Jennasis
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- Jun 11, 2000
Yes US. Glad you were able to. We didn’t have that experience in our State.
What state?
Yes US. Glad you were able to. We didn’t have that experience in our State.
SW region of the US.What state?
SW region of the US.
Where are you? We haven’t had a problem getting a flu shot for our kids ever and my oldest is almost 17.2024.
Flu shots from 2009-2013 were very hard to get. There were waiting lists for priority patients and shortages. I don’t think this vaccine rollout will be efficient or distributed to the masses due to our personal experience of trying to get a flu shot for our youngest from 2009-2013. Youngest was eligible and a priority due to positive for swine flu/pneumonia in 2009. We were able to finally get 1 in 2012 for them. One shot during 5 years.
I think it's the 4 years back to back basically that seems more strange to me. There have been times in the past for temporary shortages during a particular flu season but I haven't ever heard of long term let alone 4 years or several years consecutively let alone someone only being able to get 1 shot over a 5 year period due to supply; something seems up with thatWhere are you? We haven’t had a problem getting a flu shot for our kids ever and my oldest is almost 17.
ETA: just saw your answer. That’s really strange to me.
A boy under the age of 10 died in my city yesterday of Covid. He’s the youngest person in my province to die of it. While they may be at lower risk, there is still a risk.
I was wondering the same thing. Never an issue here-walk into any pharmacy and had no problem ever getting one.Are you in the US? I get a flu shot every year, as do all my kids, and I never had a hard time getting one during that time period. My youngest was born in 2009 and my oldest was 4 in 2009, and we've never missed a shot, ever.
A boy under the age of 10 died in my city yesterday of Covid. He’s the youngest person in my province to die of it. While they may be at lower risk, there is still a risk.
I think it is likely to be just the opposite: masks in school is likely to last longer than masks in general public settings.
I fully expect we'll still be wearing masks at school well into the 2021-22 school year.
In my experience the kids seem to be more tolerant of wearing the masks than adults.
In my county, basically no one is wearing as mask except kids in school.
Do you not know if students are vaccinated against other things? Is that information kept in the office/school nurse? I truly don’t know.Two thoughts:
- When you get a vaccine, it doesn't take effect instantly; the flu shot, for example, takes about two weeks to reach full strength. So a smart person would keep wearing a mask a couple weeks.
- We talked about this at school last week: Once a vaccine is available, we teachers won't know which students have had it /which ones haven't ... so we're sure we'll have to continue to require all students to wear masks for a time. At least, in the halls and in transition times this'll have to happen for a while.
Students cannot be in the classroom if they haven't had certain vaccinations right now, but we're talking about vaccines that have been around for decades. Vaccines that everyone has had the opportunity to procure. The school nurse checks these vaccinations, and teachers aren't involved in that process.Do you not know if students are vaccinated against other things? Is that information kept in the office/school nurse? I truly don’t know.
I wouldn’t be surprised to see districts require vaccination records to return to in person school. Although I think it will be a district by district decision.