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Canada Wasted $1 Billion on H1N1 Vaccines and Advertising

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The Public Health Agency of Canada spent $322 million on the pandemic campaign. Hundreds of millions more were spent by provinces and their health units on vaccine and advertising, the report said, putting the total federal and provincial H1N1 spending at a minimum of $1 billion.

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WTF?

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Reply#1 - Fri Apr 9, 2010 5:53 PM EDT
Larry H-189743

$1,000,000,000/34,063,000 = $29.36 each.

That's just seven hundredths of a percent of their per capita income of about $39,000 ... wasted.

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Reply#2 - Fri Apr 9, 2010 7:14 PM EDT
GOZO-unlimited

Great...$29.36 spent to terrorize Canadians while pouring millions into big pharma coffers....that was so easy...you know they are going to do it again.

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Reply#3 - Fri Apr 9, 2010 7:23 PM EDT
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