Just having completed a very long week of H1n1 with an 8 year old we are thankful he is fianally getting better. We were not offered vaccine. Watching the news last eve we noted long lines of people waiting to be innoculated. It appeared that most were inner city hispanics. I am perplexed by the way the vaccine becomes available and who decided where it will be released to the public. Pediatricians do not seem to have the vaccine. What is going on with distribution?
In my county, the low-income schools got the first shipment of vaccine. Those kids got free shots at school, whatever their individual family income.
The wealthier areas will wait a few more weeks for a “free” clinic, and the county wants only uninsured people in line for those.
My pediatric group has 9 clinics. The clinics in the lower-income cities had some vaccine (very little). I was planning on driving an hour to get it there, when my local clinic got a small shipment (they ordered 11,000 doses and received 10, according to my ped).
I paid $60 in copays for my 4 kids to get the shot last Thurs. I’m sure most of the 9 clinics are out again. They update their website daily with their status.
My own doc office is lame; they couldn’t even tell me if they’ve ordered any—they seemed clueless.
I believe it is part of wealth redistribution. Also, in order
to solidify hispanics as dems, the freebies they recieve
is amazing. They receive top of line medical care, free
obstetrician services plus free carseat, new schools built for
them, my town in ga has built two new taxfunded medical clinics
where they receive vaccines first. And, the Republicans
in Ga. go along. They receive WIC, no money down mortgages,
etc. It is crazy, and I will always hate GW Bush for colluding
in this invasion. Worse things are to come.