Discuss “Vaccines in full supply as the flu season begins”

Headaches may not result merely from stress this time of year. With cooler weather descending upon campus, a new round of the flu may make student lives more troublesome. Now, headaches could signal an attack more damaging to college life than pressure from schoolwork.

Last year?s flu season provided a glimpse into the effects of medical errors. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) discovered that the Chiron Corporation in Liverpool, which was to supply more than half the U.S.?s doses of the flu vaccine, almost sent contaminated doses across the Atlantic. The results of the FDA?s inspections soon made medical clinics across the U.S. realize that a huge shortage of the vaccine would ensue.

As the U.S. uses tens of millions of vaccinations...