2020-21 influenza vaccine

[OZZIE4DUKE]

We got our flu shots on Saturday. My arm didn’t get sore!

[duke79]

We got our flu shots on Saturday. My arm didn’t get sore!

Got my flu shot this morning at our local CVS. Took about only 15/20 minutes (two people ahead of me).

I agree with Budworm above: I hate the 4ft-long "receipts" you get at CVS, even if you just buy an $.89 roll of mints. I once asked the check-out clerk how many rolls of paper they go through each day with each cash register. He just rolled his eyes and said "numerous".

[camion]

Got my flu shot this morning at our local CVS. Took about only 15/20 minutes (two people ahead of me).

I agree with Budworm above: I hate the 4ft-long "receipts" you get at CVS, even if you just buy an $.89 roll of mints. I once asked the check-out clerk how many rolls of paper they go through each day with each cash register. He just rolled his eyes and said "numerous".

In these difficult time they should make the receipts out of toilet paper. Think of the possibilities.



- People could stock up on TP one stick of gum at a time.

- CVS could make the receipts a bonus instead of issuing points.

- CVS could charge extra for the receipt which would generate another receipt, and so on.

[camion]

I got my flu shot this morning at Publix. It was FLUAD QUAD, approved for old farts and $0.00 for most insurance and medicare.

FLUAD QUADRIVALENT is standardized according to United States Public Health Service requirements and each 0.5 mL dose is formulated to contain 15 mcg of hemagglutinin (HA) fromeach of the following four influenza strains recommended for the 2020-2021 influenza season: A/Victoria/2454/2019 IVR-207 (an A/Guangdong-Maonan/SWL1536/2019 (H1N1)pdm09-like virus),A/Hong Kong/2671/2019 IVR-208 (an A/Hong Kong/2671/2019 (H3N2)-like virus),B/Victoria/705/2018 BVR-11 (a B/Washington/02/2019-like virus), B/Phuket/3073/2013 BVR-1B (a B/Phuket/3073/2013-like virus).

FLUAD QUADRIVALENT also contains MF59C.1 adjuvant (MF59®), a squalene based oil-in-water emulsion.

Also included was a $10 Publix gift card.

[Indoor66]

I got my flu shot this morning at Publix. It was FLUAD QUAD, approved for old farts and $0.00 for most insurance and medicare.

FLUAD QUADRIVALENT is standardized according to United States Public Health Service requirements and each 0.5 mL dose is formulated to contain 15 mcg of hemagglutinin (HA) fromeach of the following four influenza strains recommended for the 2020-2021 influenza season: A/Victoria/2454/2019 IVR-207 (an A/Guangdong-Maonan/SWL1536/2019 (H1N1)pdm09-like virus),A/Hong Kong/2671/2019 IVR-208 (an A/Hong Kong/2671/2019 (H3N2)-like virus),B/Victoria/705/2018 BVR-11 (a B/Washington/02/2019-like virus), B/Phuket/3073/2013 BVR-1B (a B/Phuket/3073/2013-like virus).

FLUAD QUADRIVALENT also contains MF59C.1 adjuvant (MF59®), a squalene based oil-in-water emulsion.

Also included was a $10 Publix gift card.

I am gettng mine next week.

[-jk]

Our town is doing shots wed afternoons. 3 people per 30 minute slot in an otherwise empty building, so nicely spaced. I'm up the first wed in oct.

-jk

[Ggallagher]

I saw a news item yesterday that reported the significant decrease in flu cases in Australia. The reporter attributed it to mask wearing and social distancing.

"Numbers from Australia’s National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System show that in the first seven months of 2020, Australia reported 21,000 cases of influenza compared with around 214,000 for the same period of time in 2019. Deaths for that same period are also down, from 486 in 2019 to 36 in 2020. These are huge reductions. "

I don't have a link to the news story I heard, but this links to an article with similar results.

https://www.cleanlink.com/news/artic...-Season--26034.