H1N1 vaccine

[no_vaseline_IHB]

I got one three weeks ago. My doctor said they were running low. Currently they don't have a single shot in sight.

 

[IrvineCommuter_IHB]

Some information regarding free clinics upcoming in the OC offering H1N1 flu shots:

http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-me-swine-flu28-2009oct28,0,3322926.story

http://www.ochealthinfo.com/public/flu/fluclinic-schedule.pdf

Excerpt from the LA Times article:

Orange County public health officials, who plan to open their first two public clinics Saturday, will restrict vaccines to healthy children 2 to 9 years old and healthy adults age 49 and under caring for infants 6 months old and younger. Those who do not qualify will be turned away, according to Deanne Thompson, spokeswoman for the Orange County Health Care Agency. They have received about 10,000 vaccines for public clinics, she said.

 

[ABC123_IHB]

Shots, pills, etc... make me uneasy/uncomfortable. I guess I'm a bit suspect of the use and misuse of pharmaceuticals and specifically, antibiotics. However, after a terrible stomach flu experience last winter while on vacation visiting family for Christmas, I am considering, for the first time, whether or not I will get the regular flu shot this year.

Good luck finding it. While it was widely available only just a week ago, not so now.

Yeah, it seems like everyone's out of this one too. Albertsons's was supposed to be doing some clinics, but I've called a couple of stores and they've canceled their clinics because they don't have the supply.

I find it frustrating because everybody's telling us it's important to go get vaccinated (for H1N1), yet it's impossible to find the vaccine.

I think the Ralph's in Woodbury is still giving the regular flu shot for $25.

 

[EvaLSeraphim_IHB]

H1N1 is a complete load. It is just another variant of the common flu. Did you know that pregnant woman may also, GASP, sometimes get complications from the regular flu?

To say that one strain of a bad-but-not-horrible virus is just like another is a little puzzling. Take HPV, for example. Infection with some strains causes problems, but not life threatening ones, whereas other strains cause cervical cancer. One of the complications with H1N1 is that people less than 65 years of age do not appear to have been infected with this virus or something similar (unlike other strains of flu), such that the complications from the flu are likely to be worse. Also, H1N1 seems to be causing brain fever in some children as old as 8, whereas with "regular" flu, one (typically) need not worry about brain fever for children over the age of 1.

Listen to what you are saying. ONE woman from Texas with complications.

Death strikes me as a pretty serious complication, but YMMCV. Also, because the story referenced one woman does not mean that there are not more. For someone who schooled me on the definition of straw man, I am surprised that you are not aware of the anecdote as an illustrative point.

Did you hear how many people have this thing now? Let alone have contracted it, but did not show terrible symptoms and never saw a doctor (by far the majority).

Sure, but the complication rates are far higher in pregnant women, which is pretty much where this thread started and was what I was primarily addressing. Also keep in mind that there are people who knew they were sick, but never got tested for H1N1 (or whose physicians would not do the test), so the reporting rates are skewed. Is it worse? Is it better? I don't know. I just know that people who had the flu outside the typical flu season had a really bad flu that was worse than other flus they had had.

Listen to calmer minds who do not stand to make a profit from the scare tactics (like CNN, other news shows, etc).

Assume much? My only news comes from overseas and sometimes the LA Times.

If you feel the need to protect your baby from H1N1 and are pregnant, that's your call and I can't blame you. Otherwise, if you are truly scared of the swine flu, I feel sorry for you. In fact, you've probably already been explosed, had "the sniffles" or some other low-level manifestation, and already fought it off with your natural immune system. Especially if you live in SoCal.

Yay! One less person in line for shots!

 

[EvaLSeraphim_IHB]

wash your hands regularly.

if you really are concerned about your time accessing your office, you can wear a smock, a mask, and some glasses during your "public" time, then take them off when you arrive at your office/car.

Some of it was tongue in cheek, and some of it was recognition of bad habits. My eyes get dry and seem to pick up every speck of dust around. I then wipe out the fibers with my fingers. <---- Very bad habit! I bought some eye drops to deal with the problem, but don't always remember to use it.

 

[MojoJD_IHB]

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[SoCal78_IHB]

The following information is for those interested in getting the seasonal flu vaccine:

I called around for you all (tmare) and verified that this clinic does currently have the vaccine...

Sand Canyon Urgent Care

15775 Laguna Canyon Road, Suite 100, Irvine

(949) 417-0272

As of now, this will be available until November 7 (based on availability, of course but as I said, they DO currently have it. They do not yet have the H1N1 but possibly some time next week.)

Hours: Mon-Fri, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Those of you who rent from IAC may have received a coupon for this clinic. The shots are $25 each but the price is reduced to $18 if you bring your IAC flyer / coupon.

No appointment is necessary.

 

[IrvineCommuter_IHB]

wash your hands regularly.

if you really are concerned about your time accessing your office, you can wear a smock, a mask, and some glasses during your "public" time, then take them off when you arrive at your office/car.

Some of it was tongue in cheek, and some of it was recognition of bad habits. My eyes get dry and seem to pick up every speck of dust around. I then wipe out the fibers with my fingers. <---- Very bad habit! I bought some eye drops to deal with the problem, but don't always remember to use it.

