[Crimson Elephant]

I don’t believe this for a minute. A million? I wouldn’t be shocked to see mandatory vaccinations with something that, at best, won’t work and at worst....

[sionnsar]

I don’t believe this for a minute. A million?

There's a lot of pigs feeding at the gummint trough... / s

[heartwood]

I believe it, easy. It's sweeping through my town now. the school nurse said 4 out of the 5 kids tested had H1N1. It's not such a bad flu; people are staying home and taking care of themselves. Three of my children just got over some very ordinary flu; after being exposed to them for a week, I got sick and it was the easiest flu I ever shook off. But we didn't test. Unless you need medical care, unless you're SICK, the doctors and ERs do not want to see you and your contagious little virus.

I do EMS. Last week had a kid with a sore throat and a fever, but not SICK, looked like a fine healthy kid with a fever. Could not persuade parents to keep him home unless he got worse, could not persuade them to wait until pediatrician opened, could not persuade them to drive him to the ER themselves if that's the care they wanted. I wouldn't even put him in the stretcher; he walked in behind me wearing a mask and the ER doc says "He came by ambulance?" A little mutual eye-rolling ensued.

Anyway, by the time the vaccine is ready, an awful lot of us will have had it, and for the great great majority, it will be just another flu. Maybe by then, they'll have figured out who the most vulnerable group is, and who should really get first dibs on the vaccine.

[AliVeritas]

Bingo.

Same beast, different name... eugenics.