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On the recordApril 28, 2009
the shortage of the vaccine today, beneath what we would want it to be, is attributable to foreign countries telling their local manufacturers, 'Hey, you got to fill our needs before you fill anybody else's.'
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Roland Burris
Democratic · Illinois

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Burris discusses vaccine shortages due to foreign production priorities.

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