Nova Scotia ran out of vaccines.

[innonimatu]

Considering how it differs from regular flu (e.g. it targets and hurts young healthy people the most) that would be stupid.

The winter season in the southern hemisphere has come and gone, and the flu there turned out to not be any more serious than usual. Even the so-touted idea that it would be a menace to different proved wrong. And you won't see that unless you really dig into the numbers on the reports the WHO released: they carefully avoid doing any compassions and providing numbers in all of the short reports and press releases. Even where they do they use prior 5-year averages for the comparison, to turn a slightly (~10%) greater that average hospitalization rate (itself probably justified by the media-fed hysteria) into a "higher hospitalization rate" alarmist comment.

Where's the dangerous "pandemic" which we were promised?

Other groups could learn from the WHO. Imagine if NASA announced every day a "meteorite hit danger alert", and then demanded more funding in order to watch out for the danged of the Earth being hit by a mutated previously unobserved meteorite. I wonder what was in it for the WHO, for them to change their definition of "pandemic" in the first place.

 

[History_Buff]

I am surprised at this, isn't First Nations health care federal jurisdiction?

Yes, but if they're not living on Reserve, I imagine the Fed won't have too many services nearby.

 

[say1988]

To me the term "First Nations communities" implied reserves.

 

[Shylock]

This was in newspapers this morning:

http://www.gov.ns.ca/hpp/h1n1/

Spoiler :

PLEASE NOTE: Due to national vaccine supply issues, on October 30, 2009, a change was made to Nova Scotia 's H1N1 vaccine program.

Starting Monday, November 2, 2009, the H1N1 vaccine will be limited to those most at risk from H1N1:

* Pregnant women.
* Children under five years of age (six to 59 months) � does not include their family members
* Healthcare workers in district health authorities, long-term care facilities and homecare agencies who provide direct care to patients. This also includes family physicians, family practice nurses, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.
* First Nations communities

If you are not in one of these target groups, the H1N1 vaccine will be made available to you at a later date. Nova Scotia will have enough vaccine for every Nova Scotian over the coming weeks. Please check this website regularly for updates and additional information.

Crappy thing is, here's the complete list of at-risk:

Spoiler :

Everyone is at risk of catching the H1N1 flu virus but individuals with chronic medical conditions may be at increased risk of catching H1N1 and of developing serious complications from the flu, such as pneumonia or respiratory distress. In particular, people with the following medical conditions are at increased risk:

* Heart disease
* Diabetes
* Asthma and chronic lung disease
* Kidney disease
* Blood disorders
* Severe obesity

* Liver disease
* People with weakened immune systems (people taking cancer drugs or people with HIV/AIDS)
* Neurological disorders

The REALLY CRAPPY thing is that I have messed-up immune system. And my mom wouldnt take me to get the vaccine early because -- I dunno why. She just wouldn't. And I wasnt allowed to go myself.

But you never go outside anyway. Quarantine is the prevention imo.

 

[History_Buff]

To me the term "First Nations communities" implied reserves.

I'd thought they classified all First Nations peoples as high risk. I suppose communities might just mean the Reserves.

 

[say1988]

Thinking about it, it makes sense. I took community in the sense of town etc..
But it probably just means them in general.

 

[History_Buff]

Yeah, as weird as it is to say (science prevents racism right?), I think their genealogical history tends to result in a more susceptible immune system.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I go to school. There are a lot of students out.

Also, I have asthma, which also puts me at risk for it. Yet I don't get vaccine.

I told my mom I should get pregnant (which is slightly ridiculous because I've never even dated) and she said I better not.

 

[say1988]

Tell her not to worry, after you get the vaccine you can abort it