Chiron: 2004, the UK government shut down their flu vax plant (it was in the UK). It later came out that the FDA knew what was up and basically let it slide. It was one of the early ani-vax movements torches... Crunchy moms pissed about shots for kids and parents on Oxycodone were not happy with Pharma (or corporations in general: Enron etc..)

> politically unpopular drug shortages ...

Ask your ADHD friends about how they get their meds.

One side wants to keep it, the other side wants to get rid of it. No one wants to fix the problem.

> No one wants to fix the problem.

That’s not what wedge issues are for. They’re not meant to be solved, because then they’re used up, and there’s airtime to fill in the meantime.