How U.S. Got Down to Two Makers Of Flu Vaccine

This explains the truth about Cheney's assertion that vaccine companies don't produce out of fear of litigation.  I think he is misled on that issue, the only company that faced a large number of possible litigations was the company that produced the MMR, thought by many to contribute to the rising cases of autism.  The Patriot Act prevented these lawsuits.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38776-2004Oct16.html

This part cracks me up:   Every flu shot that goes into an American arm this season will come from the French company's plant in the northeast Pennsylvania town of Swiftwater