Ever since its roll out, the news has been non-stop. Who's getting it first, people shouldn't get it first is getting it, people lining up for over 8 hours in the cold to get it, blah blah blah...
I myself was concerned about it, simply because I am in the higher risk population group, but I thought the public shouldn't get so overly antsy about getting the vaccine. Until this morning I heard about this 13 y.o. healthy hockey player boy who died from it... That is such tragedy.
As a health care worker, i don't know what to think, should i feel lucky that i get to have the vaccine first? or should i be worried about getting the flu while working?
As a pregnant health care worker, i am super worried. BUT i still cannot get the vaccine! coz the one for women under 20 weeks of pregnancy is not yet available. Like i said, the general public should not panic and just wait for their turn to get the vaccine, and therefore i shouldn't be too anxious either. BUT after what happened at work last week, i am more eager than anyone to get the vaccine. We had a girl who came to our clinic, had high fever, developed a seizure, we had to call a code, and i was involved with the code. The girl had high fever and coughs, and so did her sister the next day. Even though i wasn't too close to her at all times, but i was pretty close to her... i was crossing my fingers over the weekend that i don't develop any flu like symptoms, which i didn't thank god. But i cannot let this kinda thing happen to me again. i need to be more self conscious now, considering i am now responsible for another human being. So will Health Canada/Sickkids act quicker and get my vaccine here ASAP please?!!!
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I know how you feel, Jackie. You worried more when you are pregnant. When I was pregnant with Chloe, SARS happened....
Hang in there, use lots of hand sanitizer and be careful.
Take care~
I just had a 2nd exposure to a patient with the flu, and none of us were wearing any protective equipments. I am now very very scared, not only for the baby's health, but also for my health. I heard from a parent today, their 35 yr old girl friend who got the flu, started off feeling okay, by the 2nd or 3rd day, she was transported to the hospital by ambulance, admitted, got bad pneumonia, now intubated.... All the women out there between the age of 20 to 30's, you need to get your vaccine.
shit, that's scary, it takes a week to develop immunity too... Hope for the best, wear a face mask!
You guys should wear mask all the time!
if now i am doing something close to a patient, i will start wearing a mask. but studies say that wearing a mask in the public at all times is actually not helpful. coz by putting it on and off all the time, you are actually contaminating the mask and your face with it. anyways, the studies basically say that they don't know if wearing a mask is effective if worn for a long period of time.
you are suppose to change your mask between each patient
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