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bunnysoft (63 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 12:10 AM Original message |
H1N1 flu 'pushing hospitals to their limit' |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
1. I am calling the clinic tomorrow to see if they already have it |
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Heddi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
2. my ER is seeing more and more kids and families |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
3. You may be thinking about it, but unless the supply increases most likely it will take some time |
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SPedigrees (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 12:58 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Yes, it is taking longer to culture the vaccine than expected. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
4. There are almost no shots to be had. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 12:24 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I am in a high risk group |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 12:39 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I read in the Bee that they're only offering the shot/spray to preggos and babies here right now. |
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Techn0Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 04:06 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. No Shots to be had.... |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 12:27 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. In this case, the "old" technology is the tried-and-true chicken egg culture. |
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Techn0Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 01:13 AM Response to Original message |
8. I have no idea how this season's impact will be .... |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 01:39 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Medicine's gotten a lot better in the last 91 years. |
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Techn0Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 04:03 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Lasted to the mid 50's ??? |
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RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #12 |
41. Killjoy! |
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Techn0Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #41 |
49. Mea culpa |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 05:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
50. H1N1 didn't just infect people for one year in 1918, and then vanish... |
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Techn0Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 05:31 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Thank you for the refrences .... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 01:37 AM Response to Original message |
9. Only 3 kids were at grandson's preschool, no teachers |
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Techn0Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 04:11 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. I hope you get better soon!! |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 11:16 AM Response to Reply #14 |
24. aspirin: NO!!! |
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Techn0Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 02:00 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. Aspirin Yes. |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 02:49 AM Response to Original message |
11. My wife who teaches Special Ed has been called into several |
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Techn0Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 04:13 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Out Here in Northern California.... |
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Delphinus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 05:46 AM Response to Original message |
16. Wait - hold on. |
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Neurotica (412 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 05:55 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. A great blog-Effect Measure-explained how this was poor science journalism |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 09:46 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Yep, Effect Measure is a terrific public health blog /nt |
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Delphinus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 12:22 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. Thank you! |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 12:33 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. OBVIOUSLY the H1N1 vaccine only prevents H1N1 flu. Did you really ask that, lol?? |
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Techn0Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 02:11 PM Response to Reply #16 |
33. What's making these poeple all "sick" ... |
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lefty369 (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. so there is a big conspiracy and everyone is in on it, lol |
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Techn0Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 02:26 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. No .... |
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lefty369 (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 02:30 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. That still does not address |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 03:16 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Consider yourself lucky |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 03:19 PM Response to Reply #37 |
44. That is the stupidest fucking idea I've read here. |
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Techn0Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 03:27 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. The stupidest idea.... |
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KillCapitalism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:41 AM Response to Reply #33 |
57. Hysteria? LOL |
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Techn0Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 04:02 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. I've heard some sources say .... |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:50 PM Response to Reply #33 |
60. "What's making these poeple all "sick" ...Is hysteria." REALLY? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 11:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
55. Quite a mystery there . . . what's going on??? |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 06:14 AM Response to Original message |
18. A perfectly healthy 20-year-old college student |
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Techn0Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 02:34 PM Response to Reply #18 |
40. We don't really know.... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 11:57 PM Response to Reply #40 |
56. Stay away from children if you can . . . and their parents!!! |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 06:18 AM Response to Original message |
19. Here in my Maryland household, I have two kids with H1N1 |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 08:45 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. It's not too late unless you're sick. |
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Techn0Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 02:18 PM Response to Reply #19 |
34. A few things to keep in mind .... |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 07:51 AM Response to Reply #34 |
59. The wife and I can't get H1N1 vaccinations yet |
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excess_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
21. short of being at death's door, why would anybody ... |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 09:55 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. There needs to be a public education campaign--unless there's respiratory distress, |
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Techn0Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #23 |
36. Lots of poeple don't have doctors ... |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. In a similar vein, why would somebody with a child home sick with the flu, |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. Why? You know why. |
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Techn0Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 05:15 PM Response to Reply #21 |
51. Why would anybody ..... |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
25. THIS is why immunization against H1N1 is so important - so we don't have |
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goforit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
29. This hype scares everyone to run to the hospital at the slightest sniffle. |
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Techn0Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 02:06 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. I have to agree somewhat .... |
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RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 03:03 PM Response to Reply #32 |
42. I Believe |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 03:22 PM Response to Reply #29 |
45. You realize, even in a worse-case scenario |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
46. I get the flu shot every year. |
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Techn0Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. There's nothing wrong with taking a flu shot.... |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 08:04 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. I've been lucky... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
54. Perhaps children should be being kept home for a period of time? |
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