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Guantanamo detainees should not get the H1N1 vaccine over high-risk citizens

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Recently deemed a "national emergency" by President Barack Obama, the swine flu pandemic is racing ahead and the U.S. is coming up short. The H1N1 vaccine, which began production in spring 2009, took longer to manufacture than originally was expected. The shortage is shocking: The nation is millions of doses short of original forecasts.

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