Guest guest Posted September 22, 2006 Report Share Posted September 22, 2006 Shared by permission from Kay I wanted to take some pictures to the one hour photo in Krogers today, but remembered they are listed as giving the Flu Mist vax. So, I called them and was transferred to the pharmacy. I spoke with a pharmacist and asked her what precautions the store was taking to protect the immunocompromised from the live flu vaccine being shed by Flumist recipients. She says, (get this!), " The manufacturer has provided us with a wall barrier to put up. " Stifling my laugh I said, " What happens when those people go out into the store and are sneezing on the groceries? " She pauses and asks me to hold on. I'm on hold for several minutes when she comes back and says " The manufacturer tells us that even when a person sneezes after getting the flumist, it has already been absorbed and won't be spread. " I say, " Then why does the package insert say under Precautions that 'Flumist recipients should avoid close contact with immunocompromised individuals for at least 21 days'? " She again pauses and says, " Hold on, I'll check into that. " I'm on hold for at least 5 minutes then get disconnected. So I call back and get a different pharmacist who won't let me speak to the original one. So I ask her the same question. I told her I am concerned for myself (asthma) and those of us who shouldn't be in contact with flumist recipients. She again spouts about the wall barrier. I say, " But this is an airborne virus. " (Double DUH!!) She says the manufacturer has assured them that even if someone sneezes on them when they give the vaccine, that it has already been absorbed (in nanoseconds I assume!) and that they themselves shouldn't be concerned. HA! They may be fools, but I'm not! : ) She tries to tell me that only those who live in close contact 24/7 need be concerned (why though, if it isn't spread after it's given?) They're contradicting themselves coming and going! I asked her what the difference was with me being in a store where people are sneezing all over the produce that I may be purchasing and living with someone who is doing the same?? She said it's no different than going into a doctor's office where it's been given (excuse me, but even if I did go to one, I don't buy my groceries at the doctor's office!) She had no answers. All she had to offer was what the " manufacturer " had assured them was ok and she said " Long term studies show it is safe to the population. " But in right before that she says they haven't even given any flumist there at Krogers and she doesn't know anyplace that has actually given it because it is so expensive and because it's brand new no one expects it to be used anyway!!!!! Idiots... they have no idea what they are doing and when questioned they babble on and spout what the " manufacturer " has told them to say without truly knowing the facts! Kay PS the kicker ... After talking with the 2nd pharmacist ad nauseum about the risks to the immunocompromised, she says, " Well, the worst thing that could happen to you is you would get the flu. " It was then I realized I was up against a genius, thanked her for her time and hung up! -------------------------------------------------------- Sheri Nakken, R.N., MA, Hahnemannian Homeopath Vaccination Information & Choice Network, Nevada City CA & Wales UK $$ Donations to help in the work - accepted by Paypal account earthmysteriestours@... voicemail US 530-740-0561 (go to http://www.paypal.com) or by mail Vaccines - http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/vaccine.htm Vaccine Dangers On-Line course - http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/vaccineclass.htm Reality of the Diseases & Treatment - http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/vaccineclass.htm Homeopathy On-Line course - http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/homeo.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 24, 2006 Report Share Posted September 24, 2006 Do you know where to find the list of places giving this vaccine? I'd like to avoid them too! BTW the run around they give you is insane. Lies to cover up lies. ) ~ http://www.thelucastribe.com ~ KUSTOMIZED KIDS ~ http://www.cafepress.com/kustomizedkids Children's/Pregnancy/Natural Parenting/Personalized Clothing Designs HALLOWEEN DESIGNS ARE UP! I wanted to take some pictures to the one hour photo in Krogers today, but remembered they are listed as giving the Flu Mist vax. So, I called them and was transferred to the pharmacy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 24, 2006 Report Share Posted September 24, 2006 Here is a link to the Flumist website. Enter your zip code, and it will give you a list of places where the vaccine is being given. http://www.flumist.com/bullseye/bullseyepro/search.asp Kay Re: Interesting talk w/Kroger Pharmacist @Flumist > Do you know where to find the list of places giving this vaccine? I'd > like to avoid them too! