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    Swine Flu Vaccine Rollout Today

    Billions of tax dollars have been paid to pharmaceutical giants, millions of doses of vaccine are on their way to huge warehouses and thousands of health workers are waiting. That's according to the Washington Post, which then asks, " will Americans line up " to be vaccinated for swine flu?

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Billions of tax dollars have been paid to pharmaceutical giants, millions of doses of vaccine are on their way to huge warehouses and thousands of health workers are waiting. That's according to the Washington Post, which then asks, "will Americans line up" to be vaccinated for swine flu? It's the most ambitious inoculation campaign in American history, but polls show the public is "decidedly ambivalent." Rob Stein is national science reporter for the Washington Post.

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    A New Justice and a New Term for a Court in Transition
    1. 0:00Obama Gathers 150 Doctors in the Rose Garden
    2. 7:33A New Justice and a New Term for a Court in Transition
    3. 43:05Swine Flu Vaccine Rollout TodayYou’re reading this
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