Secy Kennedy also just disbanded the CDC committee that figures out what influenza strains are likely to be circulating in the next season. So even if there is a vaccine, it won't be tailored to the likeliest viruses. Perhaps manufacturers can free ride on the choices made by civilized nations in Europe. But the other thing is that if the CDC doesn't list vaccines as recommended insurance (including Medicare) won't pay for them. In States that care, there will be subsidy, but count on a worse than usual hospitalization/death toll for next year. Even with this year's guess we are having a record bad year with influenza.