Maybe all I need is a shot in the arm. (ap photo)
Last week, The White House announced that detainees at Guantanamo Bay would be receiving the swine flu vacinne and set off the ire of worried parents all over the United States who are grappling with vaccine shortages in their towns.
Then press secretary Robert Gibbs went on damage control and said none of the detainees at the base have received the vaccine and no doses are on the way. However, Army Maj. James Crabtree told the Associated Press that the vaccines are due to arrive in November and detainees will be vaccinated “on a voluntary basis.”
In the meantime, the deaths from H1N1 are rising. Nineteen people have died in Indiana. In Maine, 20 schools are seeing absentee rates of around 15 percent. The World Health Organization said the swine flu virus is now the predominant flu strain worldwide.
Earlier this week, findings showed that one does of the vaccine was enough for adults, but that young children should receive two. Adding an extra dose for children puts even more strain on an already overburdened vaccine production cycle.
According to the Associated Press, the CDC has found that the virus is deadliest for children ages 5 to 17 with neurodevelopmental diseases like epilepsy and cerebral palsy. In early October, 17,000 doses of the nasal mist version of the vaccine arrived in Arkansas and were slated to be used in school vaccination clinics.
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Loading ...More information on the state’s swine flu status can be found at the Arkansas Department of Health.
I will not get the shot. I have never had a flu shot. I’m greatly suspicious regarding the manufacturing of this drug and am appalled at putting chemicals up in the noses of children. Now Mr. Bush was in the White House when this vaccine was manufactured yet the research on the side effects were not effectively addressed and I know Mr. Bush doesn’t give a damn about anyone but himself and very rich buddies; trying to fool me into getting a shot-as if he cared. If he did why didn’t he take the shot in front of everybody and why didn’t he allow vaccine to be put up his Grandchildren noses….. So and again this year, I will pray for my family. I know prayer works because none of us have been infected with the virus. Plus, when symptons tried to get a “hold on” to anyone of us we simply go into the kitchen make our old school remedies. Hey, it worked when we could not afford doctor’s care and these remedies still work after all of our generational years. Things of Nature are the best cures for our natural bodies.
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