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psybab
10/26/09

In reply to Obama Girls Spared Maoist Vaccination Indoctrination
The continuing saga of vaccinations on hufpo is so ridiculous that it astounds me. Not only that, but comments made refuting their retarded claims are DELETED. #conspiracies
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NickelMD
10/26/09

In reply to Obama Girls Spared Maoist Vaccination Indoctrination
And if they had received the vaccine now, there would be cries of favoritism from Becktard et al. "There are pregnant women and children under 5 who have not gotten the vaccine and yet the Obama girls who are not in any of the five high risk groups get one first! Foul play!"

And wait for it... once they get the vaccine the paranoid conspiracy idiots and the anti-vaccine whackjobs will join together to question whether they actually got the vaccine. "Certificate of Live Vaccine" anyone?

Personally though even as an ER doctor (who is swimming in H1N1 on a nightly basis) I won't get it until its my turn (ok, then I will be at the front of the line.) In this case its genuinely pregnant women and small children first. #conspiracies
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Mo MoDo
10/26/09

@NickelMD: genuinely pregnant women and small children first

Make sure those genuinely pregnant small children are covered. And is that as opposed to Glee characters that are faking a pregnancy?

Classic PR no-win situation. The nutjobs have something to rant about no matter what. #conspiracies
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NickelMD
10/26/09

@Mo MoDo: Ya got me. Crap wording on my part: Try this: "genuinely the case that pregnant women and small children go first" #conspiracies
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Rhymenocerous
10/26/09

@Mo MoDo: I like your interpretation. Surely there are other women out there who are pretending! And they should not get the vaccine first. #conspiracies
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BadUncle
10/26/09

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And I'll bet there's no fluoride in their toothpaste, either. Huffpo - our precious bodily fluids are being sapped and impurified. Get on it! #conspiracies
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morninggloria
10/26/09

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Instead of getting vaccinated, why not just implore all Americans to pray? Then, we record the percentage of people who still contract H1N1 from each religion. Whatever religion got swine flu the least is the One True Faith. #conspiracies
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Lymed
10/26/09

@morninggloria: But what if the swine flu is God's way of punishing God's followers for not being devout enough or for too much sinning? Then God's true followers may actually die in greater numbers. I think we should implore all Americans to wrap themselves in sackcloth and ashes. #conspiracies
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morninggloria
10/26/09

@Lymed: I was really gunning to spend a few weeks shouting "WHERE'S YOUR MESSIAH NOW?! to flu-stricken evangelicals." #conspiracies
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Lymed
10/26/09

@morninggloria: You can still shout it, but they will be in sackcloth and ashes. Because we all know Jews are God's chosen people so I'm perfectly content that I'll survive, compromised immune system and all.

And now I'm off to pray so I don't get smited for this comment. #conspiracies
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TheBusinessGuy
10/26/09

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Swine flu, hell! The picture is proof: The government wants to turn children into toys! Easily controlled toys!!! #conspiracies
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lionboy
10/26/09

In reply to Obama Girls Spared Maoist Vaccination Indoctrination
HuffPo's snake oil sideshow ("Living") should be declared a menace to public health and shut down immediately. #conspiracies
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Adah
10/26/09

In reply to Obama Girls Spared Maoist Vaccination Indoctrination
I'm not saying the swine flu vaccination is a sinister government plot of some sort, probably aimed at keeping the population docile. I'm just saying I think there's a reason that no one I know in the military has gotten it yet. We're usually the first ones, as the government uses us as lab rats...

/obvious sarcasm (I have to spell it out for the Glenn Beck crowd)
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Lymed
10/26/09

@Adah: Health care workers and children make better guinea pigs I guess.
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pollyannacowgirl
10/26/09

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Here we go...

I'm not getting the vaccine because I trust my immune sytem.

If H1N1 were as deadly or vicious as smallpox, I'd be the first in line. #conspiracies
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Cynical Media Bitch
10/26/09

@pollyannacowgirl: Seriously, it doesn't take that much work to immunize oneself from panic. There is a systemic failure to manufacture enough flu vaccine to cover every person who needs it, I'm in general good health, and I have no dependents, so I'm sticking to my rule of "no flu shot, thank you."

