It should come as no surprise that those at the top of the food
chain get preferential treatment on all levels. But this still stinks
to high heaven. Employees of the Goldman, the Fed, Citigroup, and other
banks are getting H1N1 vaccine allotments out of proportion to what can
be justified from a public health standpoint. In particular, Goldman
has gotten more than Lenox HIll hospital, which needs it not just for
the sick but more important, for workers (not only does the public need
to keep front-line health care workers in as good shape as possible,
but if they get the infection, they become disease vectors fast, given
the number of people they see).
Then again, banks have become parasitic, so why should we expect anything different? And although Business Week broke the story, it did it press release style:
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