Victoria Clipper's Flu Shot Sailing Draws Crowds
SEATTLE - Vancouver Island on a cool fall day attracts hundreds of tourists.
These days, the allure isn't so much a relaxing vacation. Travelers are piling aboard the Victoria Clipper for a shot; a flu vaccine they can't find here in the United States.
Not only are the shots available in Canada, officials assure Americans they won't run out. A total of 2 million doses of vaccine are sitting in Canadian warehouses, waiting for FDA approval before they can be shipped to the United States.
Travelers aboard the Clipper say they have no intention of waiting.
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Joe E on October 29, 2004 05:55 AM
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