I haven’t seen anyone even talking about it in the local area, and I know some people who are really looking for it for kids and grandkids with health problems.

My Mother is on the list for shots at her doctor’s office, but her doctor hasn’t even been told if she will receive a supply when it is available. The Panhandle is obviously on the end of the supply chain.

Yeah, the health department is priced right, but here you have to go in between 1 and 3pm all but one day a week. That really sucks for working people.

got mine today, yes, at kmart. some of the other pharmacies in town have had shots available before now, but for very restricted hours and only for a few days at a time.

i went to the health dept last year, but the place was chock full of sick people. when i called them near the beginning of flu shot season, they didn’t have any yet, or only had limited doses [i forget which]. then i got sick [non-flu] so that put a hold on things. then i got better, and everybody was running out. kmart is the first place i’ve found that’s giving shots outside of normal working hours, which is a real help. the trip to the health dept took me an entire [workday] afternoon last year.

the closest place to get swine flu vaccine is alabama right now. none here in this part of florida that i know of.

Publix has had it, as well as the other supermarkets with pharmacies, but her fall back is the health department is only a few blocks from her house.

As near as I can tell the people who have real problems are those who are allergic to eggs.

i haven’t managed that yet, in spite of trying several times, but there’s supposed to be more on the way.

The regular is $25 and available at pharmacies all over, as well as the local county health department. It has been available for weeks down here.

Actually allergies might help keep you from the H1N1, as it is a deep lung virus, and if your mucous membranes are working overtime, it isn’t going to have much of an opportunity to go deep.

I’ll get the seasonal flu shot this week. There’s plenty of that available and that one usually hits older people harder. So I’ll be 50% protected.
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If it was targeting my group, or my Mother’s, I would be worried about availability, but, like Lady Min, I have already been exposed a long time ago, and was exposed again when my Mother had what must have been the H1N1 a few days after her regular flu shot.

Based on the fact that my Mother had all of the symptoms, this isn’t an either/or flu, but the worst of all flu problems in one package.

they ALL mutate, which is why we keep having to get new flu shots every year.

being a member of one of the high-risk groups for flus in general, i do appreciate y’all hanging back and and letting me go first. now, if only the vaccines will just GET here.

Yeah, if you want to be treated like a leper, just sneeze.

It seems like young people and pregnant women are the ones who are most in danger, so I’ll sit back and watch while avoiding crowds. Fortunately there is no problem with crowds when you go shopping, so it is just necessary to avoid children, who are plague-carriers.

The local news is carrying reports of schools closing because of flu outbreaks, but more likely it’s just parents keeping their uninfected kids home because there are a few confirmed cases. And last night the news was showing long lines of people waiting up to six hours to get their shots. Personally, I avoid crowds and stress to avoid illness. But that’s me. I’ve been exposed to swine flu in the 70’s so I’ll take my chances. I’m not opposed to the vaccine but I’m not in the high risk group so I’ll let those people go first.
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