The have higher infant immortality

So far as I know, "The" have the same rate of infant immortality as anyone, that is, zero.

The US's infant mortality rate, on the other hand, is worse than either Canada or the UK's. Here are the the infant mortality rates of the US and the 42 countries better than us at keeping babies alive, from that well known left wing source, the CIA 2008 fact book (numbers are infant deaths per 100 live births):

180 United States 6.30

181 Korea, South 5.94

182 Cuba 5.93

183 European Union 5.84

184 Isle of Man 5.62

185 Italy 5.61

186 Taiwan 5.45

187 San Marino 5.44

188 Greece 5.25

189 Monaco 5.18

190 Republic of Ireland 5.14

191 Canada 5.08

192 Jersey 5.01

193 New Zealand 4.99

194 United Kingdom 4.93

195 Gibraltar 4.91

196 Portugal 4.85

197 Netherlands 4.81

198 Luxembourg 4.62

199 Guernsey 4.59

200 Liechtenstein 4.52

201 Australia 4.51

202 Belgium 4.50

203 Austria 4.48

204 Denmark 4.40

205 Macau 4.30

206 Slovenia 4.30

207 Israel 4.28

208 Spain 4.26

209 Switzerland 4.23

210 Andorra 4.03

211 Germany 4.08

212 Czech Republic 3.83

213 Malta 3.79

214 Norway 3.61

215 Anguilla 3.54

216 Finland 3.50

217 France 3.36

218 Iceland 3.25

219 Hong Kong 2.93

220 Japan 2.80

221 Sweden 2.75

222 Singapore 2.30

As I understand it, the big thunderstorms in the ITCV top out at over 50,000 feet. Over is not an option, but around usually is...

...is even more complicated than the poster above noted. What they said is all correct--but there was another purely local issue mixed in, which was the lawsuit the Metro transit folks had filed against the contractors who built the last stretch of the light rail system (for cost overruns around $100 million). Metro lost, and so in addition to eating the cost overrruns, got to cover additional millions of dollars of legal expenses from said contractors.

This did not make a good impression on the locals a few months later when the funding came up for a vote.

Is enabled to a great extent through Medicare. You know, socialized medicine.

On the other hand, we're 46th in the world in terms of infant mortality. USA! USA!

Ruben Bolling is a pen name. The gentleman who does the strip was, last I heard, an investment banker with a Harvard Law degree.

One suspects he's probably never had problems on the dating front.

1) Thimerosal is a preservative, not an adjuvant.

2) The doses earmarked for pregnant women and infants have no Thimerosal in them.

3) At this time, H1N1 vaccines for the US market will not contain aluminum, squalene or other adjuvants. This may or may not change after clinical trials.