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ORIGINAL: Louve00

Not just what DK said, but we've been short on flu vaccines in past years and I don't recall people blaming it on Bush. 

C'mon now.  If you want to complain about Obama, you can do better than that. 

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ORIGINAL: servantforuse

When will the Obama administration be held accountable for the swine flu debacle ? How in the world can the government run national health care when they can't even distribute a flu vaccine ? If Bush were still in office the left leaning media would be demanding answers. They are also silent on this matter.

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First Daughters Not Vaccinated Against H1N1

President Obama's school age daughters have not been vaccinated against the H1N1 flu virus.  White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs says the vaccine is not available to them based on their risk.


The  Centers for Disease Control recommend that children ages 6 months through 18 years of age receive a vaccination against the H1N1 flu virus.  At this time only children with chronic medical conditions are receiving the vaccination because their immune system is not strong enough to fight off the strain.  The CDC also says a regular seasonal flu shot does not protect against the virus.

http://whitehouse.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/10/08/first-daughters-not-vaccinated-against-h1n1/

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ORIGINAL: rulemylife

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ORIGINAL: servantforuse

When will the Obama administration be held accountable for the swine flu debacle ? How in the world can the government run national health care when they can't even distribute a flu vaccine ? If Bush were still in office the left leaning media would be demanding answers. They are also silent on this matter.

You must be kidding.

This is why I find conservatives so hilarious.  The whole conservative media, bloggers, and even posters on here were complaining about Obama's declaration of a public health emergency and the use of $3 billion in stimulus funds for H1N1 research.

It was an over-reaction to a small number of cases, it was throwing money at a non-existent problem.

Now the same people who pissed and moaned about his early response to the problem are now pissing and moaning about the solution not coming quick enough.  You do remember at the time there was no vaccine available and it was being argued there was no need that for type of investment based on a handful of cases?

This was from the day after Obama declared it a public health emergency back in April:



Glenn Beck's Latest Conspiracy Theory: Barack Obama and the Swine ...

On his radio show today, Glenn Beck launched his latest conspiracy theory that President Obama is making a big deal out of nothing when it comes to the swine flu. Beck claimed that Obama is using the swine flu to get Kathleen Sebelius confirmed as Sec. of Health and Human Services.

In a response to a caller’s paranoia about the swine flu state of emergency, Beck said, “I will tell you this there is only two ways to look at this…Our government is moving wildly fast. Unlike anything, I mean we did the research last night we went back to the AIDS epidemic all the way back looking at all the different things. They have never moved this quickly, so that could be because Barack Obama’s administration is so incredibly efficient, could be that they know that this is much worse than we think it is, or what was it Rahm Emanuel said Stu, a crisis is a terrible thing to waste.”

Here is the conspiracy theory, “Do you realize that we don’t have any of the HHS people? Out of the 19 appointments he has appointed zero. This could be move to his Health and Human Services person into the office rapidly. She is supposed to go through more confirmation hearings today I think. She could be confirmed right out of the gate because of this swine flu, so don’t look over here, look at the swine flu, look at the swine flu, and she just goes right through the gate.”

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ORIGINAL: Irishknight

I thought he was complaining more about the media's biased hatred.

I'm curious. My father claims to have seen on tv that people were getting sick after taking the h1n1 vaccine. Anyone heard these claims from a credible source? My father sometimes watches less than credible things and he can't remember where he saw it.

It sounds like a bunch of hooey to me.

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ORIGINAL: Irishknight

I'm curious. My father claims to have seen on tv that people were getting sick after taking the h1n1 vaccine. Anyone heard these claims from a credible source? My father sometimes watches less than credible things and he can't remember where he saw it.

It sounds like a bunch of hooey to me.

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ORIGINAL: servantforuse

Kathleen Sebelius ( after showing a reporter how to sneeze in his sleeve ) assured us all that sufficient vaccine would be available to all that needed it. Every State in the union is either out of it or short of it. Back to my original post. The government cannot even manage something like this. Do we really want them to take control of every hospital, clinic and dr. office in the country ? Not me/

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ORIGINAL: DesFIP

People always complain they got sick after taking a flu vaccine. Coincidence. If you aren't allergic to eggs, you aren't allergic to the vaccine. You also shouldn't take it if you're already ill. Unfortunately frequently we have no symptoms while we are coming down with a cold, and if we then get the vaccine it can interfere with our ability to fight off the cold so the cold will be more severe than otherwise.  But that is due to the fact that you're already infected not due to the vaccine.

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ORIGINAL: ThatDamnedPanda

Actually, it's not impossible for people who received the nasal spray H1N1 vaccine to develop a mild case of swine flu from the vaccine. The nasal spray uses a weakened, but still live, virus. That's why it's not recommended for anyone under 2, over 50, or with certain chronic conditions.