Vaccine should have been here
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Updated: November 06, 2009 9:18 AM
Editor:
I am appalled at the incompetence and indifference of our federal government in its handling of the H1N1 pandemic.
Numerous lives will be needlessly lost, countless productive man hours and finances will be lost and much anxiety is being caused for the people of Canada.
Adequate vaccine should have been sourced – from more than one supplier – early in the spring when the first round of H1N1 appeared, and it was determined it would reappear in the fall in much greater numbers. That was not done.
There wasn’t even any vaccine available in September when school started and the spread of H1N1 could have been much curtailed.
People lining up for vaccine are those with conditions deemed high risk, with many being told at the end of the day that there is no more vaccine and to go home.
This after waiting in lineups of up to seven hours long.
Why is this government only now stepping up the public education, then not following through with adequate prevention in the form of available vaccine?
The blame rests squarely on the shoulders of Stephen Harper and his government. They do not care.
During question period on Oct. 27, Liberal MP Carolyn Bennett stood up to address Parliament regarding people’s concerns about the H1N1 crisis. Before she got through her first sentence which began “MPs’ offices across the country are being inundated by people who do not know what to do...,” she was heckled by the Conservative MPs.
This is no laughing matter. It’s downright scary.
It is a sad day in Canada when representatives elected to offices of trust are laughing at the very people who elected them, when they are now afraid and looking to them for leadership.
Susan Pochereva, Surrey
