Re: Vaccinate under 40 and natives first

[Guest guest]

Right, go after the most vulnerable, captive audiences first. No sense in

wasting time with those who will make noise.

Winnie

Vaccinate under 40 and natives first

undisclosed recipients: ;

> Calgary Herald,

>

>

> First Nations, five-to-40-year-olds should be vaccinated against

> H1N1 first:

> experts

>

>

http://www.calgaryherald.com/Health/First+Nations+five+year+olds+should+vaccinat\

ed+against+H1N1+first+experts/1720097/story.html

> Vaccinate Canadians under 40 and natives first: experts

> By Sharon Kirkey, Canwest News Service

>

> June 21, 2009

> Five-to-40-year-olds and Canada's aboriginal communities should

> be the

> first to get vaccinated against human swine flu, experts say as

> Canadian

> officials decide who gets priority for the flu shots.

> Under Canada's official pandemic plan, the entire population

> would

> ultimately be immunized against the H1N1 swine flu.

> But the vaccine will become available in batches, meaning the

> entire

> population can't be vaccinated at once. It might take four or

> five months to get

> all the vaccine we're going to get, during which time a second

> wave of swine flu

> may well be underway.

> The Public Health Agency of Canada is working on a priority

> list, deciding

> where the first batches should go, and who should get the

> injections first. All

> provinces and territories would be expected to follow the

> national

> prioritization scheme.

> Unlike normal seasonal flu, the H1N1 virus appears to be

> disproportionately

> infecting older children and young adults. So far the largest

> number of

> confirmed cases have occurred in people between the ages of five

> and 24.

> " It doesn't mean they're all getting sick and need to be

> hospitalized, but

> they're getting significant illness, " said Dr. Noni Mac, a

> leader in

> pediatric infectious diseases and a professor of pediatrics at

> Dalhousie

> University in Halifax.

> British researchers reported last week that targeting children

> first would

> protect not only them, but also unvaccinated adults.

> " Even if you are concerned about the elderly, who are often

> mentioned as

> another risk group, their main connection to the big pool of

> infection is often

> their grandchildren, " said Dr. House of the University of

> Warwick..

> But adults older than 64 don't appear to be at increased risk of

> H1N1-related complications so far in the outbreak. It's possible

> they have some

> antibodies against the virus.

> As well, children " are known to be really important for

> transmitting flu, "

> said Earl Brown, executive director of the Emerging Pathogens

> Research Centre at

> the University of Ottawa..

> " They're important for the cycle of infection. They tend to be

> naive as far

> as not having flu antibodies in their system before. And really

> young kids,

> their immune systems aren't fully mature.

> " Children tend to be hit, and they can be hit harder, " Brown

> said. By

> immunizing children first, " you get to try to block spread, and

> protect a

> vulnerable group. "

> Gymnasiums would be used for mass school-based vaccination

> programs but

> experts say the harder to reach group will be the 18-to-30-year-

> olds.

> " Some of them are in school, a lot of them are not, " Mac

> said.

> " They're very much living in the moment and don't necessarily

> see themselves as

> being at risk. We need some fast thinking about how to reach

> those people. "

>

> She suggested booths could be set up outside bars for

> information and

> immunization.

> " You've got to be creative about this and really think out of

> the box. "

>

> Canada's aboriginal communities also appear to be getting more

> serious

> infections. Crowded, poorly ventilated housing and poor access

> to high-quality

> running water and sanitization are some of the factors being

> blamed. Aboriginals

> also have higher rates of asthma, chronic lung disease, obesity

> and diabetes —

> the very diseases early data suggests puts people at higher risk

> of

> life-threatening complications from swine flu.

> The H1N1 vaccine will be a separate vaccine from the regular,

> annual flu

> shot. People will require two jabs, and possibly three,

> depending on how

> effective the vaccine is in producing immunity. The Public

> Health Agency of

> Canada says that no decisions have yet been made about who would

> get priority

> first.

> One of the challenges will be getting people to agree to the

> shots. There

> will be limited information about any vaccine's safety before

> immunization

> campaigns are rolled out across the country.

> " We usually do research in healthy adults before we do it in

> children,

> because this is a new vaccine, and you want to be sure that it's

> safe and

> effective before you give it to vulnerable populations, or

> populations who don't

> have full capacity to make an informed decision about getting it

> or not, " said

> Dr. Joanne Langley, of Health Canada's National Advisory

> Committee on

> Immunization.

> " There are pros and cons to putting (children) first. "

> Babies under six months of age are not vaccinated against flu.

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

And that is exactly why we need to make more noise.

Signed,

Noisey Jim

Is there such a word as noisey and is that how its spelled. lol

________________________________

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Vaccinations

Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 9:26:56 AM

Subject: Re: Vaccinate under 40 and natives first

Right, go after the most vulnerable, captive audiences first. No sense in

wasting time with those who will make noise.

