nursepwdr
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This is a very touchy topic of discussion right now.......As a triage nurse I am at the front line , deciding who may have it and who doesn't ....It's very difficult because so much is going around. Our region has went from masking someone with respiratory symptoms who has travelled out of the country to masking anyone who has fever,cough,sore throat,headache etc. ...Good god ....sometimes my entire waiting room is sitting with masks on....Not that it hurts for them not to spread it around...We have had many cases of confirmed H1N1 ....If you recall years ago thousands of people did die from simple influenza, not that influenza is in any way simple but recently we had a Internal Medicine Specialist give us a update, and she said anyone who doesn't get the flu shot is silly because if you ever actually acquired full blown influenza you'd wish you were dead !!! I do believe in universal precautions , 100% , I work everyday around sick people and I am very rarely ever sick...So I have built a strong immunity to it , and the above people are very correct, most of the young people who have died have had other risk factors which contributed to their death. As for the vaccine , not sure I will be lining up to get it , the rush put on it has made me very skeptical also and I am inclined to think they will look at it down the road and realize they missed alot when creating it !!
The debate continues on this issue , it is changing daily , of course last night they reported people who DO get the flu shot are twice as likely to get sick , so who knows what the real truth is on this matter ! We all have to make a educated decison for ourselves and hope for the best!!
The debate continues on this issue , it is changing daily , of course last night they reported people who DO get the flu shot are twice as likely to get sick , so who knows what the real truth is on this matter ! We all have to make a educated decison for ourselves and hope for the best!!
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