Swine Flu

[Ed Anger]

I think I feel the flu assaulting my system. And since I had the regular flu shot, I bet it is the oink variety.

[Drakken]

Even if you hadn't had the seasonal flu shot, odds are like 98% it is the oink variety.

[Berkut]

No, I'm high risk. For the last few years, I've had chronic and severe recurring bronchitis (the one thing that finally forced me to quit smoking, or face probable death  ).

Doc told me to go, I just didn't wanna face 6 hour lines.

I used to get that, and I never smoked!

Then a couple years ago I had it with "pneumonia-like" complications, whatever the fuck that means, then...nothing since.

[Malthus]

No, I'm high risk. For the last few years, I've had chronic and severe recurring bronchitis (the one thing that finally forced me to quit smoking, or face probable death  ).

Doc told me to go, I just didn't wanna face 6 hour lines.

I used to get that, and I never smoked!

Then a couple years ago I had it with "pneumonia-like" complications, whatever the fuck that means, then...nothing since.

I haven't had it at all this fall (knock wood!). Usually, I get it when the weather turns cold, like clockwork.

I dunno if smoking *caused* it, but it sure as shit did not help once I had it.

[merithyn]

Max used to get that. Then, he got a job working with sulfur. Hasn't had a problem since. Great stuff, that sulfur.

[saskganesh]

vaccinations are finally available for the general public. I am going to wait and see about lineups as I cannot spend a whole day in line.

[Lucidor]

vaccinations are finally available for the general public. I am going to wait and see about lineups as I cannot spend a whole day in line.

Quite counterproductive just vaccinating the ones that have the time to wait in line a day if you want to vaccinate to reduce absency from the workplace...

[sbr]

The Amalgamated Order of Real Bearded Santas, the Santa's union, says they should be given high priority for the vaccination.

http://www.popfi.com/2009/11/19/santa-demands-the-swine-flu-vaccine/

Among the many groups of folks who get swine flu vaccine priority are child-care workers like teachers, daycare employees, medical personnel, and those sorts of people.  Given that swine flu is everywhere, people are jockeying for a place on the swine flu priority list.  There are only so many vaccines to go around, and thousands of people want them.  That's why one group of public employees, the Amalgamated Order of Real Bearded Santas, is asking that Santa Clauses throughout the US get bumped ahead of normal people on the swine flu vaccine list.  They consider themselves a high risk group.

It might be an easily dismissed request, but once I started to think about it... it is perfectly reasonable.  The average Santa has to go through hundreds of kids in an 8-hour shift of picture-taking.  Given that Christmas is right around the corner, who do you think is going to handle more sniffly, sneezy, snotty little kids than all of those groups mentioned above?  Right, Santa.  Just imagine how many kids could get infected by one ill Father Christmas!

[Grallon]

A batch of vaccine was pulled after they discovered a rate of allergic reactions to it 5 times the norm...

http://news.ca.msn.com/local/manitoba/article.aspx?cp-documentid=22663017



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[Neil]

Looking at the symptoms of a flu, I might have had it on Tuesday, but it was resolved by Thursday morning.

[Admiral Yi]

The Amalgamated Order of Real Bearded Santas, the Santa's union, says they should be given high priority for the vaccination.

http://www.popfi.com/2009/11/19/santa-demands-the-swine-flu-vaccine/

Among the many groups of folks who get swine flu vaccine priority are child-care workers like teachers, daycare employees, medical personnel, and those sorts of people.  Given that swine flu is everywhere, people are jockeying for a place on the swine flu priority list.  There are only so many vaccines to go around, and thousands of people want them.  That's why one group of public employees, the Amalgamated Order of Real Bearded Santas, is asking that Santa Clauses throughout the US get bumped ahead of normal people on the swine flu vaccine list.  They consider themselves a high risk group.

It might be an easily dismissed request, but once I started to think about it... it is perfectly reasonable.  The average Santa has to go through hundreds of kids in an 8-hour shift of picture-taking.  Given that Christmas is right around the corner, who do you think is going to handle more sniffly, sneezy, snotty little kids than all of those groups mentioned above?  Right, Santa.  Just imagine how many kids could get infected by one ill Father Christmas!

Santas that are public employees?

[Drakken]

vaccinations are finally available for the general public. I am going to wait and see about lineups as I cannot spend a whole day in line.

In Quebec, they staunchily refuse to speed up the process for the general public, even though vaccination clinics are currently wastelands in Montreal. But with 1,1 million doses expected next week, witholding the general population until December 7th will become less and less tenable. So I expect our turn will come by the end of November.

Starting today, though, all people aged 65 ans over, including the healthy ones, can get vaccinated in several regions of the province.

[saskganesh]

well, I have moved and no longer have proof of address, so I cannot get an OHIP card issued to met yet. therefore no free shot for me until that's all resolved.

[Drakken]

well, I have moved and no longer have proof of address, so I cannot get an OHIP card issued to met yet. therefore no free shot for me until that's all resolved.

Can't you present yourself with another proof of residence, like a phone bill?

[Josephus]

Still haven't had the flu shot and still have no plans to.

I'm still alive, you'll be sad to hear. My daily paper this morning has a whole article about how this flu is merely a mild variant, and like bird flu, SARS etc, the risk has been overly exaggerated.

Hey, Sask...where did you move to?