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Comment on Too Old To Get H1N1 Vaccine by Bob Aronson

Bob Aronson — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:39:44 +0000

If they denied no one they broke the law. This is not fearmongering but rather a dose of reality. It is an example of how some bureaucrats have decided to ration the vaccine. I am a strong supporter of the Obama health plan but this has nothing to do with the plan or with him. It is the CDC that made this regulation not the President. I’ll bet he doesn’t even know about it.

Comment on Too Old To Get H1N1 Vaccine by Ashley Tenczar Curran

Ashley Tenczar Curran — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:33:48 +0000

It is interesting because I was having a discussion with some people yesterday about “expendable health care”. When ANY insurance company sits down to write their policies they ALWAYS add “expendable patients” to their lists, just as they do in many other projects in our country. (When building a new highway, for example, they estimate that 6.5 people will be injured or die in the construction)
That is what appears to be happening now!
The United States Government is “triaging” human beings, while at the same time, the CDC is putting out “reccomendations” for who should and should not get the H1N1 vaccine.
Bob, you happen to be “expendable”. Indeed, I will write to my Senator, as I think he has a pile of mail with my name all over it in a closet somewhere.
NO PERSON AT HIGH RISK FOR H1N1 should be DENIED the VACCINE!
(Especially folks like transplant patients, who have fought SO HARD for SO MANY YEARS to stay ALIVE!!)
When you think about the situation, it is very similiar to how UNOS handles it’s prescious organs, because there are not enough of them.
This system, however, is not racist or discriminatory by age, it is simply because there are not enough organs to go around, and so the government had to design a program (UNOS) to get the organs to those people who need them most.
Is there actually a shortage of H1N1? Mabye a politician can tell us the truth …:)
By the way Bob, I refused the shot, so you can have mine!

Comment on Too Old To Get H1N1 Vaccine by Markman

Markman — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:24:26 +0000

It is not fearmongering…open your eyes and look around. I know several high risk folks over 64 who were refused for age alone. I got my shot and it says right on the sheet you have to fill out that you must be under 64 years old.

Comment on If You’re Not Disabled, Don’t Park There! by Robin Aronson

Robin Aronson — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:00:29 +0000

I am Bob’s wife and am all about reserving handicap spaces for those who are legally entitled to the space. However, I would like to add a comment from another point of view. This is to the self-appointed ‘handicap parking police’ – those individuals who make a point of fixing an eagle eye on anyone who parks in a handicap space, making a split-second diagnosis of the nature of the handicap, and then bestowing their most disapproving glare on the person that they perceive not to deserve the space. It is legal (according to the DMV) for a non-handicapped person to park in a handicap space and display the permit if they are picking up a handicapped person who will be walking back to the car with them. However, the few times I’ve done this, I’ve gotten so many glares that I feel obligated to limp when I get out of the car. I have also gotten glares if Bob and I have parked in a handicap space and then I have to run out to the car later to get something. My friend Linda, who has MS and drives a motorized cart, was parked in a handicap space one day when her daughter came to the office to pick something up. Linda told her it was in the car and gave her the keys to retrieve it. Later, when Linda left work, she found a scathing note on her windshield that started, ‘young lady, you should be ashamed of yourself…’ and ended by saying, ‘I hope one day you find out what it’s like to really need that space’.

So yes, there are many people who abuse the space and either blatantly disregard the handicap sign, or display grandma’s permit and then sprint into the store. But please don’t be so quick to judge people who park in the spaces. Often Bob can get out of the cvar and walk into the store at a fairly normal pace, but by the time he’s finished shopping, he’s exhausted and really needs the close parking space. Notify the authorities if you feel that you are justified, but please realize that you don’t know the circumstances under which people may be using the spot and don’t be so quick to pass judgement.

Comment on Too Old To Get H1N1 Vaccine by Judie McConville

Judie McConville — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:02:43 +0000

I, too, tried to get the shot. I had my heart transplant 2 years ago and told them at the local Health Dept. But because I’m over 64 they
wouldn’t give it to me. So, I simply and politely told the nurse on duty that I supposed that if I got the flu and died, it was OK because I was over 64. Go figure!

Comment on Too Old To Get H1N1 Vaccine by damindra gunatillake

damindra gunatillake — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:46:19 +0000

I had mine with no questions, but my question is surely if you are immuno suppressed then age does not come into the equation?? We have to have flu jab and surely this the same if not more important to have the h1n1 jab? I surely think these rules need re-evaluating and quickly!

Comment on Too Old To Get H1N1 Vaccine by Claire L. Safford

Claire L. Safford — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:19:54 +0000

My local health department (Adams County, IL) gave me the same response — even though I, too, have a compromised immune system due to chemo/stem cell transplant at Mayo 3+ years ago, as well as diabetes and heart issues. It seems like the CDC guidelines leave a gaping hole for people like us, who fit all the guidelines but are over 64. I think it’s an oversight, rather that a rationing thingie, but it needs to be corrected.

Comment on Too Old To Get H1N1 Vaccine by Jim

Jim — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:15:30 +0000

I recieved a liver transplant at the Mayo Clinic 3 years ago and when I called them to find out if I should have the H1N1 shot, they said “YES”. The only problem is they do not have it as it is not given to the clinic to dispense to us that need it. I checked in our area with the public health nurses and was told the same thing as you. I was told that members of a fire department were able to get the shot though. I will have to check on this more. I am on a volenteer fire department in my town, so maybe……., I hope.

Comment on Too Old To Get H1N1 Vaccine by Tamara

Tamara — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:09:49 +0000

That may have indeed happened to YOU, but that is not the standard of car where I live. The Transplant Center I work at has not denied a single patient the H1N1 vaccine due to their being over 64. My husband works in a clinic that received about 1500 doses of H1N1 and they did not turn away a single patient due their being over 64. Please quit fearmongering and spreading this Propaganda of Government Rationed Healthcare.

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