Posted on 10/27/2009 8:52:38 PM PDT by Saije
The top public health official in Los Angeles County stood at a swine flu vaccination site in Compton, Calif., on Tuesday and gently told elderly residents that they really ought to go home.
“I explained to people 65 or older, ‘The reason we are doing this is for children,’ ” said the official, Jonathan E. Fielding, the director of the county’s Department of Public Health. “I told them: ‘They are at very high risk for this flu, and you’re at low risk. I am sure you wouldn’t want to get a shot that left a kid who is at risk in harm’s way.’ ”
People have lined up in Southern California and across the country in recent days in the hope of getting a prick in the arm, but a dearth of the H1N1 vaccine has created an unexpected dynamic: local government officials, hospital workers and doctors in private practice are being conscripted as ad hoc swine flu police.
The goal is to make sure that those Americans with the highest risk for contracting the virus — and experiencing the more dangerous complications that can ensue — get injected first. But the somewhat willy-nilly nature of the vaccine’s distribution in some areas, publicity surrounding President Obama’s declaration of a national emergency and the rather large population legitimately considered high risk have brought hundreds of thousands of people to vaccine distribution points.
Some people beg. Some reduce themselves to lying about a pregnancy, or an underlying medical condition, that would move them ahead of the pack. In any case, officials say it is virtually impossible to verify most of the claims.
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This is practice for when officials and docs have to tell old people they aren’t going to get any health care and are turned away to die. Same story: you don’t want our limited health care dollars being denied to the children do you?
Liberals love this. The ultimate power! Scare people to death of a “deadly flu” and then deny them a vaccine when they show up for it. That is the ultimate bossiness - authority. Sitting in power of life and death - every liberals’ wet dream.
“Sitting in power of life and death - every liberals’ wet dream.”
Not just a dream anymore.
Death Panel by Fiat
Anyone who is scared into getting the vaccine and shows up to get in line only to be told by some fascist pig to get out of line, should raise cain that they don’t have enough -they are too stupid and incompetent - to even get enough vaccine for those who want it. It’s not Bush’s fault! This is Obama’s Katrina. Europe managed to do it. Canada managed to do it. Third world sick freaks running our government manage to screw it up - plus give away 10% of our shortage in vaccine to the UN!
I have had the flu for the last week, was able to do a couple of hours work yesterday and today, mostly its the chest congestion and welding really aggravated it so thats why I’m still basically staying at home for now.
52, no shots, lots of vitamin D at least 4000 units, garlic and Vitamin C, drinking pink grapefruit juice.
My 15 year old son had it and had high fever, only lasted a couple of days, seems that the older you are the less it affects you though it may affect you a bit longer.
i guess the death panels have already started.
this should be pointed out to Sarah/Rush/Beck/etc
BTTT
What better way to cut Medicare/Medicade costs?
Just let the elderly with underlying ailments get the H1N1 and die....
The Obama administration is totally inept at everything other than travel and security plans for the POTUS and his family, so he can continue to “campaign” for socialism.
I saw that on the news this morning. The bureaucrats did not handle it well, at all.
I could have explained it better but the way they came off it was like “Surely you wouldn’t want a child to suffer or die, would you? You are not that cold and heartless, are you?”
Fact of the matter is people look out for themselves and many times rightfully so.
Besides, the sooner you useless eaters die, the less of a burden you will be on the system....
My allergist told me that anyone over 50 has already had swine flu 2-3 times.
Not exactly this particular variety, but swine flu nevertheless, and that I should not worry about getting it.
“Not just a dream anymore.”
They hope for that change of control over the lives and deaths of all Americans based on their control of health care and doctors. However, they are going to meet a wall because we are not going to put up with that elitist oppression. They will be dead if they try to kill people on a systematic basis. There are more they want to kill than there of of them who enjoy killing.
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