The Pecking Order
The FDA has approved the vaccine for H1N1. This clears the way for the manufacturers to begin making the vaccine with the bulk of it becoming available around Oct. 15th.
A starting supply of the vaccine will be made available earlier, but getting vaccinated early will not be on a first come, first serve basis. Here's the pecking order:
While you are waiting for your free H1N1 vaccine, get a regular flu shot. ($10-$30 average cost. No charge for Medicare/Medicaid) According to the government flu website, you need both for the best protection this flu season.
In the meantime, WASH YER HANDS. Did you hear me? Wash 'em! And stop picking yer nose! And keep yer fingers away from your mouth! And learn how to sneeze like Elmo.
Fer cryin' out loud. If yer sick, stay home from work/school/both. Don't be spreading yer crummy ass sick germs all over the place.
Seriously.
Any flu can turn deadly.
Protect yourself.
Protect the ones you love.
Links of interest:
Center for Disease Control
Outbreak World Map
More Countries Confirm Swine Flu
Production of Swine Flu Vaccine
h/t ConnecticutMan1
A starting supply of the vaccine will be made available earlier, but getting vaccinated early will not be on a first come, first serve basis. Here's the pecking order:
- Pregnant women
- Parents/Caregivers of children under 6 months of age.
- Health care workers/Emergency medical services personnel.
- Ages 6 months to 24 years
- Ages 25 through 64 with chronic health conditions.
While you are waiting for your free H1N1 vaccine, get a regular flu shot. ($10-$30 average cost. No charge for Medicare/Medicaid) According to the government flu website, you need both for the best protection this flu season.
In the meantime, WASH YER HANDS. Did you hear me? Wash 'em! And stop picking yer nose! And keep yer fingers away from your mouth! And learn how to sneeze like Elmo.
Fer cryin' out loud. If yer sick, stay home from work/school/both. Don't be spreading yer crummy ass sick germs all over the place.
Seriously.
Any flu can turn deadly.
Protect yourself.
Protect the ones you love.
Links of interest:
Center for Disease Control
Outbreak World Map
More Countries Confirm Swine Flu
Production of Swine Flu Vaccine
h/t ConnecticutMan1
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Forgot to mention....if you are a person with a dislike/fear of needles, the H1N1 vaccine in available in a nasal spray! NO EXCUSES.
September 18, 2009 9:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
This rawks
We has VNA coming to give us flu shots for $28, and probably will have H1N1 shots do the same. Ask your employer. Generally, they want 50 people to sign up and send the forms ahead of time.
About pecking order...I dunno, chickens will be last, so stay away from chickens until December or so...
=D
September 18, 2009 10:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
Chickens get bird flu; H1N1 crossed into Chilean (i think?) turkeys...look out, bird. The mutated thing is comin' after you.
September 19, 2009 10:51 AM | Reply | Permalink
Do you need a birth certificate or a Visa or Mastercard or something?
September 18, 2009 11:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
Just your bare bum, dick! And glenn beck'll be watchin'!
September 19, 2009 10:55 AM | Reply | Permalink
Thanks, though, flower. One school in colorado springs has closed due to flu. There they are recommending people get a shot even if they have had flu; it may not have been H1N1.
I have gotten flu twice after flu shots they claimed were not live vaccine; i'm gonna pass. But I am one of the Oldies and MOldies they say are not at risk.
September 19, 2009 10:54 AM | Reply | Permalink
I haven't had a flu shot in 35 years. Something tells me I'm better off not getting it.
September 19, 2009 2:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
I've never had a flu shot either... and I'm leery of new vaccines and their side effects. If I were pregnant I would do some research before getting this thing, side effects et al. What testing has been done. I received some weird emails telling me that the pharma producing this was given absolution from responsibility for side effects etc. Not sure it it's true. I am sure they've done some testing but...
September 19, 2009 2:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
I used to get a very bad case of the flu every year up until about three years ago, when I started to take advantage of the free flu shot at the office. Three years of flu shots, three years of having nothing worse than a cold each winter.
This year, I won't be able to get the free flu shot, seeing as how I just lost my job, but luckily I'm going in for my annual physical this Monday and I'm going to ask my doctor for details on how to get the flu shot and/or vaccine against H1N1 when they're available.
So I appreciate this heads-up, Flower, because otherwise I might not have thought about this just before my visit with the doctor.
Thank you.
September 19, 2009 2:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
For those who wonder about Flower's list, it's as it is for this reason: The people listed are "vectors" for transmission, they are people in places where high concentrations of others susceptible to flu would expedite transmission.
Smart way to choke off an epidemic if you think about it.
September 19, 2009 6:00 PM | Reply | Permalink