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(NBC) – Workers at Wall Street investment firms have been vaccinated for the H1N1 virus before some hospitals.
Citi Group, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and the New York Stock Exchange each say in statements they followed procedures by requesting vaccines with the New York City Health Department, the agency responsible for filling vaccine requests.
The New York City Health Commissioner said that the corporations did not receive special treatment and were instructed to distribute the vaccine to high risk employees.
Critics say the H1N1 flu has risen to a national emergency, with children and adults are dying while high risk patients are not able to find the vaccine.
Many doctors and hospitals in new york city have yet to receive the vaccines.
The CDC is in charge of working with states and local governments on distributing the vaccine. Several banks have pledged to vaccinate only its high-risk employees.
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