Tuesday, September 22, 2009

H1N1 Vaccine

If this coming fall there is an enormous outbreak of the swine flu virus and only a limited amount of vaccines available, I believe that certain people should receive the vaccine before others. Though even if there was a specific order in which people were to get vaccinated, I am not sure how the government would able to implement this process without causing a huge uproar among the American people. Those at the bottom of the list would feel cheated, upset, less important and angered that they were not given the same opportunity to be treated for the rising disease. However in my opinion I believe children and pregnant women should be the first to receive the vaccination. The next order of people in my list are those between the ages of 6-25. It might seem selfish of me to have the people within my age group be third to be given the vaccine however it is this age group that the virus has effected the most. Therefore, it only makes sense that those in this age group get hold of some medical assistance before they contract the disease and continue to spread it primarily among people of the same ages.

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