Prof. Dr. Laszlo Jamf (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} laszlo_jamf) wrote,@ 2008-11-07 15:22:00 |
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Orderly lines for the vaccines, please, citizens.
There is enough of the vaccine for everyone to be innoculated in very short order and we are prepared to make more if necessary.
In the interest of full disclosure to the patients (I have ethics enough for that, thank you):
An inactivated vaccine (containing killed virus) is given with a needle, usually in the arm. The flu shot is approved for use in people older than 6 months, including healthy people and people with chronic medical conditions.
Each vaccine contains three viruses-one A (H3N2) virus, one A (H1N1) virus, and one B virus. The viruses in the vaccine change each year based on international surveillance and scientists' estimations about which types and strains of viruses will circulate in a given year.
About 2 weeks after vaccination, antibodies that provide protection against viral infection develop in the body.
People who should get vaccinated immediately are:
1. Children aged 6 months up to their 19th birthday
2. Pregnant women
3. People 50 years of age and older
4. People 50 years of age and younger
5. People of any age with certain chronic medical conditions
6. People who live in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities
7. People who live with or care for those at high risk for complications from flu, including:
a. Health care workers
b. Household contacts of persons at high risk for complications from the flu
c. Household contacts and out of home caregivers of children less than 6 months of age (these children are too young to be vaccinated)
Some minor side effects that could occur are:
* Soreness, redness, or swelling where the shot was given
* Fever (low grade)
* Aches
If these problems occur, they begin soon after the shot and usually last 1 to 2 days. Almost all people who receive influenza vaccine have no serious problems from it. However, on rare occasions, flu vaccination can cause serious problems, such as severe allergic reactions.
Consider your well-being and the well-being of others.
I do not mean to sound like the leader of some father-knows-best dictatorship, but these vaccinations are for your own good.
In this instance, I invoke the old creed. I am a doctor: primum non nocere.
[ooc: Can you trust the Pavlovian? Really? PS: Special thanks to the CDC's influenza website for the delishus copypasta :3]
There is enough of the vaccine for everyone to be innoculated in very short order and we are prepared to make more if necessary.
In the interest of full disclosure to the patients (I have ethics enough for that, thank you):
An inactivated vaccine (containing killed virus) is given with a needle, usually in the arm. The flu shot is approved for use in people older than 6 months, including healthy people and people with chronic medical conditions.
Each vaccine contains three viruses-one A (H3N2) virus, one A (H1N1) virus, and one B virus. The viruses in the vaccine change each year based on international surveillance and scientists' estimations about which types and strains of viruses will circulate in a given year.
About 2 weeks after vaccination, antibodies that provide protection against viral infection develop in the body.
People who should get vaccinated immediately are:
1. Children aged 6 months up to their 19th birthday
2. Pregnant women
3. People 50 years of age and older
4. People 50 years of age and younger
5. People of any age with certain chronic medical conditions
6. People who live in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities
7. People who live with or care for those at high risk for complications from flu, including:
a. Health care workers
b. Household contacts of persons at high risk for complications from the flu
c. Household contacts and out of home caregivers of children less than 6 months of age (these children are too young to be vaccinated)
Some minor side effects that could occur are:
* Soreness, redness, or swelling where the shot was given
* Fever (low grade)
* Aches
If these problems occur, they begin soon after the shot and usually last 1 to 2 days. Almost all people who receive influenza vaccine have no serious problems from it. However, on rare occasions, flu vaccination can cause serious problems, such as severe allergic reactions.
Consider your well-being and the well-being of others.
I do not mean to sound like the leader of some father-knows-best dictatorship, but these vaccinations are for your own good.
In this instance, I invoke the old creed. I am a doctor: primum non nocere.
[ooc: Can you trust the Pavlovian? Really? PS: Special thanks to the CDC's influenza website for the delishus copypasta :3]
