mine is 25 miles each way.
it can take anywhere from a half hour to an hour and a half each way depending on traffic.
there is no way way to get here by public transportation.. sigh~ .
Wow... sounds beautiful jgnat. My favorite spot in the world is in Vermont....top of a mountain, a mile to the nearest house and 7 miles to what used to be a very small town...no traffic to speak of. Haven't been there in years... but still visit it often in my memory. Sigh~
Coffee
i try to keep my hands clean regularly and stay away from areas and people that i know are sick.. i have never gotten a flu shot and i do know that many that do get one, get the flu anyway.. still, the flu is considered very very bad this year..
Hmmmmm....not sure why you can't find the quote from the link. It's the very first paragraphs in the article. I fiddled with posting the link a bit... hope this works
http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/17/health/flu-vaccine-policy/?hpt=he_c1#cnn-disqus-area
and the WHO link is in blue in the body of the article.
Coffee of the technically challenged class
mine is 25 miles each way.
it can take anywhere from a half hour to an hour and a half each way depending on traffic.
there is no way way to get here by public transportation.. sigh~ .
I love small towns too. I live in what is considered a small town... area wise just 1 mile by 4 miles.... But it's a suburb of Boston... and I travel to another suburb of Boston for work.
If it wasn't for rush hour, it wouldn't be bad.
Coffee
mine is 25 miles each way.
it can take anywhere from a half hour to an hour and a half each way depending on traffic.
there is no way way to get here by public transportation.. sigh~ .
Wow, designs... how long does it take you?
Coffee
mine is 25 miles each way.
it can take anywhere from a half hour to an hour and a half each way depending on traffic.
there is no way way to get here by public transportation.. sigh~ .
Mine is 25 miles each way. It can take anywhere from a half hour to an hour and a half each way depending on traffic. There is no way way to get here by public transportation.
Sigh~
Coffee
i try to keep my hands clean regularly and stay away from areas and people that i know are sick.. i have never gotten a flu shot and i do know that many that do get one, get the flu anyway.. still, the flu is considered very very bad this year..
I found this very interesting. Apparently, the rest of the world doesn't share the enthusiasm for the flu vaccine that the US and Canada have.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/17/health/flu-vaccine-policy/?hpt=he_c1#cnn-disqus-area
From the above link... sorry couldn't make it clickable...not sure why
(CNN) -- The flu hasn't hit Europe as hard as it has the United States, health officials say, but when and if it does, don't expect a call for vaccination of the entire population.
Only the U.S. and Canada actually encourage everyone older than 6 months to get the flu vaccine.
Apparently, not a single country in Europe asks the general population to seek that same kind of protection, according to Robb Butler, the World Health Organization technical officer in vaccine preventable diseases and immunizations in the organization'sEurope office in the Netherlands.
That's because global health experts say the data aren't there yet to support this kind of blanket vaccination policy, nor is there enough money. In fact, some scientists say the enthusiasm for mass vaccination in the United States may hurt efforts to create a better vaccine.
From the World Health Orgqanization link below:
http://www.who.int/immunization/sage/meetings/2012/april/1_Background_Paper_Mar26_v13_cleaned.pdf
in a contrast to U.S. policy, the World Health Organizationrecommends only six "priority populations" get "the flu jab," as it's called in Britain.
These six groups are nursing home residents, people with chronic medical conditions like asthma, the elderly, pregnant women, health care workers, and children from ages 6 months to 2 years, Butler said. They are more vulnerable to the severe effects of the flu or come into contact more often with this highly contagious virus.
So I'm wondering why it is such an issue here in the US and Canada and not in the rest of the world.
Coffee pondering over a cup of black coffee
i try to keep my hands clean regularly and stay away from areas and people that i know are sick.. i have never gotten a flu shot and i do know that many that do get one, get the flu anyway.. still, the flu is considered very very bad this year..
Not at all jgnat. Not planning any travel any time soon.
Coffee
i try to keep my hands clean regularly and stay away from areas and people that i know are sick.. i have never gotten a flu shot and i do know that many that do get one, get the flu anyway.. still, the flu is considered very very bad this year..
Sorry jgnat, I respect you, but I am not fully convinced. I see pros and cons on both sides, so for me, my decision stands.
Coffee
i try to keep my hands clean regularly and stay away from areas and people that i know are sick.. i have never gotten a flu shot and i do know that many that do get one, get the flu anyway.. still, the flu is considered very very bad this year..
jgnat said: For those who have robust immune systems, they may not get sick, but they could still carry the disease to the vulnerable.
As I said, getting a flu shot is the right decision for some. If someone is vulnerable, they should probably get a flu shot to try to protect themselves. Each person has the right to make that decision for themselves. For example, my daughter, who has a heart condition, and who lives 1500 miles away from me, had a flu shot.
jgnat said: Passively allowing others to "agree to disagree"
Am I misunderstanding you here? "allowing others" ?? I'm an adult, and make my own decisions regarding my health. I've done a good job thus far. Do you think that freedom should be taken away? Please explain.
Coffee
i try to keep my hands clean regularly and stay away from areas and people that i know are sick.. i have never gotten a flu shot and i do know that many that do get one, get the flu anyway.. still, the flu is considered very very bad this year..
Hi EP, sorry you went through that.
A couple of my co workers had it...lasted over 3 weeks. I've been exposed several times over the course of the last month...but so far so good.
Have you had the flu before? I've only had it once in my life, when I was 8 years old. It was awful!
Coffee
