[ale] Way OT: X-ray glasses=>Flu shots

[Bob Toxen]

On Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 04:14:57PM -0500, John Wells wrote:
> Bob Toxen said:
> > A flu shot is $30.  Get one!  Tell 'em you get it bad or get it very
> > easily.  Don't allow THEIR incompetence to deprive you of the medical
> > care  you need.  They always can grow more or import it from Canada.
> > In Washington State a company is running "Flu shot charter flights"
> > to Canada.

> Umm...not to jump in mid-thread here, but by just getting one, you're
> potentially depriving the very young and very old folks who *really* need
> a shot from getting it.  I certainly wouldn't recommend blindly seeking a
> shot during a shortage.  The average healthly person should NOT get one,
> IMHO.
You offer a valid point of view.  Mine is that it is Gov't incompetence
and stupidity that has allowed this and *I'm* not volunteering to suffer
for THAT!

> http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/qa/0405vaccination.htm
Bob