New York, NY -- Health officials in New York City are trying to explain why Big Apple bankers received H1N1 vaccines ahead of people in at-risk groups.
New York Health Department spokeswoman Jessica Scaperotti says the city distributed 800-thousand doses to more than a thousand providers and 200 doses had found their way to Goldman Sachs. She says 16 of the city's 25 largest employers had also been given the vaccine including Citi Group.
The move has caused members of Congress to write letters demanding explanations and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued another reminder that the most vulnerable Americans need to get the vaccinations first.
Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd says in a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius THAT he's "stunned." He wants HHS to be sure H1N1 vaccines currently in the distribution pipeline are quickly redirected to hospitals, schools, community health clinics and pediatricians. There are nearly 160-million Americans considered at-risk and who are supposed to receive the vaccine first. They include healthcare workers, pregnant women, young children and adults under 65 with medical conditions along with caregivers of infants too young to be vaccinated.
In a previous blog, “A Runners Wife” I spoke about my husband training for the NYC marathon. All I have to say is that the months of training all came together of an amazing race. Race day is a grueling day for runners, and the family. But a miracle happened...
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder testified before the senate judiciary committee and basically shrugged when asked if any other enemy combatant captured overseas had ever been brought to civilian criminal court to face justice. Talk about an incompetent boob, not to mention a disgrace.
Here is a list of wines all from Spain, and menus from restaurants in Brooklyn where a crew of us did a food / wine crawl through Carrol Gardens and Williamsburg recently
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