Government rationing:H1N1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That's what this is, right? We wait in long lines hoping to be lucky enough to get our "free" shot. I would gladly pay $150 to make an appointment rather than wait with my high energy, low tolerance autism spectrum child on an endless line only to find out the quota for the day was reached. Is this a foreshadowing of what is to come if we let the government take over healthcare?

so, why don't you pay a babysitter $150 for the day to take your child to a nearby playground, bike ride, scooter run, basketball court, whatever, while you wait in line and call them on your $200 phone on your $80/month cell plan to tell them you are at the front of the line?

Whine, whine, whine.

BTW, as others have pointed out, limiting the vaccine to high risk groups is not rationing.

Also, some clinics have long lines, some do not, which is which is easy to tell in this forum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Frankly, I think appointments are a great idea. I guess it's not something any of the local jurisdictions can grasp as a concept. Triage via phone when you make the appointment, and then take those priority people without all the fanfare. PG county has started doing this. Wow, too bad it took MoCo so long to figure it out, and then only with pregnant women.

It's difficult to take 1,000 appointments in a week. You would be angry at the hold time just to get to a receptionist.

As I said....

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/76919.page