OT - I got shot - H1N1
MargW
opened this week. As an asthmatic I fall into the high risk category.
The first clinic in Picton is being held today from 1-7 p.m. Since it
is a five minute walk from the house I walked down in the drizzle.
Anticipating a wait,(the news reports from Ottawa have had people
waiting six hours or more) I even took a folding lawn chair.
No problems. I went about 12:30. Got in about 1:30. By 2:30 I was home
and all vaccinated. I was 75th in line, and I would say there were at
least that many behind me when I left. I'm sure it will pick up after
work. There are two more special clinics tomorrow and Friday for the
higher risk category, and the regular clinics will start in November.
I debated getting the shot (although I normally get the seasonal shot),
since at my age I fall into the group that may have some immunity due
to the 1957 and 1975 pandemics (I don't remember having the flu in '57,
although my sister does).
I worry about those people who will not get the shot or will not have
their kids immunized due pseudo-science concerns being promulgated by a
vocal group of anti-vaccinators. Yes, there are legitimate concerns
about vaccinations, but most of the negative information out there has
no scientific validity.
If you fall into any of the risk categories, I encourage you to get shot!!!
MargW
Jette Goldie
As a diabetic hubby will definitely get the vaccine. Normally I won't
be automatically offered it, but I'm thinking that maybe I should ask
- (1) because of the aforementioned hubby (family of those with
suppressed or compromised immune systems are advised to get a shot)
and (2) because of my current job - front line Customer Services in a
public office - we get all sorts in, from lawyers to members of the
public, some of them hacking and coughing great guns. We've all been
issued with boxes of anti-viral facial tissues and bottles of
anti-septic hand gel (one each), and automatic hand gel dispensers
have been placed just inside the doors of the office, but there's no
guarantee anyone is using them. Two of my immediate colleagues have
already been signed off with the H1N1 virus in the last few weeks and
in the main office (Customer Services are in a different building)
there has been a bit of a mini-epidemic.
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Margo
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I too fall into the category of 'higher risk' because I am diabetic,
but I will wait until the hysteria dies down a bit. It's stupid to
wait 6 hours in line. It's not like they are going to run out as
Ontario has ordered enough vaccine to inoculate everyone twice over. I
simply do not understand where all these rumours (in North America) of
shortages are coming from. If it's from the fact that there are long
lines, well, it should be blindingly obvious that if everyone shows up
at the same time, they will have to wait their turn.
Jette Goldie
> I too fall into the category of 'higher risk' because I am diabetic,
> but I will wait until the hysteria dies down a bit. It's stupid to
> wait 6 hours in line. It's not like they are going to run out as
> Ontario has ordered enough vaccine to inoculate everyone twice over. I
> simply do not understand where all these rumours (in North America) of
> shortages are coming from. If it's from the fact that there are long
> lines, well, it should be blindingly obvious that if everyone shows up
> at the same time, they will have to wait their turn.
>
Well, here in the UK you get your shot from your own GP, so there's no
waiting in line for hours at a public pharmacy. Your doc makes an
appointment and you turn up when it's due - you might wait a few
minutes (well, ok, up to 30 mins) if they're over-running on time.
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John W. Vinson
>If you fall into any of the risk categories, I encourage you to get shot!!!
Too late... <g>
I'm pretty much recovered from what I'm all but certain was a mild case of
H1N1 flu (cough, muscle aches, a day of low fever, fatigue, sneezing and
dripping). I stayed home and, alas, gave it to Karen who went through the same
symptom set, five days after mine for each stage.
So I'm "vaccinated"... more or less...
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John W. Vinson
>I simply do not understand where all these rumours (in North America) of
>shortages are coming from.
Ummm... from the people who manufacture and distribute the vaccine, perhaps.
http://healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/Health/PanFluHome/WheretogetVaccinated/tabid/912/Default.aspx
Please Check Back!
Vaccine supply is very limited. Please check back here or with your Public
Health District for details about where to get a vaccination when supplies
improve.
Cindy Wells
> The public clinic for those at the highest risks of getting H1N1 have
> opened this week. As an asthmatic I fall into the high risk category.
>
<snip>
>
> If you fall into any of the risk categories, I encourage you to get
> shot!!!
>
> MargW
I probably won't but my sister probably will. (She's a diagnosed
asthmatic who often has to participate in customer visits and explain
the engineering testing on the products. I'm living on the farm and
rarely go into town.)
Cindy Wells
(we (and the rest of the family) got the 1970s swine flu shots. Mom is a
bit surprised that I remember those long lines and the air injector
shot. I didn't remember what vaccine was in the shots, though.)
kittent
Desideria
wrote:
>The public clinic for those at the highest risks of getting H1N1 have
Sigh..I've been TRYING. I also have asthma, but all the local places I
call are out of vaccine. I could've gone down to Kent (about 6 miles
from work in the wrong direction) but I can't leave work until 5 pm
and I knew it would be busy then.
Our local flu vaccine clinic at work is cancelled, and as far as I can
tell, a person who wants a flu shot will be lucky to get it by the end
of November around here!!!
