Today, at least half the school got shot with a .50ml dose of the H1N1 vaccine. The usual cases of girls, and boys, but mostly girls, freaking out. The occasional special case where a reaction was a little stronger than normal and treatment following promptly. Nobody dying or fainting, unlike this certain other time... (sec 3 if memory serves)
CBC was on scene as well, for publicity ya know, and propaganda—and I figure I should stop before I start making links with animal farm. (You can see the footage in tonight's news hour, and probably also on internet later)
As you waited, or perhaps even right up to the moment when that syringe gets stabbed in, you hope there's no fuckup with the egg cultures otherwise a damn lot of us are going to be quite screwed indeed.
Guinness Book of World Records for mass assisted suicide by lethal injection in the worst case. (You did consent to it, did you not?)
And please, no more of this inane
bullshit about the mercury based preservative making you stupid. If you believe that the infinitesimal amount of mercury contained in the vaccine can screw with your brain, then clearly, the mercury you've ingested in the past has already done all it can. More mercury will not help, or in this case, will not stupefy you further in any noticeable way. It
is an issue among babies and young children. Not adolescents on the brink of adulthood physically, and in theory, also mentally. So shut it and go eat a can of sardines. There's a lot more mercury in there than in the vaccine.
But all in all, all's well. For years, WHO, and governments and the usual yadada groups have been floating the idea that we're all fucked if there's a
pandemic. (I can't believe there are still idiots who don't know the difference between epidemic and
pandemic, so if you're one of them, click on it, and save me the trouble of calling you an idiot.) Luckily, H1N1 is the runt of the possible maladies, and I'd say quite a nice test to various health related agencies and organizations. For once, there was a little glimmer of efficiency in the bureaucracy in getting the vaccine tested and produced. Of course, the rushed testing just increases the chance of a fuckup. Meh, calculated risk, possible fuckup vs. infected in the meantime. Win the lottery while you're at it.
Also, we've gotten an opportunity to see some of the wussies in society. Grown ass, healthy adults, mostly high-placed in the system, cutting in line in front of the elderly, pregnant and other at-risk groups to get vaccinated against a
flu that kills only as much as the seasonal flu. How selfish can you get. And almost as proof that hockey is fucking important in Canada, 200 + lbs, theoretically healthy hockey players get vaccinated before their official 'turn' because swine flu was taking a stroll through the team. (Calgary Flames)
Oh, and check out this fuckup I found while researching for this article :
Meanwhile, Bolduc said the province is taking steps to correct an error he said resulted in some healthy prisoners receiving the H1N1 vaccine ahead of the general population. (cbc.ca)
HOLY MOTHER TERESA! How the hell did they screw that one up? Yes prisoners are still humans, yes, their conditions aren't exactly hygienic all the time and may favor the propagation of H1N1, but did you consider
how the fuck would H1N1 get into the prison in the first place? How about quarantining new arrivals instead of wasting—in a manner of speaking—valuable doses of vaccine?
As an afterthought, what shit are we going to be in if the vaccinated go apeshit "I Am Legend" style, eh?
