Houston Ends Flu Shot Program for Early Voters

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Sometimes I just shake my head: Flu vaccinations have entered the sometimes ugly world of politics. The Associated Press reports that the city of Houston has stopped what at first seemed to be an excellent campaign to promote getting a flu shot, especially for those who need one the most. Mayor Bill White had offered free flu vaccinations to anyone over the age of 50 at early voting sites around the city. But, says the wire service, Republican politicians objected because the neighborhoods where the vaccinations were offered were primarily black and Hispanic, which the GOP leaders claimed contained mostly Democrat voters. Houston health officials denied the charge, the AP reported, saying the selected neighborhoods were the ones that needed the vaccine the most. White, who

ended the program after about 1,300 shots had been administered, is former head of the Texas Democratic Party. But he told the wire service that politics was not behind the flu shot program. "There was no political motive whatsoever to do it," the AP quotes White as saying.

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