Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Taliban to get first dibs on swine flu vaccine

"We are going to press forward with, at least offering whether or not they want the immunization," said Task Force Surgeon Cmdr. Rob Briggs. "We have had a legal opinion that states, yes indeed, we should be offering - on a voluntary basis - detainees H1N1 (vaccinations) because it's being seen as a preventative measure."

National Post

It's bad enough that nobody can explain how some Canadian inmates are receiving the H1N1 vaccine while most university students are still waiting.[...]

They're about to vaccinate Taliban suspects detained by Canadian soldiers on the Kandahar Air Field.

Now getting soldiers protected from a potentially debilitating virus is one thing. But the Afghan detainees former Chief of Defence Staff Rick Hillier accurately described as ‘scum bags' should be so far down any vaccination priority list you'd need night-vision binoculars to spot them.

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