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You know what I did today. I spent about 12 HOURS waiting in line with my parents and 248 other elderly people so they could get a flu shot. *I didn't get the shot but my parents needed help filling out the paperwork* The first person in line was there at 4:45 a.m. My parents and I got in line around 9:30 am. It was a madhouse at Dominick's grocery store.
The store manager passed out tickets just to stand in line for the priveledge of getting a flu shot and ran out at 11am. They had to post signs in the windows that there were out of flu shots and had security on standby. There were people standing outside of the store turning many people away. There were line monitors because quite a few people tried to cut in front of others and didn't have tickets. They were escorted out the store. The flu shots didn't start being given out until 3pm.
Most of the elderly I talked to told me this was their third or fourth attempt at getting a flu shot. Luckily I prepared by bringing folding chairs,bottled water, and I ended up giving my chair to a lady in our line and I just sat on the floor with a good book. At around 7pm the people were upset because the night manager announced there was a possibilty that they might not have enough of the vaccine. Some people in our line left.Salesclerks starting passing out orange juice and cookies to the people in line.We sat in the same place in line until 8:15 pm. Luckily my parents got their shot.
So you're darn right I'm alot of colorful verbs and adjectives right now about the flu shot being distributed to otherwise healthy members of Congress, their staff, and prisoners. If I can go without a flu shot they can fly by the seat of their pants just like the rest of the healthy population during flu season. Their shot should have gone instead to those who really needed it.
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