Mass Vaccination Hubs Are Part of D.C. Swine Flu Plan

Yeah, that's what I thought. It was all a conspiracy theory. There's no way the government would go through all this trouble for a relatively benign virus. This must be the real deal. Be afraid! Roll up your sleeve and get your dose of mercury and squalene, before you infect and kill us all!

Parents, remember also their plans to turn our schools into vaccination clinics. Get active and pre-emptive. Tell them, now, that you do not consent.

Washington Post -

District officials said Friday that they are working to set up mass vaccination centers, potentially at city recreation centers, as part of a broad push to minimize the number of people sickened by swine flu this fall and beyond.



A network of doctor offices, schools, clinics and hospitals is also being put together for the vaccinations. The city will update its flu Web site with case counts and recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and it is preparing radio and TV spots.

"We're a lot further than we were just a few short weeks ago. And we're monitoring what other states are doing to make sure we're not missing anything," D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty said, adding that city preparations are "on par" with what he has seen elsewhere.

Fenty (D) appealed to business owners to be far-sighted about encouraging employees to stay home if they are sick, even if that means taking a financial hit. "Being very proactive at the beginning will save businesses a lot of money," he said.

Spotlighting some of the high-risk groups that will get priority when the vaccine is released -- it is expected in October -- Fenty and other officials outlined the city's plans outside Mary's Center, a maternal and child health clinic in Adams Morgan. Clinic doctors in the District and in Silver Spring provide 19,500 immunizations a year.


"This may be nothing, and yet it may be big," said Mark R. Fracasso, the center's vice president of medicine.

No, we already know it's nothing, because we've seen the paltry number of deaths this virus has caused in the Southern hemisphere during their flu season which has just passed. Read all of it...