H1N1 vaccine hard to get

Casey O.
11/05/2009 10:50 AM

Ali, the national emergency is basically for health care providers so they can treat the sick much quicker. It really does not have anything to do with the public other than if it gets really bad, you will be treated in the quickest manner possible. To put it point blank, it eliminates red tape that hopitals must follow. It does not mean we are in a state of emergency(panic as some call it). If there are many, many sick at one time and that includes you, do you want to "wait" to get treated, or do you want to get treated very quickly? I would rather get treated quickly. If the hospital is full with the very sick, I would much rather go to my local school, not have to bother filling out tons of paper work and get my meds and go back home to my nongermy home. Leave the hospitals to very sick and treat those that aren't as sick at schools, townhalls, churches, and where ever else.

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Ali O.
Alexandria, MN     11/05/2009 10:13 AM

This is ridiculous... It's been shown that the mortality rate for H1N1 is the same as regular flu... 0.4%. Yeah it may be unpleasant for a few days... But so is a cold, bronchitis, pneumonia or anything else that could technically kill someone. Turning this into a panic, "national emergency," or anything else seems overkill.

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Kerry H.
Prior Lake, MN     11/04/2009 6:43 PM

Robin, if you have not yet done so, you can access information on the CDC site specificaly for pregnant women. Here's a link: http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/pregnancy/ Also, keep communicating with your medical provider. As more of the vaccine becomes available, I believe pregant women are among those who will receive it first. And, of course, practice methods to lessen your suseptibility to contract the virus. Good luck!

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Robin J.
Brandon, MN     11/04/2009 5:46 PM

This is all so frustrating! I'm 5 months pregnant and I have been waiting for the vaccine for 2 months! Will Douglas County ever get any vaccine? By the time it does get here, I'm sure I will have already battled H1N1

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Casey O.
11/04/2009 2:57 PM

You don't treat people with a vaccine.

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Al G.
Garfield, MN     11/04/2009 1:37 PM

Casey O wheres the vaccine. National emergency means nothing if you can't treat the patient.

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Casey O.
11/04/2009 12:03 PM

Declaring a national emergency is for health care providers. It relaxes the federal rules that they must follow so they can use their own judgement on how to treat as many people as they can as quickly as they can. That's it. Here's some examples. Hospitals can open up a ward in another place, such as parking lot, school, or warehouse. They can also skip some of the information on paper work they usually need to treat a person. Such as things like, full address, insurance info, and phone number. I'm not saying these are things that will be done, but it is things they can do in case there are masses of patients that need to be treated. Would you want to wait to be treated while somebody is demanding full info on each person ahead of you?

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Al G.
Garfield, MN     11/04/2009 9:44 AM

After being declare a national emergency, by our President Obama, 3 weeks ago we still don't have vaccine? Must be because we don't have government run health care.

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