[ale] Way OT: X-ray glasses=>Flu shots

[Jeff Hubbs]

If it were only so.  There are places all over town where one can walk
in and obtain a flu shot, to include many area pharmacies.  There is no
need to ration flu vaccine away from yourselves.  My whole family
developed the flu in January 1999 and it took me out of action for about
two weeks - at the time, I was the only one working.

Jeff

On Wed, 2004-11-10 at 17:42, Bob Toxen wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 04:14:57PM -0500, John Wells wrote:
> > Bob Toxen said:
> > > A flu shot is $30.  Get one!  Tell 'em you get it bad or get it very
> > > easily.  Don't allow THEIR incompetence to deprive you of the medical
> > > care  you need.  They always can grow more or import it from Canada.
> > > In Washington State a company is running "Flu shot charter flights"
> > > to Canada.
> 
> > Umm...not to jump in mid-thread here, but by just getting one, you're
> > potentially depriving the very young and very old folks who *really* need
> > a shot from getting it.  I certainly wouldn't recommend blindly seeking a
> > shot during a shortage.  The average healthly person should NOT get one,
> > IMHO.
> You offer a valid point of view.  Mine is that it is Gov't incompetence
> and stupidity that has allowed this and *I'm* not volunteering to suffer
> for THAT!
> 
> > http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/qa/0405vaccination.htm
> Bob
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