Influenza Update, 21 October 2014: “We’ve reached the tipping point …” Why is there a push to get vaccinated by the end of November? Santa Barbara County orders mandatory vaccinations! Mass vaccinations in Minnesota! Obama regime halts funding for flu research!

Canada: The Public Health Agency of Canada is warning that this flu season could be as bad as last season.  H3N2 is so far the most common type of flu hitting the Great White North right now, and one health official is warning that H3N2 is showing signs of “drifting”: “The emergence of a new drift strain means that we may have more intense H3 activity this year. And we’re also starting to pick up early H3s emerging as the dominant player very early on in the season.  H3 is particularly harsh on the elderly.”-Danuta Skowronski, British Columbia Centre for Disease Control

The province of Alberta has spent $12.5-million CAD on flu shots. Last flu season 30 people in the western province died.  This flu season Alberta already has the most reported influenza cases in all of Canada.  47 confirmed cases, 25 hospitalized.

Prime Minister of the British empire island of Barbados is in Canada, recovering from influenza.  Apparently he got infected while attending the UN Climate Change Summit in New York City.

Mexico: The state of Querétaro has ordered 420-thousand vaccinations.  They will be available not only at clinics but at shopping malls.

The Mexican government is spending 400-million pesos buying 32-million vaccinations (that’s 6-million more than last flu season).  Health officials requested vaccines to fight H1N1, H3N2 and flu B.

Health officials claim that nine out of ten Mexicans who died from flu last season were not vaccinated.  Of interest is that those ‘nine out of ten’ Mexicans were also considered to be people in the low risk of infection category, meaning getting vaccinated was not considered important for them.

Health officials are predicting H3N2 to be the dominant strain this flu season.

United Kingdom: An experimental vaccine for two to four years olds is being distributed.  A promoter of vaccines admitted that government officials frightening people into getting flu shots is good for business: “Public awareness and attention on vaccines help boost the market. The commitment of a significant world healthcare market will drive the need for more vaccine production….”-Bruce Carlson, Publisher of Kalorama Information

United States: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging U.S. residents to get vaccinated now.  So far four people have died; two in Idaho, one in Illinois and one in North Carolina.

In California, Santa Barbara County has ordered all county healthcare employees to get mandatory flu shots: “We’ve reached the tipping point where this has become the standard practice.”-Charity Thoman, Public Health Officer

Those healthcare workers refusing to get vaccinated must ‘suit up’ when they come to work, or become unemployed.

In Minnesota, a local TV station and the Minnesota Visiting Nurse Agency have created a novel way of carrying out mass vaccinations; upon invitation, they will show up at any public event to dispense vaccines.  It’s being called Flu Fighter To-Go.

In Utah, the Salt Lake City Fire Department is demanding that everybody get vaccinated before the U.S. Thanksgiving Day holiday!

In Massachusetts, the city of Newburyport is pushing a vaccination clinic on 30 October.  They’re charging a $5 fee, or you can donate food.

Here is a list of flu vaccines If you’re going to get vaccinated.  They are not for everybody, so do your homework: Trivalent inactivated vaccine, Quadrivalent inactivated vaccine, Intradermal inactivated vaccine, High-dose inactivated vaccine, Live attenuated vaccine and Recombinant vaccine.

It takes at least two weeks for the vaccine to take effect, you can still get sick during that time.  Another factor is which version of flu will be the dominant flu this season, if it’s a strain that is not covered in any of the new vaccines (like a new H3 strain) then you just wasted your time getting vaccinated.

Mississippi is reporting their first confirmed case of influenza.

The Obama regime has ordered a temporary halt to funding of influenza research.  The funding halt also affects research on SARS and MERS.  The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy  says it’s a matter of national security as the info made public as a result of the studies could be used by terrorists.  Or is it really that government officials are questioning the direction of the research?  In other words, if the research is not coming up with results that the Obama regime wants, then no mo money fo you mister scientist.

a 4th death!