More Than 600 Get H1N1 Vaccination
Health officials had prepared for 1,100 kidsBy SHELLEY HANSON Staff Writer
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WHEELING - Teachers are always quizzing their students to improve their education, but on Monday pupils were posed a different question: Nasal or injection?
That was the question asked of more than 600 students who received the swine, or H1N1, flu vaccine during a mass clinic at Triadelphia Middle School. Students from Triadelphia, and Steenrod and Woodsdale elementary schools were invited to either get injected with or receive the nasal spray form of the vaccine meant to ward off the disease.
Howard Gamble, Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department administrator, said they prepared to inoculate 1,100 students. However, he was pleased with the number that showed up.
No one had an adverse reaction to the vaccine, though there was one girl who became sick because she was upset. She had a stressful day before arriving at the clinic, Gamble said.
Several students were turned away because they had a fever.
"We had a big rush in the beginning," Gamble said, noting the clinic began at 3:30 p.m. "And then we had the after dinner crowd about 7:30 p.m."
By 9:30 p.m. workers began closing shop for the clinic's end at 10 p.m. Most people, he said, chose the injectable form the vaccine.
Gamble noted people should decide ahead of time whether they want the nasal or injectable vaccine. People should talk to their physician about their choices. If one does not have a doctor to speak with, nurses and medical residents at future clinics can explain the differences, he said.
"The health department did a good job. The parents who came in were all very complimentary," said Dianna Vargo, deputy superintendent of the Ohio County Schools.
Students from St. Vincent de Paul and Wheeling Catholic elementary schools and Wheeling Central Catholic High School can receive the vaccine from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Ohio Valley Medical Center's Nurses Residence auditorium, 2000 Eoff St., Wheeling.
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Kubotaman
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10-28-09 9:37 PM
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wonderwhy: Yes Cable News Channels, and you still can not name one time Fox has lied? A few weeks ago you cut and pasted a story from a leftwing blog about drilling in upstate New York. Maybe things are a little fuzzy with you?
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wonderwhy
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10-28-09 8:15 AM
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bassman- thanks for yet an intelligent remark. typical.
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bassman
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10-28-09 7:25 AM
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Blah, blah, blah, blah!!
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wonderwhy
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10-28-09 5:57 AM
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Kuta- cable networks. not the normal networks. but since they told you so, keep believing them. and to say i blog from left wing sites is comical. I look for data that is non partisan. i had never heard of huffington post or daily kos until i was on here. Bottom line is finding the truth and stop accusing people of things that are not true. it's the truth that i research. I go outside fux news to do so. I know that is hard for you to understand.
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Kubotaman
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10-27-09 10:25 PM
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wonderwhy: It means what it says! It's not too hard to find the leftwing blogs that you paste from. The thing is, you can not name one thing that Fox News has lied about? You also fail to comprehend that more people tune in to Fox News than all the others combined.
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Captain
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10-27-09 9:35 PM
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I would like to know what percentage of the vaccine we are producing, is being shipped to other nations. Selfish as this may sound, this is one instance when we should insist that we protect our citizenry first, then supply the rest of the world with our technology.
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1whoworks
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10-27-09 9:26 PM
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PROVE IT! SOURCES PLEASE!
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wonderwhy
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10-27-09 5:51 PM
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Kubota- now what was that suppose to mean? If you want to believe Fux, that is your right. Why don't I have the right to call them out. Your guys throw insults with no substance. wonderwhy?
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Kubotaman
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10-27-09 5:26 PM
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bassman: Yeah, Wonderwhy goes to leftwing blogs to get her facts. Infact, wonder copies and pastes from those blogs just so she can teach us her truth.
