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    The H1N1 vaccine will arrive too late to help most Americans

    RedWeasel replied to musiklover's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Our hospital has also limited visits to 18 and above. We even cancelled our trick or treating on our floor. Good i guess, just sad. I was leaving today and a little girl was coming in with her mom and...
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    Fighting mandate regarding flu vaccines

    RedWeasel replied to Blessedx3's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Someone else asked "are teachers being mandated to take the vaccine?" -that is a good point-they are around the most vulnerable for 8 hours a day-whereas we may be in a room with a pt only a few...
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    CDC Updates Infection Control Guidance for Swine Flu

    RedWeasel replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    ya I thought a few years ago our govt 'prepared' for a pandemic when the threat of bird flu loomed. I guess there is no stockpile available from the govt to protect the frontline people from taking it...
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    CDC Updates Infection Control Guidance for Swine Flu

    RedWeasel replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Sorry does that mean no more surgical masks? Because that would make me feel
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    A little off topic.....anyone else sick?

    RedWeasel replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

    I hear you. I think I had all that in July. And I just got over bronchitis...though I think it is sneaking back. My throat was just two white patches. The cough was brutal. I never had shaking chills...
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    A Link To Some Facts on the H1N1 Vaccine Controversy

    RedWeasel replied to Scrub Monkey's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Exactly....wow....
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    Pediatric H1N1 Deaths Already Rival Seasonal Flu

    RedWeasel replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    and those numbers are not up to date. If you go to Flu trackers.com you will find a thread that has all the news on the children who have died. As of now there are 147. The CDC has 76. The CDC has to...
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    A Bad Mommy Post About Swine Flu Vaccine

    RedWeasel replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    wow the live Avian flu virus to boot? wow to some she almost sounded credible up to that point. That is hilarious. Scary thing is most of the moms believed
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    Why not take the Flu shot?

    RedWeasel replied to lina.561's topic in Disaster Preparation

    are they saying that those who had a flu shot for the 2008-09 came down with the swine flu this spring and summer? well the two have nothing to do with each other-two different flu strains? I guess I...
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    Why not take the Flu shot?

    RedWeasel replied to lina.561's topic in Disaster Preparation

    i find that study odd though i have not read it. The seasonal vax just came out so how could they have studied that? and who would have even thought to study that? odd...but I will read it BUT i sure...
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    NEW THREAD!!!...The Stop the Panicking Already, !!!..thread

    RedWeasel replied to RuRnurse?'s topic in Disaster Preparation

    omgosh you are gonna love it! if you are near anywhere they are touring go see the concert too---i will be going to oklahoma to see them in 2 weeks-i saw them twice and it was fantastic! i wish the 3D...
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    The Scarce Resource Dilemna

    RedWeasel replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    We have been told to wash with soap and water preferably (I do usually prefer that over hand sani anyway) over the hand sanitizer because the supplier is unable to keep up with the demand. Crazy...
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    NEW THREAD!!!...The Stop the Panicking Already, !!!..thread

    RedWeasel replied to RuRnurse?'s topic in Disaster Preparation

    At least we are here learning about the flu - which is NOT the same as seasonal flu. I can't tell you how many coworkers don't know a thing about it. That little children are dying within 12 hours of...
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    Would You Accept Swine Flu Vaccine?

    RedWeasel replied to pagandeva2000's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The problem with your death rates is that it is not accurate. Most pp with h1n1 are never tested so those who do have copd and die of pneumonia aren't suspected of having h1n1. It is blamed on copd or...
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    H1N1 !

    RedWeasel replied to jessLPN12's topic in Disaster Preparation

    true true and kidney failure, multiple organ failure really...and i think my chances will be placed on the vax even tho i think i already had the flu (still getting over the sore throat and...
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    H1N1 !

    RedWeasel replied to jessLPN12's topic in Disaster Preparation

    i do understand the problems with it being new. I am still torn. What will probably decide it for me is would I prefer Gui. Barre over ARDS. Probably. Also I imagine my mom in the hospital for...
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    IOM affirms CDC guidance on N95 use in H1N1 setting

    RedWeasel replied to HonestRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    how did i know this would
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    Baxter: Product contained live bird flu virus

    RedWeasel replied to ozoneranger's topic in Disaster Preparation

    That is just,
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    10 things you say at work lay people could get arrested for

    RedWeasel replied to sharann's topic in Nursing Humor

    this one isn't the best but a CNA and I were in a male pts room. While we were helping him back from the bathroom the CNA nodded to me to look at his table. On it he had a phone number from a tv ad...
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    No Prior Existing Conditions but Dead Anyway

    RedWeasel replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    A volunteer with special needs kids, an EMT,a firefighter-to me these 3 are all HCW/service/first responder deaths. There seems a trend. Also weren't two police officers killed? We are very at risk I...
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    school closure for swine flu guidelines

    RedWeasel replied to HonestRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    24 hours? Are they kidding? I suppose that means us HCW will have to work right away too-after 24 hours......ooooohhhhhh this is gonna be bad.....why is it isolate seaonal flu for 7+ days last year,...
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    So you don't think you need to worry about swine flu . . .

    RedWeasel replied to Laidback Al's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Ever heard of multiple organ failure? Vomiting blood? Cytokine storms? DIC? The Great Influenza by John Barry? It ain't fiction I will tell you that. If you haven't then you do need to be...
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    OH GEEZ!!

    RedWeasel replied to DeepFriedRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    i keep saying this but what i have wont leave, been a month now. I feel well enough to go to work but icky in between -just not right. Going to doc monday-hope to have him culture my green junk-ew!...
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    Would You Accept Swine Flu Vaccine?

    RedWeasel replied to pagandeva2000's topic in Disaster Preparation

    is thimerasol (oops I hope I spelled that right) in most vaccines? I think that is what my mom has an allergy to and I have a possible sensitivity to in most eye meds that contain it. If it is in most...
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    Swine Flu and Conjunctivitis

    RedWeasel replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I have said this before but with my sinus inf and then probable strep-(and possible start of pneumonia according to a NP I work with before I started a stronger ATB) 3 weeks ago, my eyes would run...