
  flu-pandemic prevention from the stimulus package in February. But judging by
  some reactions on the left, that act of legislative tinkering was just as bad.

- Trust for America’s Health estimates the federal government would need to
  spend $350 million a year just to keep state and local governments ready to
  respond to outbreaks.

- If an actual outbreak occurred, the government would have to dedicate billions
  more. It would have to cover stocking vaccines and antiviral medications,
  distributing lab equipment, and overtime pay for health care workers,
  ambulance drivers, and doctors.