H1N1 H1N1 H1N1…anyone else getting tired of it yet!!! And, folks it is just starting let me tell you. The government released some of the nasal spray this week and our clinic received a nice token of ten doses on Tuesday…yippee. Supposedly the injectable will be coming next week. I took the nasal spray yesterday and so far so good. I haven’t started snorting and rooting around in the dirt yet. Seriously, though…I am fine.

What really gets me is that I can’t even get the regular seasonal influenza vaccine for my medicaid or uninsured kids~the state says they are out for now and we may be able to get some more next week or maybe next month (this is literally what she told me~not making this up, people). Ahhh, thanks…The regular seasonal influenza kills JUST AS MANY, if not more than what H1N1 is doing and I can’t even get enough of THAT vaccine!?

I will admit that from what I am seeing in my practice that I DO believe this will be a bad cold/flu season. We have already had our first influenza here which is WAY WAY earlier than ever in the previous six years I have been here. So I am a little fearful as I always worry we’ll lose some little one to pneumonia from having influenza…or anyone really.

Then there is an ENTIRE other conversation that I could have about how I sometimes wonder about how we are immunizing against EVERYTHING and is this good for us? I mean, I consider myself somewhat intelligent and medically literate. I have lots of access to research-based information so I know what is what but I still wonder….

So I guess we should be washing our hands, covering our mouths, etc or we could just live in a bubble and order in our groceries, etc.