by oramar allnurses Guide

The are reporting on CNBC that a bunch of Wall Street companies got H1N1 vaccine in, enough to vaccinate all their employees. I have yet to see a writen news report on the subject yet so I am not sure it is true and am no sure of the details.

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Pretty much these days it is best to be careful about believing what you hear on our media outlets...there is a great deal of fear mongering, fact stretching, and finger pointing taking priority over actual responsible reporting. Your wait and see attitude is wise.

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According to the Associated Press, large companies in New York City that have on-site medical staff are allowed to apply for the vaccine. They receive it, however, with the caveat that only high-risk employees are to be vaccinated; e.g., pregnant women. Goldman Sachs and Citibank have received the vaccine, as have Columbia University and the Federal Reserve Bank. A spokeswoman for the city's health department told the AP that only half of the city's pediatricians have applied for it.

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The theme of the recent CIDRAP Conference in Minneapolis was "Keeping the World Working" during the pandemic. There were many international as well as North American company reps that spoke. They are indeed, protecting their critical staff with antivirals. Will they do vaccines as well? Probably.

Good Year was present and has many employees overseas. Think of a power company in Canada where if their employees are out sick, it effects many, many other people. It is in everyone's best interest to protect critical infrastructure. The question is, what is defined as critical?

Critical infrastructure is a term used by governments to describe assets that are essential for the functioning of a society and economy. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_infrastructure

the network of important systems that deliver essential services that people rely on. It includes water and sewerage, electricity and gas, telephones and transport.

http://www.ema.gov.au/www/ema/school...ter_Dictionary
This GIS layer depicts a wide range of facilities in the transportation, energy, agriculture, telecommunications, chemical, defense, public health ...
http://www.dir.state.tx.us/tgic/pubs.../appendix3.htm

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Yep, there's a piece on this "scandal" on NBC Nightly News right now...

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ABC news tonight stated that one of the companies donated 100 doses of the vaccine to a children's hospital in new york.

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so much for the "scandal"

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That is nice they are donating. People in Pittsburgh are really upset about the way the vaccine was allocated. It was in no way connected to need.

editor of post-gazette thinks it a scandal also

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09313/1011886-192.stm

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Originally Posted by tewdles

Pretty much these days it is best to be careful about believing what you hear on our media outlets...there is a great deal of fear mongering, fact stretching, and finger pointing taking priority over actual responsible reporting. Your wait and see attitude is wise.

I also heard that and read about it. I'll ask my son, the stock broker if it's true, if he knows..... Right now I'd believe any horrible thing about our economic shakers and movers......