What of pandemics?Scares help to sell the vaccine -Sick society. Apparently the fine balance between scarcity as a marketing tactic and surplus as a result of a poor distribution has left public health departments with an H1N1 vaccine surplus… so now the ads are suggesting a vaccination (or a re-up for those ever-sickly tykes) – [...]
You’re thinking PANIC (that’s what the media and the government keep saying) but any right-minded corporation has got to be thinking PAYDAY: Americans are still debating whether to roll up their sleeves for a swine flu shot, but companies have already figured it out: vaccines are good for business. . . . As always with [...]
Nationwide, swine flu vaccine distribution has been slowed; federal health officials say manufacturing and testing delays mean only about 30 million doses will be available by the end of October, down from a promised 40 million doses. “We’re asking for patience,” said Lillian Rivera, administrator of the Miami-Dade Health Department. “Vaccine availability will get better.” [...]
Use soap bubbles to distract babies and younger children. Parents can hold a plastic bubble-making wand in front of their child’s mouth and let them “blow away the hurt.” For crying babies, making a bubble will give them something to focus on besides the pain. Try relaxation exercises. Tell older kids and teens to breathe [...]
Influenza type A is particularly interesting as the only major virus of humans which quite often and naturally appears to cross species barriers. Several mammals and numerous birds are host to many subtypes of influenza A which, particularly amongst birds, may jump species. Reassortment of genes of an influenza virus from humans with those from [...]
Germ-spreading schoolchildren are expected to be the focus of a massive U.S. vaccination campaign against the novel H1N1 flu. – Most parents won’t have kids get H1N1 flu shots, study findsby Melissa Healy for the LA Times2009-09-25 “Your kids are gonna die” – sounds like a terrorist’s threat… Consumers: Be wary of Internet, e-mail, and [...]