Doesn't help that I truly HATE calling place after place to see if
they have vaccine, especially when they all say no, and that they
don't know when or if they'll have it.
Desideria
Desideria
wrote:
>
>I too fall into the category of 'higher risk' because I am diabetic,
>but I will wait until the hysteria dies down a bit. It's stupid to
>wait 6 hours in line. It's not like they are going to run out as
>Ontario has ordered enough vaccine to inoculate everyone twice over. I
>simply do not understand where all these rumours (in North America) of
>shortages are coming from. If it's from the fact that there are long
>lines, well, it should be blindingly obvious that if everyone shows up
>at the same time, they will have to wait their turn.
Oh, I can tell you that the rumors are fact, depending on where you
live.
I can't get a shot locally for love or money. Every place I call is
out of the vaccine, and I'll need to drive several miles out of my way
assuming I can find a place that has it!
Desideria
Uncle Sky
In Tucson the Health Dept canelled the next three clinics that were
scheduled to give the shots because they ran out. There are many places
that have run out. Watch the news and you'll see them every night.
--
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Erin
They're doing clinics in the schools here for students -- staff will
get them IF there is an adequate supply (that won't be known until the
actual day of the clinic. Permission slips went home this week and
have to be complete and on-file the day prior to the clinic in order
for students to receive the shot at school, and then students actually
have to be present at school on that day, so it could be that there
are "extra" shots available for staff. We're considered to be a
"moderately at risk" category. However, since I'm the parent of a
child who is imuno-suppressed (my youngest) that bumps me up into a
high-risk category. Of course, that puts me back into the issue of
'if I can find someplace who has it" :-) Our school clinic date isn't
until mid-November, so as soon as I can find some breathing time, and
as soon as Lucas is completely over pneumonia, I'll make appointments
for both of us to get it.
Erin
Wes Struebing
wrote:
>The public clinic for those at the highest risks of getting H1N1 have
We'll be trying to get ours on the 10th of Nov. Free clinic, since
I'm unemployed and my cobra won't pick up the shots (they're elective,
don't you know) - daughter has moderate-to-severe asthma, wife had a
heart attack several years ago and other issues, me with severe
asthma/copd.
So, what Marg said! Get shot!
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Wes Struebing
>
>I too fall into the category of 'higher risk' because I am diabetic,
>but I will wait until the hysteria dies down a bit. It's stupid to
>wait 6 hours in line. It's not like they are going to run out as
>Ontario has ordered enough vaccine to inoculate everyone twice over. I
>simply do not understand where all these rumours (in North America) of
>shortages are coming from. If it's from the fact that there are long
>lines, well, it should be blindingly obvious that if everyone shows up
>at the same time, they will have to wait their turn.
Umm, they were lining up to get the seriously short-supplied dosages.
If the doses are out there, they are NOT being distributed.
We have shortages - severe ones. (and yet, there are OTHER spots in
the country which have an overabundance of doses.) Frex, my allergist
has had H1N1 vaccine ordered since August. They *may* get a fraction
of the doses they've requested by the end of November. Another reason
we're going to one of the free clinics to see if we can get ours
there.
To be sure, we're told the doses ARE ramping up, but we are at about
half the doses we were "promised" - by the drug companies AND the CDC
- right now.
Wes Struebing
<jvinson@STOP_SPAM.WysardOfInfo.com> wrote:
>On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:00:50 -0400, MargW <mwhi...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
>>If you fall into any of the risk categories, I encourage you to get shot!!!
>
>Too late... <g>
>
>I'm pretty much recovered from what I'm all but certain was a mild case of
>H1N1 flu (cough, muscle aches, a day of low fever, fatigue, sneezing and
>dripping). I stayed home and, alas, gave it to Karen who went through the same
>symptom set, five days after mine for each stage.
>
>So I'm "vaccinated"... more or less...
Hope for you and yours' sakes, Wys, it WAS H1N1...
Margo
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We have always gotten our regular 'flu shots at our doctors' offices
and I will get the regular 'flu shot a couple or 3 weeks after the
H1N1. I'd much rather risk the vaccine than the 'flu.
But I really don't know why they've decided to go the public clinic
route in this case instead of at the GPs.
Margo
Just wait a few days until the next batch comes in. Does anybody
realistically expect 100% coverage the first couple of days?
Considering that only about 50% of people polled were going to get the
H1N1 vaccinations, I suspect there will be quite a surplus in a couple
of weeks.
Desideria
wrote:
Oh, hon. The first batch has been and gone, and maybe the 2nd as well
(?), but everyone I speak with is not sure if or when they're getting
another.
One person today told me that there's a shortage of the regular flu
vaccine because the manufacturers have had to start on the swine flu
vaccine, and my doctor (allergist) has told me they're delayed this
year too, over normal years.
There truly IS a shortage. Again, it seems to depend on where you
live.
