Friday, December 11, 2009

Homeless hit hard by H1N1

http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/sns-health-swine-flu-homeless,0,2606961.story

Since I know no one is going to click on this link, I'll give you a quick synopsis of the article, written December 8, 2009.

According to the article:
-the homeless are way less likely to get an H1N1 vaccine
-the homeless are way more likely to suffer from serious complications if they get H1N1 (three to six times more likely than the average person
-many free clinics have ordered their H1N1 vaccines but have yet to receive their supply

So what's being done?
-the National Health Care for Homeless Council prepared a manual for all shelters and soup kitchens and such for the prevention of the spread of influenza and H1N1

And there you have it folks.

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