H1N1 is the best-understood subtype of Influenza A (which admittedly isn't saying much), and according to the CDC, it's responsible for a substantial portion of seasonal flu. That said, this strain has some interesting features: it is apparently somewhat more contagious than garden-variety H1N1, but except for a relative handful of cases, it's just going to make you feel like crap.

In the first four months since the WHO declared this strain of H1N1 to be a pandemic, 4,735 people have died from it, or roughly 40 people every day. There were just under 400,000 confirmed cases in mid-October. On a planet of 6.75 billion people, that's nothing.
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dieresis
10/26/09

@pollyannacowgirl: It’s not about you. It’s about you being a carrier and unintentionally infecting people who can’t get the vaccine (like infants younger than six months) or for whom the vaccine is not effective. Public health measures can’t work if the public doesn’t participate. #conspiracies
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Cynical Media Bitch
10/26/09

@dieresis: Your last point is quite true, but there's a world of difference between vaccinating against smallpox, polio, DPT, and MMR on one hand, and flu on the other.

I can't speak for pollyannacowgirl, but if I had an infant, or was likely to have contact with one shortly after catching flu, I would be in line for a shot. Since I don't fall into either category, and the only place I'm likely to get within range of an infant is the subway, I'm leaving the vaccine for those who actually need it.

But, I'm old-fashioned and don't believe babies should be hauled all over the place to begin with, and that goes double during a flu pandemic. (I could also use the "thin out the herd" argument, but that would make me seem needlessly heartless.) #conspiracies
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BettyCrocker
10/26/09

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Hey, at least Sasha and Malia won't disgrace our country by getting kicked out of Argentina and conking their heads off barroom floors. #conspiracies
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Unsolicited Advice
10/26/09

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Dear journalism: anecdotes are not science. Literally thousands of people are being vaccinated without side effects. You can only infer causality from repeatable, highly-correlated events. These stories are forestalling vaccinations and the people who write them have blood on their hands. #conspiracies
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goetz
10/26/09

@Unsolicited Advice: Gonna need a lot of hand sanitizer for that. #conspiracies
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son of spam
10/26/09

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The doll on the left looks like it has polio. #conspiracies
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scroll_lock
10/26/09

@son of spam: Wait till you see the cuddly FDR doll with Dream Wheelchair™. #conspiracies
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bytememehard
10/26/09

@son of spam: No doubt because her parents wouldn't let her get that vaccine, either. #conspiracies
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misslinda
10/26/09

@son of spam: The doll on the right looks like it has paddle-arm. #conspiracies
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Cicada
10/26/09

@misslinda: Friggin' thalidomide. It's a bitch. #conspiracies
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lindaginsburg
10/26/09

In reply to Obama Girls Spared Maoist Vaccination Indoctrination
And if Malia and Sasha HAD received the vaccine there would have cries of favoritism and how could they get it while the kids with impaired immune systems need it. #conspiracies
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Trulymadlyme
10/26/09

In reply to Obama Girls Spared Maoist Vaccination Indoctrination
Uh, why do we even know this? I am all about consuming gossip fodder but these kids' health issues are literally none of anyone's business.
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flossy
10/26/09

@Trulymadlyme: Yes, thank you! How many Drudge sirens will we get when one of them gets her first period? Hopefully ZERO, because that shit is none of our business. #conspiracies
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Trulymadlyme
10/26/09

@flossy: Right? I swear, if there's some sort of massive announcement for when the girls get their first visit from Aunt Flo, I am quitting reading anything. Ever. Again. #conspiracies
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VailBabalistic
09/11/09

In reply to Fall's Hottest Accessory: Swine Flu Vaccine
all of the info says the vaccine won't be ready until mid-October. I work for a public health agency and we don't even have it yet.
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gerbilsoutofexile...is cheap and easy
09/11/09

@VailBabalistic: My husband has it in his office already.
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jrhys
09/11/09

In reply to Fall's Hottest Accessory: Swine Flu Vaccine
So white dudes can get pity laid this winter by pitching it as ' the last time I ever get some'? Also, isn't anyone worried that an over 24 die-off will bring us into a Logan's Run scenario?
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