Desideria
John W. Vinson
>>I'm pretty much recovered from what I'm all but certain was a mild case of
>>H1N1 flu (cough, muscle aches, a day of low fever, fatigue, sneezing and
>>dripping). I stayed home and, alas, gave it to Karen who went through the same
>>symptom set, five days after mine for each stage.
>>
>>So I'm "vaccinated"... more or less...
>
>Hope for you and yours' sakes, Wys, it WAS H1N1...
Oh, I agree. The local health department has been testing lots of people who
(unlike us) were hospitalized or under doctor's care, and about 95% or more of
the flu cases in this part of the country are indeed H1N1; the seasonal flu is
expected to make an appearance later, and I do intend to get vaccinated for it
(when I'm feeling better).
Margo
If the shortage depends on where you live, it makes me wonder if it's
not artificially induced? Or maybe the staged roll out this year is
giving people that impression.
My MIL got her regular 'flu shot last week at the doctor's office,
just as always.
Hope you get yours soon.
Wes Struebing
<snicker> THAT one I got! Last week!
(goodthoughts, Wys...)
Alan Ralph
they'd originally told me it was going to be on the 7th, but apparently
it got put back. As I'm currently being treated with immuno-suppressive
drugs and steroids for my Wegener's Syndrome, I'm in one of the at-risk
group - I checked today with the specialist nurse at the hospital, and
they've advised me to get immunized.
MonTemplar
Wes Struebing
wrote:
You betcha! (hope there's no untoward interaction between the vaccine
& your other meds...)
Denny Wheeler
wrote:
>
>One person today told me that there's a shortage of the regular flu
>vaccine because the manufacturers have had to start on the swine flu
>vaccine, and my doctor (allergist) has told me they're delayed this
>year too, over normal years.
>
>There truly IS a shortage. Again, it seems to depend on where you
>live.
Sweetie, yes, there's a shortage of the seasonal vaccine. The H1N1 ('swine
flu') vaccine is supposed to arrive within the next 3-4 days, the pharmacist
told me. I'll ask in the morning, as I have to pick up my gel packs.
<denny waves to the Patronage-at-large, as this is a short visit>
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Alan Ralph
> On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:37:12 +0000, Alan Ralph<alan....@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> I just booked an appointment to have the shots, on the 28th November -
>> they'd originally told me it was going to be on the 7th, but apparently
>> it got put back. As I'm currently being treated with immuno-suppressive
>> drugs and steroids for my Wegener's Syndrome, I'm in one of the at-risk
>> group - I checked today with the specialist nurse at the hospital, and
>> they've advised me to get immunized.
>
> & your other meds...)
I will stop taking the steroids whilst the vaccine does its stuff, but
will keep taking the azathioprine as that is keeping my Wegener's in check.
MonTemplar
Morgan
wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:37:12 +0000, Alan Ralph <alan....@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I just booked an appointment to have the shots, on the 28th November -
>> they'd originally told me it was going to be on the 7th, but apparently
>> it got put back. As I'm currently being treated with immuno-suppressive
>> drugs and steroids for my Wegener's Syndrome, I'm in one of the at-risk
>> group - I checked today with the specialist nurse at the hospital, and
>> they've advised me to get immunized.
>>
>> MonTemplar
>
> You betcha! (hope there's no untoward interaction between the vaccine
> & your other meds...)
> --
The county just got their first 15,000 doses of the shots, and I took the
17-yr-old down and got him stuck today. We got there at 9:30am, they
opened at 10am, and we were far enough back in line that it was about 1pm
before we got in, There was another hour or two's worth of line behind us.
Mind you, this is a BIG county (San Bernardino -- biggest in the lower
48), and those doses were divided over only three clinics, so we probably
had a lot of people who'd driven a long way to get there.
Morgan /|\
Richard Fallstrom
<581cd2b9-9e8d-48df...@b2g2000yqi.googlegroups.com>,
Margo <saa...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
Margo:
You and I both fall into the diabetic category for increased risk. My
wife has MS and also is at risk. Last Monday (10/26) we both got the
injections for H1N1 at the clinic where our primary care is.
Rick (sometimes is a GentleRF and sometimes is not)
Richard Fallstrom
<deside...@gmail.com> wrote:
Desi,
If you lived on Susie's and my side of the water, and had the higher
risk factors, we could get you to a place to be immunized.
Richard Fallstrom
<deside...@gmail.com> wrote:
Asthma is one of the major risk factors like Margo's and my diabetes.
Margo
wrote:
> In article
> <581cd2b9-9e8d-48df-9e20-7e73582e5...@b2g2000yqi.googlegroups.com>,
They only started the immunizations here last Monday, but I'd rather
avoid the crowds so I'm content to wait. Although I might go for it
tomorrow with my sister and BIL. I don't spend a lot of time in close
quarters with others, so I'm not really concerned about it. But I will
be getting both the H1N1 and the regular 'flu vaccine this year.
Better the vaccine than the 'flu. {:>D
Margo
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> typed:
>
> > A computer without Microsoft is like a chocolate cake without mustard.
>
> I like, can I steal it?
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