Cattle Call

So, did everyone get their H1N1 shot?

(**crickets chirping**)

Has anyone even heard of someone having the H1N1 flu since last October?

Our local school campus was a vaccination site back in November. Husband took the kids on the Sunday it was offered. Although it looked like utter chaos, the coordination of it all was well thought out. There were 4 lines of cars, tons of people directing the lines to different parking lots, shuttle buses taking people to the building, and lots of folks inside with clipboards, directing people to the right rooms. They were all able to get the flu mist. Although my husband wasn't considered 'high risk' like the teens, they just gave it to him too. I drove up there later in the day, hoping to get the mist as well (I dread needles of any sort), but they turned me away for not being high risk. I ended up getting it the next month at a different site, when it was opened up to the general public.

Recently, I read in the paper that only about 30% of the population took advantage of the free vaccinations. Husband couldn't understand why this was. As he said, "That's the first time the government ever gave me something for nothing!" He's a smart man, but reading the Wall Street Journal everyday doesn't put him in touch with middle America, let me tell you. I tried to tell him how suspicious people are of 'big' government, vaccinations, and the medical community in general. Thousands of websites are dedicated to warning us about mercury in the new light bulbs, thermisol in vaccines, and the dangers of soy products. The government is going to beat down your door and take your guns. Social Services is ready to pay a visit if someone in a store sees you yell at your kid. We are only days away from Armageddon, people!