Is this another story of more FDA corruption and yet another vaccine scam?

Yes, this is the story of how Chiron's CEO Howard Pien used cronyism and spin to secretly sell contaminated vaccine to Americans, knowing it could harm and kill them, when serratia bacteria raised its ugly head in Liverpool and shook up Chiron in Emeryville, California.

On March 2, 2004, about five months before Chiron Corporation intended to market Fluvirin in the United States, Chiron Vaccine’s employees in Liverpool discovered high levels of bacteria in pools of vaccine that had not been fully processed.

Chiron scientists knew low levels of bacteria were permissible before final filtration steps occurred, however high levels signaled a serious problem in processing. The ultimate issue, however, would be sterility of the finished product.

Then, on July 8 the first batch of finished product – filled vials of vaccine – failed sterility tests. By August 2, Chiron had discovered eight more contaminated batches.