hedgehog
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Tue Sep-13-11 05:34 PM
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How to get people to get their annual flu shot: Spread the rumor that there's a vaccine shortage! |
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Tue Sep-13-11 06:22 PM
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1. A good idea, actually, IMO. nt |
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Tue Sep-13-11 06:44 PM
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2. I don't have time to look up the numbers, but a few years back, |
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there was a widely reported shortage of vaccine one year, with public health officials asking healthy adults to skip a shot so there'd be enough for the elderly, children, people with chronic illness, etc. The following year, there was plenty of vaccine to go around. More people got a hot when there was a shortage than the following year when there was a surplus!
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