[AT] O.T. whan flu vaccine?

Mon Jan 4 08:33:43 PST 2021

at 77 yrs, I remember back to the big ol' needles that were sharpened on a
whet stone.

On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 10:32 AM MICHAEL DIXON <mpmbd at yadtel.net> wrote:

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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: bobbyguilbeau at att.net
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> Mike your not old enough to get that priveledge...lol
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> Not only was the syringe sanitized and reused so was the needed if memory
> serves me correctly
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> BTW I'm 62 so things changes someplace between us!
>
> Bobby G
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: AT <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com> On Behalf Of Mike M
> Sent: Sunday, January 3, 2021 10:54 PM
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> Subject: Re: [AT] O.T. whan flu vaccine?
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> "like the glass ones your doctor probably uses"
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> I'm 53 and haven't recalled a glass syringe ever being used on me??
>
> Mike M
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> On 1/3/2021 5:46 PM, szabelski at wildblue.net wrote:
> >  From what I understand, there really isn’t enough vaccine to go around.
> A few million doses to cover over 330 million, and everybody needs two
> doses. That roughly means that one out of 150 million can get the full
> vaccination. Right now they’re not giving the second dose so that they can
> at least get twice as many people the first dose. That should hopefully
> change when they approve the one dose vaccine in the next few months.
> There’s also the issue of who’s making all the decisions related to
> distributing the vaccine. The vaccine is made right here in Michigan, but
> we are getting some of the fewest doses. Apparently the federal government
> isn’t telling them who to ship doses to, and there really isn’t any clear
> direction to the states as what to do with them when they do get them. So
> the states are doing what they think they’re supposed to be doing. I’ve
> heard that the vaccine is just sitting in storage waiting for federal
> shipping directions. The states can only request doses and wait to see if
> they get them.
> >
> > Then there’s the snafu about syringes. There was a discussion on
> national TV this morning that said that there aren’t enough syringes to go
> around. There was a rush to make the vaccine, but nobody thought about how
> to get it into the people. I think some syringes are reusable, like the
> glass ones your doctor probably uses, but today most syringes used for
> vaccines are the plastic disposable kind, where you throw it away after one
> use. If they start to grab all the disposable syringes for vaccinations,
> that will probably mean that people who have to self inject themselves at
> home (diabetics, etc.) are going to start finding it difficult to get the
> syringes they need.
> >
> > Apparently this wasn’t all thought out properly.
> >
> > Carl
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Carl Gogol <cgogol1971 at gmail.com>
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> > Sent: Sun, 03 Jan 2021 17:01:57 -0500 (EST)
> > Subject: Re: [AT] O.T. whan flu vaccine?
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> > Herb,
> >
> > I too keep wondering why the vaccine isn’t going into arms very fast.
> There is supposedly a lot ( hundreds of thousands of doses) of vaccine in
> NY, but not much going into arms that are officially counted.  Perhaps if
> the right people are known, a bit of green moves you up the unofficial
> line.  Politicians cry the money blues as the reason it is not hitting arms
> faster. Politicians seem to easily get the vaccine.   Flu vaccine was
> distributed in record numbers this year, those people are now available to
> do the same with COVID.  I don’t see an excuse for not rapidly moving what
> is had into arms.  Oh yes, the soft ground is almost frozen enough to skid
> some logs without making a mess  with my D-14.
> >
> > Carl, Manlius, NY
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> >
> >
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> >
> > From: AT <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com> On Behalf Of HERBERT
> METZ
> > Sent: Sunday, January 3, 2021 12:28 PM
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> > Subject: [AT] O.T. whan flu vaccine?
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> >
> >
> > Vaccine schedule?
> >
> > Barbara & I use the same heart doctor; during his talking with Barbara
> Thursday(?) about her high blood pressure he mentioned that he had been
> vaccinated for wuhan flu.  Also Sunday School (senior citizen) friends who
> winter in Florida (they are co-owners in more than one hotel) mentioned
> this morning (Sunday School zoom) that they have been vaccinated for wuhan
> flu.I am ninety and have atrial fib.
> >
> > Phone calls this past week to our GP and our heart doctor was a waste. I
> plan contacting the hospital administrator tomorrow.
> >
> > Herb(GA)
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Gene
Kenneth Gene Waugh
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