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 24, 2006 Report Share Posted September 24, 2006 Yay! None within 50 miles. Thanks. ) ~ http://www.thelucastribe.com ~ KUSTOMIZED KIDS ~ http://www.cafepress.com/kustomizedkids Children's/Pregnancy/Natural Parenting/Personalized Clothing Designs HALLOWEEN DESIGNS ARE UP! Re: Interesting talk w/Kroger Pharmacist @Flumist Here is a link to the Flumist website. Enter your zip code, and it will give you a list of places where the vaccine is being given. http://www.flumist.com/bullseye/bullseyepro/search.asp Kay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 24, 2006 Report Share Posted September 24, 2006 The nearest one to me is actually at the pharmacy which is owned by the family who is best friends with the girl who came to my house with the stuff up her nose (which started this whole thread)! I couldn't help but laugh. Of course they're going to trust their best friend who is a pharmacist!! Sheri B. Lucas <mommytogavin@...> wrote: Yay! None within 50 miles. Thanks. ) ~ http://www.thelucastribe.com ~ KUSTOMIZED KIDS ~ http://www.cafepress.com/kustomizedkids Children's/Pregnancy/Natural Parenting/Personalized Clothing Designs HALLOWEEN DESIGNS ARE UP! Re: Interesting talk w/Kroger Pharmacist @Flumist Here is a link to the Flumist website. Enter your zip code, and it will give you a list of places where the vaccine is being given. http://www.flumist.com/bullseye/bullseyepro/search.asp Kay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Ok, maybe I'm the dumb one.....but if a person who received flu mist can shed the virus and another person can actually pick it up and get the flu from that....then how can the person who has flu mist squirted directly up their nose not get the flu from it? Vida > > from Kay on this list in 2003 > > Shared by permission from Kay > > I wanted to take some pictures to the one hour photo in Krogers today, but > remembered they are listed as giving the Flu Mist vax. So, I called them > and was transferred to the pharmacy. > > I spoke with a pharmacist and asked her what precautions the store was > taking to protect the immunocompromised from the live flu vaccine being > shed by Flumist recipients. She says, (get this!), " The manufacturer has > provided us with a wall barrier to put up. " Stifling my laugh I said, > " What happens when those people go out into the store and are sneezing on > the groceries? " She pauses and asks me to hold on. I'm on hold for > several minutes when she comes back and says " The manufacturer tells us > that even when a person sneezes after getting the flumist, it has already > been absorbed and won't be spread. " > > I say, " Then why does the package insert say under Precautions that > 'Flumist recipients should avoid close contact with immunocompromised > individuals for at least 21 days'? " > > She again pauses and says, " Hold on, I'll check into that. " I'm on hold > for at least 5 minutes then get disconnected. So I call back and get a > different pharmacist who won't let me speak to the original one. So I ask > her the same question. I told her I am concerned for myself (asthma) and > those of us who shouldn't be in contact with flumist recipients. She again > spouts about the wall barrier. I say, " But this is an airborne virus. " > (Double DUH!!) She says the manufacturer has assured them that even if > someone sneezes on them when they give the vaccine, that it has already > been absorbed (in nanoseconds I assume!) and that they themselves shouldn't > be concerned. HA! They may be fools, but I'm not! : ) > > She tries to tell me that only those who live in close contact 24/7 need be > concerned (why though, if it isn't spread after it's given?) They're > contradicting themselves coming and going! I asked her what the difference > was with me being in a store where people are sneezing all over the produce > that I may be purchasing and living with someone who is doing the same?? > > She said it's no different than going into a doctor's office where it's > been given (excuse me, but even if I did go to one, I don't buy my > groceries at the doctor's office!) > > She had no answers. All she had to offer was what the " manufacturer " had > assured them was ok and she said " Long term studies show it is safe to the > population. " But in right before that she says they haven't even given any > flumist there at Krogers and she doesn't know anyplace that has actually > given it because it is so expensive and because it's brand new no one > expects it to be used anyway!!!!! > > Idiots... they have no idea what they are doing and when questioned they > babble on and spout what the " manufacturer " has told them to say without > truly knowing the facts! > > Kay > PS > the kicker ... After talking with the 2nd pharmacist ad nauseum about the > risks to the immunocompromised, she says, " Well, the worst thing that could > happen to you is you would get the flu. " It was then I realized I was up > against a genius, thanked her for her time and hung up! > > > -------------------------------------------------------- > Sheri Nakken, R.N., MA, Hahnemannian Homeopath > Vaccination Information & Choice Network, Nevada City CA & Wales UK > Vaccines - http://www.wellwithin1.com/vaccine.htm Vaccine Dangers & > Childhood Disease & Homeopathy Email classes start in January 2009 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Good question. Can anybody answer that? Jim ________________________________ From: Vida Khan <vidamarino@...