beware of the flu

So the British government shuts down a pharmeteutical company and suddenly we are only going to have half the flu vaccines that we were expecting in this country. Sure that sucks (though the 40-some million doses that will still be available will protect the elderly and the young -- those who need it most), but we'll deal. Anyway, it seems ironic to me that the government counts on these foreign-produced vaccines to fill this country's needs...especially since the current administration's argument against Americans filling prescriptions in foreign countries like Canada is that the FDA does not have any control over foreign-produced drugs and they are therefore unsafe. huh.