Posted on 10/22/2009 6:02:50 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
Rep. Joe Wilson's wife Roxanne has been diagnosed with swine flu, the congressman's office confirmed to CNN on Thursday.
The South Carolina Republican who gained instant notoriety in September for shouting "You lie!" at the president told The Hill newspaper on Thursday that he plans to keep his distance from his wife when he returns home this weekend.
Wilson said he plans to get the H1N1 vaccination soon, but only after "the majority of the American people" receive it.
(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...
Nah, I will not say it!
So has Alan Grayson given a speech to wish her dead yet?
Ping
Someone check the doorknobs?
Hope she gets well fast.
My g-daughter had it two weeks ago, and it only lasted three days. She said it was like a very bad cold, but she had to stay in bed for a couple of days, she was so weak.
I wonder why some people get so much sicker than others?
Joe can have my vaccine. It will be a cold day in hell before the gubmint injects me with God knows what! I don’t even get the regular flu vaccine. Why would I want a vaccine of which the ingredients are still a mystery?
Joe Wilson's wife lays on the couch, goes through a bunch of tissues, eats some chicken soup and watches a lot of tv.
Joe Wilson's wife recovers and goes about her normal routine.
Wishing her well! Be interested to know where she went?
It is a weak strain of flu. Those with strong immune systems (25 and younger due to daycare, school, college) have a tough time because their immune systems overreact. It’s not the swine flu that is making them very sick. Vitamin D3 has been shown to prevent and treat swine flu. Best way to get vitamin D? Sunshine!
IT’S OBAMA’S FAULT. THERE, ENOUGH OF EVERYTHING BEING BUSH’S FAULT.
Obama is delaying the flu vaccine. It’s a conspiracy.
Found this interesting also: “Rep. Greg Walden, R-Washington, is the only member of Congress to have contracted swine flu. He tweeted the news on Monday, revealing plans to head off to “seclusion for a while” while he recovers.”
Wishing her a speedy recovery...
My prayers for Mrs. Wilson.
Not yet. Bit I’ll bet $50 to FR that they have already done so over at DU.
Any takers?
If 2/3 of Congress got the swine flu and died of it, would that be a tragedy or reason for celebration?
I’m going to refrain from comment and let you interpert that as you will. ;-)
Prayers up.
Prayers for Mrs. Wilson’s health and speedy recovery.
It would be a good start.
(forgive me, Lord! i didn’t mean that.)
I love mysteries:
Fluzone vaccine (Influenza Virus Vaccine), an inactivated influenza virus vaccine, for intramuscular use, is prepared from influenza viruses propagated in embryonated chicken eggs. The virus-containing allantoic fluid is harvested and inactivated with formaldehyde. Influenza virus is concentrated and purified in a linear sucrose density gradient solution using a continuous flow centrifuge. The virus is then chemically disrupted using a non-ionic surfactant, polyethylene glycol p-isooctylphenyl ether, (Triton® X-100) producing a “split virus”. The split virus is further purified and then suspended in sodium phosphate-buffered isotonic sodium chloride solution.
Fluzone vaccine has been standardized according to the US Public Health Service (USPHS) requirements for the 2009-2010 influenza season and is formulated to contain 45 micrograms (mcg) hemagglutinin per 0.5 mL dose. Each 0.5 mL dose contains 15 mcg influenza virus hemagglutinin (HA) of each of the following 3 viruses: A/Brisbane/59/2007, IVR-148 (H1N1), A/Uruguay/716/2007, NYMC X-175C (an A/Brisbane/10/2007-like virus) (H3N2), and B/Brisbane/60/2008. Gelatin 0.05% is added as a stabilizer. Each 0.5 mL dose may contain residual amounts of formaldehyde (not more than 100 mcg), polyethylene glycol p- isooctylphenyl ether (not more than 0.02%), and sucrose (not more than 2.0%).
There is no thimerosal used in the manufacturing process of the No Preservative single-dose presentations of Fluzone vaccine. The multi-dose presentation of Fluzone vaccine contains thimerosal, a mercury derivative, added as a preservative. Each 0.5 mL dose contains 25 mcg mercury.
Fluzone vaccine is a clear to a slightly opalescent suspension.
Antibiotics are not used in the manufacture of Fluzone vaccine.
All presentations of Fluzone vaccine are latex-free.
Fluzone package insert [PDF]
It’s not rare. It’s rare among adults born before 1980.
They sound happy.
Good luck with that dude! You're in Ohio, I'm in Mich....we ain't gonna see sunshine again till next April...
Is this the swine flu vaccine?
When I first saw the headline, I thought it would be Valerie Plame.
Awww, Roxanne is a wonderful person, as is her husband. Hope she has a speedy recovery.
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