Vaccine Debate

The state and local government have the responsibility to regulate and make it possible for the vaccine to be available to its citizens in an event of a vaccine shortage. Accordingly, in a free market economy, health facilities and manufacturers are allowed to buy and sell given the supply and demand of the vaccine. During a shortage, it will be unfair for healthy people allowed to buy the flu vaccine. People with money, if not at risk should not buy the vaccine because it will drive the price up further and the poor will eventually suffer. The state and local government generally don’t control and regulates the production and distribution of the seasonal flu vaccine, thus if they cannot safeguard adequate supplies to the population, it is