Re: Flu shots;from;Dort;;NANA

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How awful & sad ;Here in Mich one can only get them if they are seriously ill with lung or heart trouble;so I guess my Hubby & I cant get one this year;;My ailments dont count;

Hugs

Nana

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There was an 84 year old lady here waiting in line for five hours to get her shot, she fell from exhaustion, hit her head, and died.

Flu shots

Hello

Yesterday, I went to one of the few Krogers that had not cancelled their

flu-shot campaign and the line was through half the store. It took

about 2.5 to 3.5 hours to get a shot. Fortunately they served cookies,

cakes orange juice and water to the people in line otherwise I'm sure

plenty of people would've just fainted from low sugar levels. They

also told us that in Lousiana, one of their stores only had 250 shots

available but 2,000 people showed up so there was a riot and the police

were called in.

It's pretty sad that the best way to get shots is via these commercial

flu-shot campaigns, the Doctor's never seem to have enough or they get

their shipments much later than the big companies. Almost all the

flu-shot campaigns here have been canceled but the corporate websites

haven't been updated to reflect which, the best website to find shots

seem to be www.findaflushot.com which is the American Lung Association,

that's where I found out about the Krogers I went to yesterday even

though it's about 10 miles away, the next closest would be today at

about 15 miles away, after that the next is over 25 miles away. The

shots are few and far between here in Texas.

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How awful & sad ;Here in Mich one can only get them if they are seriously ill with lung or heart trouble;so I guess my Hubby & I cant get one this year;;My ailments dont count;

Hugs

Nana

-- Re: Flu shots

There was an 84 year old lady here waiting in line for five hours to get her shot, she fell from exhaustion, hit her head, and died.

Flu shots

Hello

Yesterday, I went to one of the few Krogers that had not cancelled their

flu-shot campaign and the line was through half the store. It took

about 2.5 to 3.5 hours to get a shot. Fortunately they served cookies,

cakes orange juice and water to the people in line otherwise I'm sure

plenty of people would've just fainted from low sugar levels. They

also told us that in Lousiana, one of their stores only had 250 shots

available but 2,000 people showed up so there was a riot and the police

were called in.

It's pretty sad that the best way to get shots is via these commercial

flu-shot campaigns, the Doctor's never seem to have enough or they get

their shipments much later than the big companies. Almost all the

flu-shot campaigns here have been canceled but the corporate websites

haven't been updated to reflect which, the best website to find shots

seem to be www.findaflushot.com which is the American Lung Association,

that's where I found out about the Krogers I went to yesterday even

though it's about 10 miles away, the next closest would be today at

about 15 miles away, after that the next is over 25 miles away. The

shots are few and far between here in Texas.

Regards,

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Hello

I was under the impression that chronic illnesses in general counted due

to possible complications and diabetes was specifically mentioned. Of

course, my Congestive Heart Failure secondary to Dilated Cardio Myopathy

and diabetes pretty much does it for qualifying for the shots and then some.

What really disturbed me was that there were Doctors, Dentists and

Nurses in the line as well. One would've figured that their workplaces

would have the shots

but apparently not. Of course I had just been to my Cardiologist a few

days earlier, that would've been another logical place to set up a

priority flu-shot program but apparently not.

I can see how someone would faint in the line, I thought I was about to

a few times myself and I'm relatively young (though probably the most

ill in the line).

Of course, you could cross the border into Canada where there isn't a

flu-shot shortage since Michigan is pretty close to Canada. Had I not

been able to get one here in Texas, I would've flown up to visit my

parents and gotten a shot there.

Hmmm... The flu season is the exact opposit down in Brazil since it's in

the southern hemisphere so I really should be getting a shot down there

around May or April if I'm there on business so much. Maybe that's why

I was hospitalized in Brazil with Pneumonia. Unfortunately, the

sothern hemisphere shot is different so I won't be able to get a shot

before I leave. I guess that the best would be to ask a Doctor here

for two to three weeks of antiviral, get a shot there while taking the

anti-virals to protect me during that trip and then I should be ok for

subsequent trips.

Regards,

peterson.dorothy wrote:

> How awful & sad ;Here in Mich one can only get them if they

> are seriously ill with lung or heart trouble;so I guess my Hubby & I

> cant get one this year;;My ailments dont count;

> Hugs

> Nana

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They are now carding people in Canada and turning away non-residents. I saw this on the news the other day.

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