"You're important enough to have Secret Service protection, but..."

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...you're not important enough to get a flu shot."


Yeah, that makes a lot of sense!

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I believe that Bush and Cheney, plus any other major Presidential canidates and their running mates, should be given flu shots.

Doesn't the US value all its leaders (at least at the Federal level) as more valuable than the average Joe?  Isn't that why we spend billions to protect them from harm?  Isn't that why we try to ensure that they will survive a first-strike attack on the US?

If so, then why shouldn't they receive flu shots?

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Read my post again. I said I believe they should recieve the shots.

But you limited it to only the candidates for President and VP...shouldn't the shot be available to all of Congress and leaders of the various federal departments like the FBI, CIA, DoD, EPA, etc?

Or has it become too politically incorrect to state the obvious - the lives of leaders are more valuable than any randomly chosen citizen?

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Haven't you also said that the lives of Christians are more valueable than the lives of non-Christians?  (I'm paraphrasing)

Not that I recall.

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The people who get flu shots should be the ones most at risk, regardless of their status in society.

Then why does the President get every orifice thoroughly checked each year, regardless of his "at risk" status?  By giving the President ultimate medical screening, isn't society placing a premium on his life?

Get over it: you are NOT as valuable as your leaders.