From The Daily Planet. On another planet.

It is accepted sound public health policy to inoculate as many people as possible every year against influenza before they can become infected. That is why 47 states allow not just doctors and nurse practitioners but also pharmacists to administer vaccines. New York is one of the three states (Maine and West Virginia are the others) clinging to a wrongheaded policy that endangers everyone, especially the elderly and the very young.

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