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ChemEngr
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10-27-09 5:14 PM
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Shark88 is correct (10/27/09 9:45AM post) about verification. Our pediatrician and a number of doctor friends have a similar story. All cases of flu are currently being identified as H1N1 flu without positive verification. There is a simple flu/no flu test that takes 10 - 15 minutes, but the H1N1-specific test takes up to a week to get results. Either way the treatment is the same: take Tamiflu if it's diagnosed within the first 2 days of symptoms; drink plenty of fluids; take over the counter meds for aches, fever and other symptoms; stay away from other people until your fever breaks and use good hygiene (wash hands, use tissues, etc.). Calling every flu case H1N1 will post inflated numbers and mask when other strains start gaining a foothold. It's not good science or statistics, but it's good practice if you want high H1N1 numbers for some reason. I will leave it to the other posters to provide reasons.
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wonderwhy
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10-27-09 3:43 PM
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bassman- are you disputing Bush took more time off than any other President? or are you just doing the 'look over there!' thing and avoiding the statement.
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wonderwhy
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10-27-09 3:42 PM
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sorry for the double post.
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wonderwhy
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10-27-09 3:41 PM
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btw, i prefer to call them fux news. and i rarely capitalize.
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wonderwhy
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10-27-09 3:41 PM
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btw, i prefer to call them fux news. and i rarely capitalize.
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wonderwhy
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10-27-09 3:40 PM
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i said several times, that you have a right to believe whatever you want. I have a right to research the truth. so do you. the mere fact that you choose not to is your problem.
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wonderwhy
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10-27-09 3:36 PM
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hahaha, bassman- you are the one coming unglued. I have been saying fux lies way b4 Obama came on the scene. you know that. see? You call Obama a 'Messiah' who told you that one? think about it!!!!! You were the one coming unglued on election day when Obama was ahead. look at our exchanges. who looks the more frazzled? geeeesh!
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bassman
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10-27-09 3:34 PM
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You blindly follow this President and criticize others you say blindly follow Fox or Rush! Hypocrite!!!
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bassman
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10-27-09 3:33 PM
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I am pointing out the hypocrisy with the left and you are part of it! Do us all a favor and research the rest of the news and quit taking talking points from your Messiah! FOX LIES, FOX LIES, FOX LIES, FOX LIES, FOX LIES, FOX LIES, FOX LIES, FOXL LIES, FOX LIES, FOX LIES, FOX LIES, FOX LIES!!! Give it a rest. Your going to bust a blood vessel!
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wonderwhy
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10-27-09 3:28 PM
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Maybe, but! but, you are talking about them, not me! don't you get it? you are accusing them. I am saying Fux lies. can be proven. time and time again. Murdoch has an agenda. it is also proven. You want to beleive him, rush, and co? fine. i don't. and i do it without calling you names and acting like a horse's patoot! geeeeezzzzzz. doesn't it concern you that you are worried about a golf game or a telepromter? that is what they have? oh well.......worry about it.
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judylynn
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10-27-09 3:27 PM
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where is the elm grove elementry schools vacine??? what about them???alot of families wanta know !!!
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bassman
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10-27-09 3:25 PM
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I will repeat myself just one more time and I will type s l o w l y: Does CNN, NBC, MSNBC, CBS and ABC, slant their news?
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wonderwhy
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10-27-09 3:15 PM
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bassman- what question are you asking? if it is admitting that i don't like fux becuase i don't control the content, that is a stupid question. i don't like fux because the schmooze people like you into repeating them and believing them. why do you think they warn you about any other news and tell you they are the only one? that should be a clue.........
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wonderwhy
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10-27-09 3:13 PM
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bassman- of course not. That is why I came to the conclusion that Fux lies. I check all news. why can't you understand that? maybe you could too?
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bassman
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10-27-09 3:01 PM
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No president is really ever on vacation, even Obama. He just couldn't wait to play golf on the taxpayer dollar!!!
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bassman
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10-27-09 2:59 PM
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"Bush has spent more than a year of his presidency" at his ranch in Crawford, Texas. On August 19, 2005, "he broke Ronald Reagan's record of 335 days for America's most vacationed president and went on to take the longest presidential vacation in 36 years," Dale McFeatters wrote August 8, 2006, in a ScrippsNews editorial. Once again believe everything you read? Answer on my first question?
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