Got mine with the kids .... begrudgingly (me) I might add.
TBQH I was hoping we would all get it (the flu, i.e. my wife was symptomatic for a few days) but fair play it was so simple to get it that I took a what the hell approach.
Couple of questions... given that they have on their information sheet saying it may protect me for up to a year, I can only presume that I will be expected to go through all this drama again next year "if" a different strain comes out or will they be a tad less hysteric? What I'm referring to is the data from the southern hemisphere that suggested the whole thing was blown out of proportion from the start.
Question to the people arguing re. the stress on the health care system and ageism (which personally if it was me I would have no problems with).
Would you agree that there is a process (see criteria for admittance) where "elderly" people are not admitted to ICU with respiratory (flu) problems based on criteria of which age is one? Has this inflated the numbers on two different points?
i.e what's the odds of an 80 year old , or even a 70 year old individual presenting himself at hospital with pneumonia from the seasonal flu and in severe respiratory distress getting access to artificial ventialtion?
Has it inflated the numbers of individuals admitted to ICU where they exhibited the same symptons (respiratory distress) in the elderly in seasons past? Furthermore, how many were actual ICU criteria (ventilation) and how many were high dependency? Would you agree that if the same criteria was applied to all ages the numbers might be the same.
I'm just trying to make sense of the numbers. It "appears" to me that the risk/incidence of high infection/ potential of infection is higher but is the overall risk of complications and death from the disease any different from years past but just with a lower age group = increased criteria for ICU admission.
Just a question.
Am I going to be a selfish dog for the rest of my life if I don't get stuck every year? If there were concerns out there that this thing could mutate into a nasty SOB and they want to try and stamp it out now. If they'd say that .. I'd probably buy it. Is that the concern? If so why hasn't it been communicated?
Or, are we living in a world where we're just a bunch of cattle that need to be stuck every year?
The data was there. The data NEVER EVER suggested a true pandemic.
I think my SIL got it right. A capacity building exercise.
Anyways ... my arm is sore.
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