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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

Medical professionals (the same ones being cited by people here as promoting the vaccine as safe) have said that high risk people should get theirs first. Funny how people selectively choose what to listen to.

Here's a sample of the mixed message the federal govt was giving to Canadians. Another reason why people were flocking to the clinics.

Flu shot refusals spark warning - Canada's top health officials fear crisis in health care

If a majority of Canadians refuse the H1N1 vaccine, hospitals will be overrun by serious flu patients and many businesses will be strapped for staff by Christmas, Canada's chief public health officer Dr. David Butler-Jones warned Saturday.

A recent Canwest News Service poll showed 48 per cent of Canadians surveyed aren't keen to roll up their sleeves for the shot--a possibility that worries Butler-Jones.

If that happens, "we've got a big problem in ICUs (intensive-care units) being able to keep up. We would have a big problem in the health system being able to keep up over Christmas," Butler-Jones said Saturday during a visit to Calgary. "Any doctor or any nurse should give up on any Christmas holidays."

Without the flu shot, it could be common to have 30 per cent of employees out sick or at home caring for ill family members on any given day, Butler-Jones said.

"You can shut down a whole organization if you don't have the vaccine, seriously," said Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq, who was also in Calgary on Saturday to promote the new vaccine.

http://www.calgaryherald.com/enterta...535/story.html