Use it or lose it

My provincial government has been less than stellar in its rollout of the H1N1 vaccine. Since they started giving the shot on October 26, it has been one fiasco after another. First it was line-ups that induced rage and frustration, and now it's empty clinics with idle nurses. I agree that they had to set some very strict guidelines about who should get the shot first. However, they've now made the criteria so narrow that the clinics are empty. They keep going on about how there is a shortage of vaccine due to the manufacturer, and that they don't want to run out.

Here's my question. What good is the vaccine doing if it's still in the bottle? I don't understand the mentality of 'We might run out, so don't use it'. Who cares if you run out! Use up the supply and get it in people's arms. If you run out, close the clinics until you get a fresh supply. Having the vaccine available and not using it because you might run out defies all logic to me!