The Flu Game
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2003 6:39 pm
I heard on the news tonight that we (in the United States) are out of flu
vaccine and there will nothing to replace it until the next flu season. I
also heard that the pharmaceutical companies alone decide how much vaccine
they will make. Last year they made 13 million doses too much. This year
they cut back based on last years figures. I may be dense but that sure
sounds like the beer game to me -- only this time its the flu game.
Has anyone in modeled all this? Could anyone? Should anyone? It strikes
me as an almost perfect post-grad or post-doc project. Its probably a
money-maker too.
Hey! What can SD contribute to the resolution of this problem?
Regards,
Fred Nickols, CPT
nickols@att.net
www.nickols.us
vaccine and there will nothing to replace it until the next flu season. I
also heard that the pharmaceutical companies alone decide how much vaccine
they will make. Last year they made 13 million doses too much. This year
they cut back based on last years figures. I may be dense but that sure
sounds like the beer game to me -- only this time its the flu game.
Has anyone in modeled all this? Could anyone? Should anyone? It strikes
me as an almost perfect post-grad or post-doc project. Its probably a
money-maker too.
Hey! What can SD contribute to the resolution of this problem?
Regards,
Fred Nickols, CPT
nickols@att.net
www.nickols.us