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October 16, 2004

Lisa's PSA of the Day

I have been keeping up with Kerry's site with regards to her difficulty getting a flu shot. It's a shame, really, because she and her sweetie should get immunized! Flu shots are in short supply up here in Michigan too. In fact, some people have been bopping across the border to Canada (45 minutes away) to try to get innoculated.

I found this wonderful article describing who should be getting flu shots. Here are the criteria:

* Adults 65 years or older * All children aged 6-23 months and their close contacts * Residents of nursing homes and other chronic care facilities * Adults and children aged 2-64 years with chronic heart or lung disease, including asthma and emphysema * Adults and children who needed regular treatment or who were in the hospital during the past year because of chronic illness * All women who will be pregnant during the flu season * Children aged 6 months to 18 years on long-term aspirin therapy * Doctors, nurses, and other health care workers * Employees of nursing homes and chronic care facilities who have contact with the people who live there * Nurses or volunteers who provide home care to people at high risk for the flu * Children and others who live with people at high risk for the flu * Out-of-home caregivers * Members of households with children younger than 6 months

If these criteria don't apply do you, DO NOT go get a flu shot.

Preserve these resources for those who really need them: the very young, the very old, those with compromised immune systems, and health care workers. Period. Thank you.

((gracefully stepping down from my soapbox))

Posted by Lisa at October 16, 2004 04:31 PM

Comments

Thanks for spreading the word :) I talked to a friend's wife, who's a nurse at the hospital, and she said she'd ask around and see if she can find flu shots for us. I've got my fingers crossed.

Posted by: Kerry at October 16, 2004 10:41 PM

Yeah, we're having the same problem in Cincinnati. My sweeties can get shots because they're doctors or doctors-in-training. But me, the one who stays home with the two-week-old kids? Not so easy. I'm hoping I can convince one of them to bring home a purloined syringe.

Posted by: Noneya at October 17, 2004 01:50 AM

The medical folk here are even suggesting we get chicken pox vaccines for our babies. There are so many needles now it's hard to decide what to get and what to leave.

Posted by: maria at October 18, 2004 03:58 AM

not to worry...no flu shot for me.
so someone who needs it please take mine.

Posted by: lisa at October 18, 2004 01:09 PM

Good info, thanks!

Posted by: Amy at October 18, 2004 05:15 PM