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vaccine invested large sums of money to insure that sizeable amounts of
the vaccine would be available before the full impact of this year's polio
season was felt.
The dramatic publicity accompanying the report of the vaccine's
efficacy has aroused an enormous amount of public interest.
The supply of vaccine on hand now or likely to become available
during the next few months is far short of the needs and demands. The
theory exists in some quarters that sizeable amounts of vaccine may appear
in black markets, that prices may rise beyond reason, and that, as a
consequence, many individuals in the most susceptible age groups will not
receive the preventive. Concern over these possibilities has been ex-
pressed by individual members of the Congress, and legislation has already
been proposed which would require that the Federal Government supervise
distribution of the vaccine.
These, as I have said, are the basic facts.
Without attempting to suggest a formal agenda, may I say that in
my opinion there are two major questions which require the most careful
kind of study.
First and foremost is the question of supply. I think it is fair
to say that very great misapprehension exists at the present time concern-
ing this central fact -- how soon, within the understandable limits of
productive capacity, will there be sufficient supplies of vaccine to take
care of the children of America. Second, there is the question of distribu-
tion -- what steps are necessary to assure that vaccine on hand goes first
to the most susceptible age groups in the population.
We know that we can expect all pertinent data from this group with
respect to the first question, and your thoughtful consideration in an
attempt to find the answer to the second one.
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