seasonal_egg_laying_and_'super_strain_flu' 23 Oct 2004 * a_Point_in_time * As the nation (United_States) struggles with a historic shortage of flu vaccine, the... 041023 ... mp21k http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/news/local/9997495.htm Vaccines are biological products, not chemicals that can be cranked out in times of need. The viruses they're made from need cells in which to grow. Yellow fever and flu are the only vaccines that use eggs for this - not the kind that come from the store but those produced under strict pharmaceutical conditions. 041023 ... a "point" "And since chicken flocks for next year's vaccine are already established and plants already run at full capacity, it's unclear how much Aventis Pasteur (a slickly run, modern factory in the Pocono Mountains) or any single company can goose up production to cover a shortfall like this year's loss of Chiron Corp.'s vaccine." 041023 ... . "Major_flu_shot_shortages" 105 (October 5, 2004) U.S. Flu Vaccine Supply Cut in Half AP - 45 minutes ago 041023 ... kx21 * a fresh_and_green Random_dot * What_if H5N1 "wired / wireless" around_and_across America, specifically its Chicken_and_Egg? 041023 ... An "amazing" newslink EU bans U.S. chicken and egg imports - Feb. 24, 2004 The European Commission Tuesday announced a ban on imports of live chickens and eggs from the United States following the discovery of a highly pathogenic strain of bird flu in Texas. ... said half the egg imports were consumed ... * a_point_in_time - H5N1 * 041023 ... Yahoo! Search *** * Flu Vaccine Factory *** Fox 19 Cincinnati - Oct 24 6:57 AM With all the talk about the flu vaccine shortage, ever wonder how the vaccine is made? It's made from virus that's grown in chicken eggs. And health officials concede the vaccine can't just be cranked out when needed on short notice. http://www.fox19.com/Global/story.asp?S=2471589 041024 ... . For example, it could take six months if a new vaccine had to be made in a hurry to fight a super-strain flu pandemic. Flu vaccine is also the only vaccine made fresh every year, and it's a matter of delicate timing, as experts decide which strains to fight, in time to get a vaccine out. 041024 ... An "amazing" newslink chicken_soup_and_flu_vaccine 041025 ... . "Chicken Soup Replaces Flu Vaccine" 041025 what's it to you? who go blather from