> Vaccinations Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 2:25:30 PM Subject: Re: Interesting talk w/Kroger Pharmacist @Flumist Ok, maybe I'm the dumb one.....but if a person who received flu mist can shed the virus and another person can actually pick it up and get the flu from that....then how can the person who has flu mist squirted directly up their nose not get the flu from it? Vida > > from Kay on this list in 2003 > > Shared by permission from Kay > > I wanted to take some pictures to the one hour photo in Krogers today, but > remembered they are listed as giving the Flu Mist vax. So, I called them > and was transferred to the pharmacy. > > I spoke with a pharmacist and asked her what precautions the store was > taking to protect the immunocompromised from the live flu vaccine being > shed by Flumist recipients. She says, (get this!), " The manufacturer has > provided us with a wall barrier to put up. " Stifling my laugh I said, > " What happens when those people go out into the store and are sneezing on > the groceries? " She pauses and asks me to hold on. I'm on hold for > several minutes when she comes back and says " The manufacturer tells us > that even when a person sneezes after getting the flumist, it has already > been absorbed and won't be spread. " > > I say, " Then why does the package insert say under Precautions that > 'Flumist recipients should avoid close contact with immunocompromised > individuals for at least 21 days'? " > > She again pauses and says, " Hold on, I'll check into that. " I'm on hold > for at least 5 minutes then get disconnected. So I call back and get a > different pharmacist who won't let me speak to the original one. So I ask > her the same question. I told her I am concerned for myself (asthma) and > those of us who shouldn't be in contact with flumist recipients. She again > spouts about the wall barrier. I say, " But this is an airborne virus. " > (Double DUH!!) She says the manufacturer has assured them that even if > someone sneezes on them when they give the vaccine, that it has already > been absorbed (in nanoseconds I assume!) and that they themselves shouldn't > be concerned. HA! They may be fools, but I'm not! : ) > > She tries to tell me that only those who live in close contact 24/7 need be > concerned (why though, if it isn't spread after it's given?) They're > contradicting themselves coming and going! I asked her what the difference > was with me being in a store where people are sneezing all over the produce > that I may be purchasing and living with someone who is doing the same?? > > She said it's no different than going into a doctor's office where it's > been given (excuse me, but even if I did go to one, I don't buy my > groceries at the doctor's office!) > > She had no answers. All she had to offer was what the " manufacturer " had > assured them was ok and she said " Long term studies show it is safe to the > population. " But in right before that she says they haven't even given any > flumist there at Krogers and she doesn't know anyplace that has actually > given it because it is so expensive and because it's brand new no one > expects it to be used anyway!!!!! > > Idiots... they have no idea what they are doing and when questioned they > babble on and spout what the " manufacturer " has told them to say without > truly knowing the facts! > > Kay > PS > the kicker ... After talking with the 2nd pharmacist ad nauseum about the > risks to the immunocompromised, she says, " Well, the worst thing that could > happen to you is you would get the flu. " It was then I realized I was up > against a genius, thanked her for her time and hung up! > > > ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- -------- > Sheri Nakken, R.N., MA, Hahnemannian Homeopath > Vaccination Information & Choice Network, Nevada City CA & Wales UK > Vaccines - http://www.wellwith in1.com/vaccine. htm Vaccine Dangers & > Childhood Disease & Homeopathy Email classes start in January 2009 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 I'll look it up.. However, my guess is that the person getting the squirt is also getting other chemicals so the body hyper-reacts to the virus. If another person gets the flu from the person who gets the squirt it might be because they are just getting the virus and not the other chemicals that are in the shot that cause the body to go after the virus ( the flumist ingredients). hmmm..just a guess On Jan 16, 2009, at 3:33 PM, Jim O wrote: > Good question. Can anybody answer that? > > Jim > > ________________________________ > From: Vida Khan <vidamarino@...