My new look:

Credit: sfgate.com/AP

 

[tmare_IHB]

Thanks, SoCal. I called and was told that they are running very low but they still have shots for kids 4 years of age and over. Looks like I'll be driving down south.

 

[freedomCM_IHB]

i just got my seasonal shot. was told that h1n1 will be in next week.

 

[bltserv_IHB]

The following information is for those interested in getting the seasonal flu vaccine:

I called around for you all (tmare) and verified that this clinic does currently have the vaccine...

Sand Canyon Urgent Care

15775 Laguna Canyon Road, Suite 100, Irvine

(949) 417-0272

As of now, this will be available until November 7 (based on availability, of course but as I said, they DO currently have it. They do not yet have the H1N1 but possibly some time next week.)

Hours: Mon-Fri, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Those of you who rent from IAC may have received a coupon for this clinic. The shots are $25 each but the price is reduced to $18 if you bring your IAC flyer / coupon.

No appointment is necessary.

I got this exact coupon in my IAC weekly fan mail last week.

But from what my Doctor says. The older you are. The less you should worry about the Swine Flu.

Guess its related closer to some of the older flu strains we got as kids in the 50`s and 60`s.

So not as likely to impact us older folk. We may be immune from our childhood exposure.

 

[springmom_IHB]

My daughter and I got the flu last Thursday. Not sure which one, but from what I have read, it sure seems like it was H1N1. We are both over it now. Amazingly my son, known as Mr. Immunity did not get it. That kid didn't miss a day of school last year. He never gets sick - not even a cold in years.

 

[ABC123_IHB]

free seasonal flu shots

You don't even have to risk driving to Irvine and getting lost. If you want, you can stay in the safety and comfort of Santa Ana.

Here are the details:

Who: Anyone 4 and older.

When, where: Friday, Oct. 30, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at:

Cox Communications, 29947 Avendia de las Banderas, Rancho Santa Margarita, drive-throughs or walk-in

Crystal Cathedral, 13280 Chapman Ave. in Garden Grove, drive-through or walk-in.

Santa Ana College, 1530 W. 17th St., drive-through clinic. Enter through Washington Avenue and Bristol Street for drive-through. Walk-in available but no free parking on site.

Additionally, the county’s first two public H1N1 FluMist vaccinations will be held Saturday, but only for a limited audience.

Here are the details:

Who: Healthy kids 2-9 and healthy adults under 49 who care for infants under 6 months. Priority is children 2-9 because they will need a second vaccination four weeks later.

When, where: Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at:

Irvine Valley College, 5500 Irvine Center Drive, Irvine, Building A300, Room 307, free parking

Santa Ana College, 1530 W. 17th St., Santa Ana, Building “U” in the Johnson Center, free parking

Information: Health Care Agency referral line: 1-800-564-8448

 

[SoCal78_IHB]

What the heck is a drive-through clinic?? Do you just stick your arm out the window?

 

[GoIllini_IHB]

What the heck is a drive-through clinic?? Do you just stick your arm out the window?

You got it.

Stop at one table and get handed the paperwork.

Move forward and stick out your arm.

No muss, no fuss. You can do it in your housecoat and fuzzy slippers.

Does anybody here remember the drive-in church here in OC?

 

[IrvineRealtor_IHB]

What the heck is a drive-through clinic?? Do you just stick your arm out the window?

For the kids they have a line that forms separately inside, as moving vehicles and strangers with needles leaning in don't work very well for them.

 

[irvine_home_owner_IHB]

What the heck is a drive-through clinic?? Do you just stick your arm out the window?

For the kids they have a line that forms separately inside, as moving vehicles and strangers with needles leaning in don't work very well for them.

I think that's called the cry-through clinic.

 

[traceimage_IHB]

So this morning, just out of curiosity (my son is too young to get the mist), I drove by the H1N1 kids' vaccine clinic they were having at Irvine Valley College. The clinic was supposed to start around 10am, and I was there right around that time. Let me tell you, it was nuts. Crazy crowded. Police were directing traffic into the parking lot. I checked out the line of people waiting, and it stretched all the way around the college. There were hundreds of people there. I wonder if they ran out of vaccine?

 

[Cubic Zirconia_IHB]

Got H1N1 mist/spray for the kids at Irvine Valley college today. Both were in the age group that it was offered to. We went around 11.30 am, and there were around 20 people. Almost no wait at all except for the two minute disclaimer speech that we had to stand and listen to before getting the vaccination.

No flu shots yet.. my doctor doesn't have any available till December. We have to get a booster shot for the H1N1 next month.

Socal, thanks for posting the link.

 

[traceimage_IHB]

Got H1N1 mist/spray for the kids at Irvine Valley college today. Both were in the age group that it was offered to. We went around 11.30 am, and there were around 20 people. Almost no wait at all except for the two minute disclaimer speech that we had to stand and listen to before getting the vaccination.

No flu shots yet.. my doctor doesn't have any available till December. We have to get a booster shot for the H1N1 next month.

Socal, thanks for posting the link.

Wow, that's surprising! I'm glad it was so easy for you. When I was there earlier, the line was horrendous!

This gives me hope that once the injectable version is available, they will have more clinics and it won't be too bad.