Nice try.....Bet you blame Bush too? You do know that the FDA stands for FEDERAL right?? Not Massachusettes??

The FDA dropped the ball because of the confusion surrounding SCOTUS decision in 2002. They quite honestly had no idea what their authority was, so they kept their hands off. But the state dropped the ball for its own inspections, even while the NECC was issued an FDA warning letter in 2006. The FDA issued a warning letter not over ops, but because the NECC was issuing medicine for treatments that were not FDA approved, an area that wasn't under confusion. So despite full knoweldge that something was afoot, the state didn't do its own audit of the facility or anything. That fell squarely under Romney's watch. He was too busy getting ready to run for president in 2008 to do anything about it.

Nice try? Please list the reason(s) he is wrong in his comment. No talking points please.

Simply INJECT the nefarious band of "chemists" who own these "Pharmacies" with their own "brew."

Those in the FDA and any state agencies involved with this atrocity should not only lose their jobs but they should be prosecuted along with these filthy scum who own and operate these "businesses."

Waldo: You are too logical. Such Logic is not allowed. Reminds me of the Katrina levee breaks in N.O. I believe the Romans would say the US corp of Engineers and their contracts would be allowed to get rich from building the levees but they would have to house their own families in the deepest part of the hole the levee was protecting. That will assure the levee gets built right. Telling doctors, pharmco Execs and hospital execs that as they conduct their business so it shall be done to them if they kill people through negligence. You'd be surprised how we would have the best medical care in the world with no additional expense.

IT's not the budget cuts that are responsible. The US spends more than anybody on protections. But the corporate controlled congress gives immunity and protections to corporate interests who hurt/kill people. Have you forgotten already the BP oil spill and the bogus application they filed with the gubmint ? The inspectors - paid by the taxpayers - were writing up the dnagers and risks for this compounding pharmacy for years. Reportedly, they had no authority to close 'em down. Congress took that authority away when they closed bad places and the Owners, the chambers of commerce, and the industry associations cried about it's too hard to do business in America. So we pay the gubmint employees but their authority is nuetered by congress. When our Congressmen are not telling women what rape is like, or toe tapping under toilet stalls to attract a boyfriend they are giving passes to business leaders to kill people in the name of profit. That's what your Congress is.

Compounding pharmacies are not issued a permit to manufacture. They are permitted to fill scripts. This pharmacy went rogue years ago and was cited by inspectors many times for improper procedures and violating safety standards. The gubmint clerks were not permitted to shut them down even though they would have liked to. The bidness man that ran it turned medicine into a profit pump and gave not one whit for his patients/customers. Doctors and hospitals know they are only supposed to buy from certified manaufacturers, bu the middle man distributor systems acts as a laundry and washes the ID/origin of the products they sell to the Docs and hospitals. But buying from a non-certified pirate operation may be cheaper than buying from a certified manufacturer so the middle man and maybe the Docs and hospitals can make MORE money if they sell the injections for the high price but purchase the stuff for less by buyingh from a non-certified manufacturer. All of this is known or should have been known by your gubmint. BUT as a wholly owned subsidiary of the business special interests the gubmint over and over and over proves to us all that they also do not care one whit about protecting the people. They are there to assure business makes profits. So they let a non-certified company to stay in business knowing the field inspectors reported over and over that these guys were not operating in compliance with thier license as a pharmacy. Politicians tell the camp guards (paycheck for life gubmint employees) to go ahead and fail to protect the public, but don't worry we'll still pay you, and they do it. They'll do it every time.

Drug companies may not sell the drugs in the form or dosage required. When you need a children's antibiotic, a compounding pharmacy will crush up the pills and add a cherry flavoring. When you need a 75 mg injection of something, but the drug companies only supply 500 mg doses, the compounding pharmacy will dilute it to a safe level. It is supposed to be made for an individual patient based on a doctor's prescription.

The problem with compounding pharmacies is when they make huge batches of drugs like a drug company. They aren't regulated like a drug company but do the same thing. They aren't supposed to make huge batches like that. It's supposed to be for an individual. The NECC made huge batches, leaving the patient ID section blank, in addition to the cleanliness problems they had.

I think there is a pretty clear case for criminal negligence at the very least. I just have hope because there is a criminal investigation ongoing.

Polio is a virus, not a fungus. Meningitis is just a medical jargon term for "brain swelling" which can be caused by many things, including polio, bacteria, and fungus.

These people aren't suffering from polio, because that would require deliberate disease introduction. Mold is everywhere, if you've ever left a loaf of bread out, you know this.

Nicole, your post shows a lot of ignorance. Polio and meningitis are not even similar. Meningitis can be a virus, bacteria, or fungus. Polio is a virus and has completely different symptoms. Since the source of the contamination has been found to be these injections, there clearly is no relationship between the fungal meningitis and vaccines.

Nicole I think it's past your bed time. Tomorrow is a school day.