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Chicago Bears Say Flu Shots Only Went to Two Team Members, Both Asthmatics
AP ^ | 10-22-2004

Posted on 10/22/2004 2:15:44 PM PDT by lindor

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We don't need no stinkin flu shots.

1 posted on 10/22/2004 2:15:44 PM PDT by lindor
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If they were registered Republicans they don't deserve the flu shots regardless of their health status.


2 posted on 10/22/2004 2:20:08 PM PDT by WoodstockCat (DNC and John Kerry: Forgers R' Us)
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To: lindor

More evidence that the MSM can't tell the truth. If the MSM can't even get a sports story right, why should people believe anything they publish about politics? Pathetic!


3 posted on 10/22/2004 2:20:56 PM PDT by vox humana
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Butkis, Singletary, Urlacher... Bears RULE!


4 posted on 10/22/2004 2:22:24 PM PDT by AbramsGunnerE5
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"We absolutely need them," guard Eric Piatkowski said. "The way we travel, we're going in and out of cold and warm climates. I won't say we need them more than some 85-year-old person, because obviously we don't. But I'm glad we got them."

Let's see, the Bulls play indoors and the Bears play outdoors most of the time. You do the math.
5 posted on 10/22/2004 2:23:12 PM PDT by WinOne4TheGipper (Click my profile page to see my US Election Atlas Presidential Prediction Map!)
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Staubach, Morton, Aikman, White... Cowboys RULE!!!! We'll see on Thanksgiving, though.


6 posted on 10/22/2004 2:24:40 PM PDT by WinOne4TheGipper (Click my profile page to see my US Election Atlas Presidential Prediction Map!)
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To: WinOne4TheGipper

;) DA BEARS!


7 posted on 10/22/2004 2:25:41 PM PDT by AbramsGunnerE5
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To: lindor

I'm 50. I have never had a flu shot...

I don't get the flu either.


8 posted on 10/22/2004 2:30:54 PM PDT by RobRoy (You only "know" what you experience. Everything else is mere belief.)
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I also avoid public transportation... 8^>


9 posted on 10/22/2004 2:32:00 PM PDT by RobRoy (You only "know" what you experience. Everything else is mere belief.)
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God...have we sunk so low in this country that we now have to begrudge people flu shots? I work in the health care as a Nurse Practitioner and until last year and now this year we couldn't give the stuff away now there's a flu shot police scrutinizing who had gotten one and whether they deserved it.


This is the most ridiculous issue I've seen yet. Sure, people should get the shots but I think we're about to go over the top on this one. It's the flu not bubonic plague folks


10 posted on 10/22/2004 2:33:32 PM PDT by MichelleWSC
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I work in health-care and have never had a flu shot either. I really agree with what most professionals are saying.....it's for the elderly and those at high risk. But like free government cheese, there are those who want something for nothing as long as the government is paying for it.</p>


11 posted on 10/22/2004 2:36:00 PM PDT by lindor
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It's the flu not bubonic plague folks

Bingo. And yet there are lines forming at midnight for shots to be given at 9:00 am the next morning. I literally shake my head.

12 posted on 10/22/2004 2:40:34 PM PDT by lindor
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Please, please please let Jonathan Quinn get the flu.


13 posted on 10/22/2004 2:42:34 PM PDT by GallopingGhost (Freedom costs a buck o five)
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To: MichelleWSC

Tell it to the media. I've never had a flu shot. My mother gets rabid about getting hers. She's 66. Last year she had the flu shot and then came down with a flavor of the flu that the shot didn't cover. Go figure. It's more media driven hysteria.


14 posted on 10/22/2004 2:49:42 PM PDT by Jaded ((Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. - Mark Twain))
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Well, I'm not 40 yet and have had pneumonia 7 times already. Doc says that it is what will most likely end up killing me unless there are improvements in the existing vaccine. And yes, I have had the vaccine - but it is only effective for about 75% of the known strains of pneumonia. Got pneumonia again 7 months after the vaccine.

I normally get the shot every year 'cause I travel so much. I'm holding off this year - though not by choice and hoping that more vaccine will become available.
15 posted on 10/22/2004 2:50:24 PM PDT by taxcontrol (People are entitled to their opinion - no matter how wrong it is.)
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People like you and to be fair, asthmatics, should get flu shots. I won't. The one time I did I got sicker than I ever have been.


16 posted on 10/22/2004 2:59:17 PM PDT by annyokie ("I have a plan" ™)
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To: lindor

I've never had a flu shot either and wouldn't get one, and I work in a large hospital. Most people who are healthy and between 12-65 do not need flu shots. Even those over 65 who are healthy probably don't need the shot as the flu is probably not(90%) going to kill them.

The only people who are making this a big deal is the media and the democrats


17 posted on 10/22/2004 3:09:48 PM PDT by MichelleWSC
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The Chicago Bears are the greatest, and most important team in football. They may not need flu shots, but they deserve armored team buses, gourmet cuisine, Secret Service protection, anti-aircraft missiles surrounding Soldier Field, and anything else they deem necessary to maintain their greatness, importance and vitality to this, the greatest nation on God's Green Earth!!!


18 posted on 10/22/2004 3:28:09 PM PDT by Captainpaintball (The First Amendment is the FIRST refuge of a scoundrel!!!)
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Swell. I'm an asthmatic. My little boy is an asthmatic who has spent a lot of time in the hospital. Where's his flu shot? It was doubtless used by some member of Congress or a Congressional staffer.


19 posted on 10/22/2004 5:04:02 PM PDT by Capriole
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AGREE!

While you are at it, how about a Quarterback???
[grin]


20 posted on 10/23/2004 8:25:22 AM PDT by Petruchio (<===Looks Sexy in a flightsuit . . . Looks Silly in a french maid outfit)
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