IN BRIEF
Registration cards
mistaken for petition
SALEM — Dozens of Salem-area
college students say they unknow
ingly registered to vote as Republi
cans this month after signing what
they thought were petitions to bring
down car insurance rates.
Western Oregon University stu
dent Kati Bennett told the Statesman
Journal in Salem that she was walk
ing to class when she was asked to
sign a petition to lower car insurance
rates, and told she had to fill in a little
card asking for her party affiliation.
The 18-year-old Bennett said she
checked “nonpartisan,” but the can
vasser crossed that out.
Polk County elections manager Val
Unger said she has heard of five sto
ries similar to Bennett’s, all involving
a fake petition to reduce car insur
ance rates.
Unger got suspicious when she
received a stack of more than 400
voter registration cards submitted
at the Oct. 12 deadline, all marked
Republican.
She said more than half of the reg
istration cards turned out to be for
people who had previously regis
tered, many as Democrats or inde
pendents. T\vo or three cards had the
party affiliation crossed out and “Re
publican” was checked in its place,
Unger said.
Similar complaints about switched
voter registrations are emerging from
around the state.
— The Associated Press
• 53% of Oregonians 18-25 years old
didn't vote in 2000
• Less than 25% of us have voted so far this election
• 40% of young adults are uninsured
• College Tuitions are up in 49 states
• 70% of enlisted personnel are ages 30 or younger
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IN BRIEF
U.S. to import 5 million
flu shots from abroad
WASHINGTON — The Bush ad
ministration said Thursday it is work
ing to buy another 5 million doses of
flu vaccine from manufacturers in
Canada and Germany, mixing the
ticklish issue of prescription drug im
ports with the flu shot shortage.
Health and Human Services Secre
tary Tommy Thompson said govern
ment inspectors next week will visit
plants where the vaccine is made to
assess whether it is safe for Ameri
cans’ use.
If the vaccine eventually makes it
to this country, patients who receive
it would have to sign a form ac
knowledging they are aware their flu
shots were not originally destined for
the United States, Thompson said.
The administration has refused to
approve widespread importation of
prescription drugs, saying it can't as
sure their safety. Sen. John Kerry and
other Democratic candidates have
used the issue to paint President
Bush and the Republican party as too
cozy with drug manufacturers, who
also oppose drug imports.
But with 48 million doses of flu
vaccine, roughly half the anticipated
U.S. supply, unexpectedly withdrawn
from the market because of bacterial
contamination, the administration is
scrambling to make up the shortage.
With those 5 million doses, the ad
ministration will have found 11 mil
lion additional flu shots, roughly a
quarter of the shortage, since early
October. Thompson said federal agen
cies are turning in another 300,000
doses that will be shipped to states for
use in priority populations — people
aged 65 and over, children younger
than 5 and the chronically ill.
Thompson said there is a “big dif
ference” between medicines import
ed by individuals that are not subject
to inspections and the flu vaccine.
“This vaccine is going to be in
spected by FDA inspectors, based
upon efficacy and safety,” Thompson
said. “Drugs that are imported into
America don't have that protection.”
Canadian flu shot maker ID Bio
medical has just over 1 million doses
to sell to the United States, while
British drug manufacturer Glaxo
SmithKline can provide 4 million doses
from a German plant, Thompson said.
— The Associated Press
Vaccine production, a fragile system
Flu vaccines are biological products, not chemicals that can be
cranked out in times of need and are made fresh every year.
January to May
Virus selection
► FDA advisory panel
selects three strains
► CDC provides new
strains of the seed
virus to the FDA
► FDA distributes the
three seed viruses to
manufacturers
Production begins
► Seed virus is injected
into fertilized chicken
eggs; virus multiplies
in incubated eggs
► Egg white
is removed, virus is
harvested
► Chemical treatment
applied to inactivate
virus
June/July
FDA tests to confirm
production
► Determines
amount/yield of virus
strains, purity and
potency
storage to ensure
September
Shipping
Shipping of flu vaccine
begins
October/November
► The three strains are
blended into one
vaccine by the
manufacturer
► FDA licenses the
vaccine
Vaccination begins
Immunity develops
approximately two
weeks after
vaccination
August
Filiing/packaging
► Virus is filled into
vials and syringes
► Virus is packaged for
distribution; kept in cold
SOURCE: Food and Drug Administration
AP
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