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CDC plans for massive flu outbreak

Emergency Management Alert, July 28, 2004

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans to stockpile 4 million flu vaccines for children, the San Jose Mercury reports.

Two vaccine makers plan to prepare 100 million doses of the vaccine-almost 17 million more than last year.

Chiron, a vaccine manufacturer, said it shipped 1 million doses to wholesalers as part of a production run that will ultimately yield 52 million shots this year, the most the company has ever produced in a single year. Last year, the company only made 38 million shots, which were exhausted by early October, the beginning of the flu season.

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