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Today, between the hours of 1 to 6 p.m. there will be a flu shot clinic for H1N1 in the Provincial Building in Blairmore.
H1N1 vaccine clinics
According to the Lethbridge Herald story above this will be the one and only clinic for the Pass. Future clinics will be held in Pincher Creek next week from Tuesday through Saturday.
One has to wonder how a community with less than half our population gets precedence over our community, on the one hand, and on the other, that with over a year of lead-time this is the best our local health care professionals could come up with in providing what could be life threatening treatment for almost 6,000 people.
Forcing people to travel for a vaccination shot, considering we have been dealing with winter conditions since the beginning of this month (with more winter to come), while knowing that half our population are seniors (55+ and over), is scandalous to say the least.
More incompetence on top of incompetence seems to be the steady diet we the people have been getting from those in charge of our well being. Makes me sick!
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UPDATE: Just came across the following which might explain why there are so few flu clinics in the Pass. Hate to think GREED is being put ahead of peoples health by the Alberta Medical Association (AMA), but it sure looks that way and wouldn't surpise me one bit, as sadly, for far too many of these people in this profession it's all about the money... isn't everything these days. Posted by John Prince at 7:02 PM
Alberta doctors could make $500/hour for H1N1 work
On a lighter note: What is the difference between Bird Flu and Swine Flu? For bird flu you need tweetment and for swine flu you need oinkment.
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Thursday, October 29, 2009
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4 comments:
According to the news tonight (I believe it was our beloved CBC), people over 65 aren't considered high risk. People under 65 with those pesky underlying conditions (asthma, diabetes etc) are. So you don't have to worry about them, John. :)
Your just laughing because your over 65 and I'm a few years short. Your a 'sick puppy' Buddy. :-)
Hopefully, we will all make it through this H1N1 but if some of us don't, at least we should be happy that we made some rich doctor even richer in our passing. Ah, the capitalist system... there is no life like it... in fact, some would say that under it, there is no life period. :-(
Wrong. I'm 50 and not high risk. I don't want a shot. Too much weird stuff going on about it. Did you read that Massachusetts has made it mandatory to get the shot? Did you hear about the 'flu riot' drills the US military (and apparently Cdns) have been doing?
I guess the big pharma lobbyists in the US (and here) have earned their huge salaries for this.
Anon @8:55
Thanks for the update. Here is another one to consider with respect to your 'big pharma' comment:
Tamiflu stocks and who profits from the flu
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