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Here's a photo of people waiting on line outside in the rain in Milwaukee--for their flu shot. It seems to me that if you didn't have the flu before you got in that line then you'd have a pretty good chance of taking it home with you.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel posted this photo essay.

Hat tip to Gateway Pundit.

I feel badly for young moms these days, trying to do the right thing by their kids--do I vaccinate or not? With the alarming reports of increase in autism--and who knows why that's happening, but I would certainly at least wonder if maybe the vaccines have had something to do with it--how in the world does a lay person know what to do? I know, immunization vs. autism is one of those "whacko" theories, but if it's your kid, you still wonder.

I overheard a couple of moms talking about the "Do I vaccinate?" for the H1N1 virus issue today after spinning class. These weren't brand-new, freaked out moms--one had five kids and one had three. One of them was upset because she hadn't known to ask for vaccine without mercury. She found out after her kids were vaccinated that in her pediatrician's office, for kids under five, they use non-mercury-containing vaccine, but for kids over five, the parent has to specifically ask for vaccine without mercury. Catch 22--they didn't give her that information because she didn't ask for non-mercury vaccine. She was plenty upset, and I can't say as I blame her.

For myself, as I've posted elsewhere, I have no intention of getting a flu shot. I take my waterless hand sanitizer with me wherever I go, and I use it. Everyone needs to make their own decision about the issue, based on individualized risk factors. Regardless, standing outside in the cold and the rain in a line that snakes around the building, waiting for the shot, seems to me like utter insanity.

Update: By popular demand, I'll post the pic that was posted at Gateway Pundit. The guy with the sign has it exactly right.

I just read at the CDC website that as of the end of October, they expected 26 million doses of the H1N1 vaccine to be made available, but so far, as of October 24, only 13 million doses of the vaccine have been doled out. Really? Is that the best this country can do? Evidently it's the best the government can do. Oh please, sign me up for the PRIVATE OPTION of ObamaCare right now, puh-leeze. Cripes.