Laidback Al

Laidback Al

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  1. Human H5N1 Cluster in Vietnam

    Laidback Al replied to Laidback Al's topic in Disaster Preparation

    This cluster is now being monitor by major wire services . .

  2. Nurse Fired For Refusing To Get a H1N1 Vaccine or Wear Mask

    Laidback Al replied to Inspired By Silence's topic in Disaster Preparation

    and And indigo girl responds Refusing a vaccination . . . . Believing that wearing a mask is an unreasonable request . . . You probably also think you should not be required to wash your hands...

  3. H5N1, Bird Flu Updates

    Laidback Al replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Human H5N1 cases in 2009 For those interested in bird flu I have summarized the information on human cases in 2009. The remainder of the discussion and graphs are at this link:...

  4. Have you had a bad reaction to the H1N1 vaccine? If so what happened?

    Laidback Al replied to pawsomepooch47's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Vaccines are never 100% effective. The proportion of the population that is NOT protected by a vaccination varies. See this discussion at the CDC site for seasonal influenza vaccination. Flu Vaccine...

  5. Should the H1N1 Vaccine be mandatory for Healthcare Professionals?

    Laidback Al replied to Brian's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Recommending seasonal flu shots for what? The H1N1 component in the seasonal flu vaccine does not protect against the pandemic H1N1 strain. Virtually 100% of flu cases now are infected with the novel...

  6. So sick of hearing about the swine flu!!!

    Laidback Al replied to wrightLPN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I want to support the points made by indigo girl in the post above. The bottom line is the demographics of severity for this pandemic virus are different compared to previous seasonal influenza...

  7. Should the H1N1 Vaccine be mandatory for Healthcare Professionals?

    Laidback Al replied to Brian's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Regarding the question - "Should the H1N1 Vaccine be mandatory for Healthcare Professionals?" Yes, if your employer requires it. "Do you have a right to refuse?" Yes, and then find another career...

  8. Reasons for Flu Vaccine Reluctancy

    Laidback Al replied to Kimberly111-13's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Here is one article referencing X53, X53A from 1977. http://www.jstor.org/pss/30107506full article requires payment of

  9. Wanted: H1N1 Vaccination facts

    Laidback Al replied to FSK123's topic in Disaster Preparation

    i watched the first 10 minutes of this video and did not want to waste any more of my precious time. the first 8-9 minutes presents a fairly accurate representation of the novel h1n1 outbreak this...

  10. Canadian Vaccine Panel: Give the seasonal flu shot at the same time as H1N1

    Laidback Al posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    Here at allnurses.com there has been some spirited discussion about whether or not seasonal influenza vaccination makes one more susceptible to novel H1N1 infection based on an unpublished Canadian...

  11. CBS NEWS: Swine Flu Cases Overestimated...Whodathunk?

    Laidback Al replied to H_2_O's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I don't understand your final point. A child displays mild flu symptoms and then tests positive for H1N1 and that is your evidence that the number of H1N1 infected individuals are greatly...

  12. US Govt Faces No Win Fight with Flu Vaccine

    Laidback Al replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Agreed. As the lines length for H1N1 vaccinations the frustration level will rise as

  13. Higher H1N1 flu risk after receiving seasonal flu vaccine

    Laidback Al replied to lamazeteacher's topic in Disaster Preparation

    To clarify, the article is apparently being peer-reviewed and has not yet be published. Presumably the conclusions drawn by the researchers are based on some kind of data and analysis of that data. I...

  14. Higher H1N1 flu risk after receiving seasonal flu vaccine

    Laidback Al replied to lamazeteacher's topic in Disaster Preparation

    morte is on the right track here. Until the article is published, we can not really evaluate the results of the study. At this time, the results of this study are not supported by previous research....

  15. Nurse interviewed on CNN against swine flu vaccine

    Laidback Al replied to GFzalez's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The professional article presenting the results of Canadian study has not yet been publicly released. I would withhold judgment on whether or not prior vaccination with a seasonal influenza vaccine...

  16. FluMist and Shedding virus to pts.

    Laidback Al replied to dawngloves's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Accurate epidemiological statistics on this pandemic are important and hopefully public health officials are collecting such information that can be analyzed later. Although I am not sure sure what...

  17. Can anyone tell me amount of Vit.D/Vit.C for prevntion/treatment of swine flu

    Laidback Al replied to iwanna's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I am not a doctor, so I can't comment on the use of Vit. D/Vit. C for the prevention or treatment of novel H1N1 infections. But, once infection occurs, it is my understanding that the CDC recommends...

  18. H1N1 vaccine... why it should be MY choice!

    Laidback Al replied to miss81's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I must say that indigo girl provided a more detailed response than your post deserved. I will simply respond to your first comment "Not forced...just lose your livelihood." No one owes you a job and...

  19. a different take

    Laidback Al replied to morte's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I think they are saying a lot - get an H1N1 vaccination. I think that the recommendations for H1N1 influenza vaccination by Fauci and Cox, two recognized influenza experts, meets the criteria for...

  20. a different take

    Laidback Al replied to morte's topic in Disaster Preparation

    morte - thanks for posting the link. Here is the most important quote from the

  21. Judge Stops Mandatory Flu Shots In NYS

    Laidback Al replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Every nurse in New York has rights and responsibilities, too. They each have a right and a responsibility to quit their jobs if they don't believe the NY DOH decisions about mandatory vaccinations...

  22. Judge Stops Mandatory Flu Shots In NYS

    Laidback Al replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Quote from the link in the first post

  23. Fighting mandate regarding flu vaccines

    Laidback Al replied to Blessedx3's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Very easy to say until it is your son or daughter, husband or wife, relative or neighbor that is lying in bed in the ICU dying in front of you. You misinterpreted my comment. I did not imply that...

  24. NY Nurses to Rally Against Mandatory H1N1 Vaccinations

    Laidback Al replied to amy0123's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Death from an infectious disease is considered a LONG-TERM effect where I come

  25. Fighting mandate regarding flu vaccines

    Laidback Al replied to Blessedx3's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Very easy to say until it is your son or daughter, husband or wife, relative or neighbor that is lying in bed in the ICU dying in front of