Tell Legislators You Want the Right to Self-Quarantine in the Event of a Pandemic, Not Forced Vaccinations

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Permalink Reply by Jennifer on July 15, 2009 at 11:18pm

Ryan, you're the MAN! We've just been talking about this with friends, family and patients. I'm passing this on to EVERYONE I know. BLESS.

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Permalink Reply by Denise Riley on July 16, 2009 at 12:17am

I am so passing this on, thank you!!!

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Permalink Reply by Kimber on July 16, 2009 at 12:46am

Done! And passed along! WE THE PEOPLE MUST STAND UP! POWER OF THE PEOPLE!

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Permalink Reply by AwesomeUniverse!!! on July 16, 2009 at 1:27pm

Part1 of 5 in series..

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Permalink Reply by AwesomeUniverse!!! on July 16, 2009 at 1:40pm

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/business/content/business/epaper/2009/...

New article above also interesting.. excerpt below..

CDC: School kids may have to get up to 4 flu shots in the fall
By STACEY SINGER

Palm Beach Post Staff Writer

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

School children who have never had a flu shot may need to get vaccinated four times in the fall - twice for seasonal flu, twice for pandemic swine flu - officials at the CDC told health professionals on Wednesday.

Most everyone else should expect three shots.

Getting vaccinated

* Roll up your sleeve

Regular flu - The shots will be ready early this year, possibly in late August. If you've had one before, it's a one-shot deal.

Pandemic flu- The mass vaccination campaign could start some time in October. It will require two doses for full protection. Pregnant women and children will have access to preservative-free shots.

Who should get flu shots?

Eventually, nearly everyone.

Initially, probably those most at risk. The precise plan is still being developed.

Front-line health care workers, asthmatics, diabetics, pregnant women, children, and household contacts of infants too young to be vaccinated will top the list.

Where will the shots be given?

Regular flu shots will be distributed in the usual way. Pandemic flu shot distribution is still being worked out. The local health department will likely hire a private company. It will set up mass vaccination clinics at schools, stores and workplaces.


Source: CDC


Five manufacturers are now making vaccines against the pandemic H1N1 swine flu virus, said Dr. Tom T. Shimabukuro at the CDC's Immunization Services Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases.

They are well on their way to having between 40 million and 160 million doses of egg-based vaccine available in the United States by October, added Dr. Pascale Wortley the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's pandemic vaccine coordinator.

On the high end, that would be enough vaccine for everyone in the United States who wanted it by January. But on the low end, it would require prioritizing distribution to health care workers and those at higher risk for complications - including children, pregnant women, and people with chronic diseases and asthma, Wortley said.

"This vaccine campaign will unfold quite differently than seasonal flu," said Wortley, in a conference call with health care professionals nationwide on Wednesday. "This is a huge endeavor we're gearing up for."

Apparently, for good reason. The speed with which the H1N1 swine flu strain has spread globally has been documented meticulously, said the CDC's Dr. Joseph Bresee, chief of epidemiology in the flu division.

"In a very short time we've gone from a couple of cases in two southern California kids to 94,000 cases in 134 countries worldwide," he said

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