Think for Yourself

In response to Klinenberg and Thomas' "How the First Family Can Lead on Swine Flu" (Opinion- Wall Street Journal September 30, 2009) regarding President Obama's lack of urgency in asking the American public to have themselves vaccinated against the H1N1 flu. The authors hold the belief that the President should do what ever it takes to get Americans vaccinated, and want the Obama's and their children to get inoculated in front of the cameras and on TV.
It seems to me that the authors' intent is to create a larger sense of panic, scarying people into getting vaccinated. In the beginning of the article the authors are not satisfied with Obama simply urging Americans to get vaccinated, claiming that it "fails to convey the urgency required for a successful mass vaccination". They are not even satisfied with Obama saying that he and his wife "will stand in line like everybody else" to receive the vaccine, for they want the vaccination to be in front of the cameras and on TV. They go on to discuss how effective this approach was in 1976 when President Ford got some 42 million people to follow his lead during a similar H1N1 flu outbreak.
It seems to me there has to be more to this story. Why are these two so concerned with getting "Americans" vaccinated? What about the rest of the world? It turns out Anisya Thomas "Fritz" is on the board of directors of the Fritz Institute who is partnered with several of the larger pharmaceutical companies. I suppose Americans pay more than the rest of the world, and are better sheep.