Winnie

Vaccinate under 40 and natives first

undisclosed recipients: ;

> Calgary Herald,

>

>

> First Nations, five-to-40-year-olds should be vaccinated against

> H1N1 first:

> experts

> 

> 

http://www.calgaryherald..com/Health/First+Nations+five+year+olds+should+vaccina\

ted+against+H1N1+first+experts/1720097/story.html

> Vaccinate Canadians under 40 and natives first: experts

> By Sharon Kirkey, Canwest News Service

>

> June 21, 2009

> Five-to-40-year-olds and Canada's aboriginal communities should

> be the

> first to get vaccinated against human swine flu, experts say as

> Canadian

> officials decide who gets priority for the flu shots.

> Under Canada's official pandemic plan, the entire population

> would

> ultimately be immunized against the H1N1 swine flu.

> But the vaccine will become available in batches, meaning the

> entire

> population can't be vaccinated at once. It might take four or

> five months to get

> all the vaccine we're going to get, during which time a second

> wave of swine flu

> may well be underway.

> The Public Health Agency of Canada is working on a priority

> list, deciding

> where the first batches should go, and who should get the

> injections first. All

> provinces and territories would be expected to follow the

> national

> prioritization scheme.

> Unlike normal seasonal flu, the H1N1 virus appears to be

> disproportionately

> infecting older children and young adults. So far the largest

> number of

> confirmed cases have occurred in people between the ages of five

> and 24.

> " It doesn't mean they're all getting sick and need to be

> hospitalized, but

> they're getting significant illness, " said Dr. Noni Mac, a

> leader in

> pediatric infectious diseases and a professor of pediatrics at

> Dalhousie

> University in Halifax.

> British researchers reported last week that targeting children

> first would

> protect not only them, but also unvaccinated adults.

> " Even if you are concerned about the elderly, who are often

> mentioned as

> another risk group, their main connection to the big pool of

> infection is often

> their grandchildren, " said Dr. House of the University of

> Warwick..

> But adults older than 64 don't appear to be at increased risk of

> H1N1-related complications so far in the outbreak. It's possible

> they have some

> antibodies against the virus.

> As well, children " are known to be really important for

> transmitting flu, "

> said Earl Brown, executive director of the Emerging Pathogens

> Research Centre at

> the University of Ottawa..

> " They're important for the cycle of infection. They tend to be

> naive as far

> as not having flu antibodies in their system before. And really

> young kids,

> their immune systems aren't fully mature.

> " Children tend to be hit, and they can be hit harder, " Brown

> said. By

> immunizing children first, " you get to try to block spread, and

> protect a

> vulnerable group. "

> Gymnasiums would be used for mass school-based vaccination

> programs but

> experts say the harder to reach group will be the 18-to-30-year-

> olds.

> " Some of them are in school, a lot of them are not, " Mac

> said.

> " They're very much living in the moment and don't necessarily

> see themselves as

> being at risk. We need some fast thinking about how to reach

> those people. "

>

> She suggested booths could be set up outside bars for

> information and

> immunization.

> " You've got to be creative about this and really think out of

> the box. "

>

> Canada's aboriginal communities also appear to be getting more

> serious

> infections. Crowded, poorly ventilated housing and poor access

> to high-quality

> running water and sanitization are some of the factors being

> blamed. Aboriginals

> also have higher rates of asthma, chronic lung disease, obesity

> and diabetes —

> the very diseases early data suggests puts people at higher risk

> of

> life-threatening complications from swine flu.

> The H1N1 vaccine will be a separate vaccine from the regular,

> annual flu

> shot. People will require two jabs, and possibly three,

> depending on how

> effective the vaccine is in producing immunity. The Public

> Health Agency of

> Canada says that no decisions have yet been made about who would

> get priority

> first.

> One of the challenges will be getting people to agree to the

> shots. There

> will be limited information about any vaccine's safety before

> immunization

> campaigns are rolled out across the country.

> " We usually do research in healthy adults before we do it in

> children,

> because this is a new vaccine, and you want to be sure that it's

> safe and

> effective before you give it to vulnerable populations, or

> populations who don't

> have full capacity to make an informed decision about getting it

> or not, " said

> Dr. Joanne Langley, of Health Canada's National Advisory

> Committee on

> Immunization.

> " There are pros and cons to putting (children) first. "

> Babies under six months of age are not vaccinated against flu.

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Something tells me that even many " anti-vax " people aren't going to object to

this one. People are scared. It will be almost impossible to convince my

husband to let DD skip it...sigh. More fighting on the way...

>

> Right, go after the most vulnerable, captive audiences first. No sense in

wasting time with those who will make noise.

>

> Winnie

>