> > Vaccinations > Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 2:25:30 PM > Subject: Re: Interesting talk w/Kroger Pharmacist > @Flumist > > Ok, maybe I'm the dumb one.....but if a person who received flu mist > can shed the virus and another person can actually pick it up and get > the flu from that....then how can the person who has flu mist > squirted directly up their nose not get the flu from it? > Vida > > > > > > from Kay on this list in 2003 > > > > Shared by permission from Kay > > > > I wanted to take some pictures to the one hour photo in Krogers > today, but > > remembered they are listed as giving the Flu Mist vax. So, I > called them > > and was transferred to the pharmacy. > > > > I spoke with a pharmacist and asked her what precautions the store > was > > taking to protect the immunocompromised from the live flu vaccine > being > > shed by Flumist recipients. She says, (get this!), " The > manufacturer has > > provided us with a wall barrier to put up. " Stifling my laugh I > said, > > " What happens when those people go out into the store and are > sneezing on > > the groceries? " She pauses and asks me to hold on. I'm on hold for > > several minutes when she comes back and says " The manufacturer > tells us > > that even when a person sneezes after getting the flumist, it has > already > > been absorbed and won't be spread. " > > > > I say, " Then why does the package insert say under Precautions that > > 'Flumist recipients should avoid close contact with > immunocompromised > > individuals for at least 21 days'? " > > > > She again pauses and says, " Hold on, I'll check into that. " I'm on > hold > > for at least 5 minutes then get disconnected. So I call back and > get a > > different pharmacist who won't let me speak to the original one. > So I ask > > her the same question. I told her I am concerned for myself > (asthma) and > > those of us who shouldn't be in contact with flumist recipients. > She again > > spouts about the wall barrier. I say, " But this is an airborne > virus. " > > (Double DUH!!) She says the manufacturer has assured them that > even if > > someone sneezes on them when they give the vaccine, that it has > already > > been absorbed (in nanoseconds I assume!) and that they themselves > shouldn't > > be concerned. HA! They may be fools, but I'm not! : ) > > > > She tries to tell me that only those who live in close contact 24/7 > need be > > concerned (why though, if it isn't spread after it's given?) > They're > > contradicting themselves coming and going! I asked her what the > difference > > was with me being in a store where people are sneezing all over the > produce > > that I may be purchasing and living with someone who is doing the > same?? > > > > She said it's no different than going into a doctor's office where > it's > > been given (excuse me, but even if I did go to one, I don't buy my > > groceries at the doctor's office!) > > > > She had no answers. All she had to offer was what > the " manufacturer " had > > assured them was ok and she said " Long term studies show it is safe > to the > > population. " But in right before that she says they haven't even > given any > > flumist there at Krogers and she doesn't know anyplace that has > actually > > given it because it is so expensive and because it's brand new no > one > > expects it to be used anyway!!!!! > > > > Idiots... they have no idea what they are doing and when questioned > they > > babble on and spout what the " manufacturer " has told them to say > without > > truly knowing the facts! > > > > Kay > > PS > > the kicker ... After talking with the 2nd pharmacist ad nauseum > about the > > risks to the immunocompromised, she says, " Well, the worst thing > that could > > happen to you is you would get the flu. " It was then I realized I > was up > > against a genius, thanked her for her time and hung up! > > > > > > ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- -------- > > Sheri Nakken, R.N., MA, Hahnemannian Homeopath > > Vaccination Information & Choice Network, Nevada City CA & Wales UK > > Vaccines - http://www.wellwith in1.com/vaccine. htm Vaccine Dangers > & > > Childhood Disease & Homeopathy Email classes start in January 2009 > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 In early December I had the Today Show playing in the background while I was going about my morning routine and a segment came on wherein Al Roker was interviewing a doctor regarding flu shot " facts and myths " . The only good thing she stated was that antibiotics are not an effective treatment for the flu - but then she went on to tout OTC meds. The rest was your typical BS, of course. I had to laugh when she said that you might get sort of a " mini flu " after having the vaccine, but don't worry, it's just a " side effect " and not really the flu. The flu shot is totally safe. So... the answer is, you have the flu, but don't worry, you don't have the flu! On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Vida Khan <vidamarino@...> wrote: > Ok, maybe I'm the dumb one.....but if a person who received flu mist > can shed the virus and another person can actually pick it up and get > the flu from that....then how can the person who has flu mist > squirted directly up their nose not get the flu from it? > Vida Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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