There’s a shortage of vaccines, and it’s all the fault of [Your Government Here]

Obama will fix H1N1 vaccine shortage: White House

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama is frustrated with shortages in the availability of the H1N1 flu vaccine but the problem was being tackled, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Tuesday.

"We’re working each and every day to fix this," Gibbs told a daily news briefing.

Gosh. You mean other countries are having trouble delivering vaccines on time, too? It’s not just a matter of the Harper government’s incompetence or miserliness? It’s just, you know, a logistical nightmare ?

Apparently so:H1N1 Spreading Faster Than Vaccine, CDC SaysChildren swine flu deaths spike in US amid vaccine shortageBehind The H1N1 Vaccine ShortageH1N1 vaccine shortage could be political pitfall for ObamaCritics say vaccine woes show administration’s lack of preparednessCDC Chief ’Frustrated’ By Swine Flu Vaccine ShortageH1N1 vaccine shortage stings politically

Other parellels: while Republicans charge the Obama administration with mishandling the epidemic, vaccine shortages are also cropping up as local issues -- just as in every province of Canada, the opposition is blamingtheprovincialgovernment.

And of course, on either side of the border, there’s someone ready with the same cheap, inflammatory analogy:Liberal launches political storm by comparing H1N1 response to hurricane KatrinaLimbaugh: H1N1 vaccine shortage "ought to be Obama’s Katrina"