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Get your flu shot now! It's not too late

flushotI've finally come to the conclusion the US has the stupidest population in the world.

The US is the only first world, rich industrialized, OECD country where access to health care is considered a privilege, and rations it based on your status in life. The US is the only country where it is believed the answer to more guns on the street, is more guns on the street, and the US is the only country where there is a belief that vaccines are a government plot to control the population, and that you can get the flu from the flu shot.

No wonder the flu is reaching epidemic proportions in the US. Less than 50% (46% to be more exact) of the population has received their flu shot.

So please, don't be stupid. Get your flu shot now. If not for yourself, then at least for me, and everyone else with a compromised immune system who are particularly at risk.

Comments

Patti Earhart said…
YES! I personally drove a friend to the drugstore to get a flu shot the other day using the same argument..."at least for me, and everyone else with a compromised immune system who are particularly at risk." The drugstores in our area were running out. I had to call around. Hopefully that is remedied soon.

Thanks goodness I am retired and so I am not exposed to all the sickos who drag themselves into work. Yesterday I was at a store and a couple of people were coughing. I might resort to wearing a mask when I am out. I will carry one with me.
Marc said…
It was also another contributing factor in my decision not to return to work.
Rebecca said…
What's an OECD?
Marc said…
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

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