... appear to be political pawns.
Dr. Arlene King, Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health, informs us that the provincial priority groups for distribution of the H1N1 vaccine have been set by her and the Ministry and were issued in mid-September.
She further states that everyone in Ontario who "needs and wants" the vaccine will get it.
The provincial Minister of Health is seen on television pleading with people to respect those priority groupings, regardless of economic or social status. She wants to ensure that those people who need it most get it first. That's all well and good.
We're seeing these people making these statements because the three levels of government involved in this "pandemic" don't seem to understand what the prefix "co" implies when placed in front of a word. Each level is busy pointing fingers at the other two; luckily there are three levels so each one has two at which to point.
They keep saying that they had to develop a "co-ordinated" plan.
Yeh, that's it. Co-ordinated.
That's why every region in Ontario is applying the priorities in the same way.
Hell, that's why every Health Care Unit within our immediate region is applying the priorities in the same way.
Right? Co-ordinated. Yes, That's what the provincial Ministry of Health has managed to implement.
Anyway, what about those of us who "want and need" the seasonal flu vaccine?
Am I the only one who noticed that the screening form at the H1N1 clinic asked "Have you received the 2009 seasonal flu vaccine?" Presumably, if you're under 65, that answer could only have been NO.
Why is the Ministry of Health preventing us from getting seasonal flu protection at the earliest possible opportunity?
Apparently, they expect everyone to wait until after the pandemonium of the H1N1 clinics ends to start all over again in another round of line-ups for seasonal flu vaccines.
Are they crazy?
By what authority is any doctor being prevented from giving the seasonal flu vaccine right now to a patient who wants and needs it, especially if that patient has already received the H1N1 vaccine?
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