With swine flu vaccine, it’s no longer ‘old people first’
Posted By David Boraks On November 27, 2009 @ 9:47 am In health | Comments Disabled
SOURCE: New York Times
Normal flu seasons have accustomed Americans to an “old people first” ethic, The New York Times reports [1]. But swine flu has reversed that. It’s pregnant women and children first, and in the rush for the lifeboats, elbows are beginning to fly. See New York Times, “65? Back of the Line for the Swine Flu Vaccine, Pal.” [1]
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Mecklenburg County Health Department website, [2]with information about H1N1 flu and a link to schedule an appointment for an H1N1 vaccine shot.
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[1] The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/22/weekinreview/22mcneil.html
[2] Mecklenburg County Health Department website, : http://www.charmeck.org/Departments/Health+Department/Top+News/H1N1+Flu/Home.htm
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