Canadians are bullish on giving government officials permission to restrict personal freedoms in a flu pandemic, with half of those surveyed agreeing that violation of a quarantine order would be tantamount to manslaughter.

Once again Canadians are willing bend over and take it up the you know what. Disturbing...with the flu season just around the corner (and already showing up in some parts) people are scared shitless, what with the constant media barrages of the coming epidemic. I am guilty of it now to, making mention of this nonsense but I must vent because its pissing me off. Every day, the swine flu or as it is known technically H1N1 is in the headlines. We hear about the deaths, of how it is going to hit us hard and we need to get vaccinated to fight it off. And if those measures include mandatory vaccinations or quarantines etc, then so be it. Of course that is how these people surveyed think, that it is totally ok for the government to do what they wish in order to protect the rest of us. Perhaps I am wrong but in my opinion, thats bullshit. Forcing health workers to show up for work when their may be an epidemic or pandemic happening seems a tad off to me. If people refuse to go to work for safety reasons, I think that is a pretty valid reason, yes? If you refuse the shot, does that mean you should be treated like a criminal?According to those polled, absolutely.

Follow up:

Premier Dad Dalton McGuinty has chimed in and said that vaccination will not be mandatory for health workers. But what does that really mean? Will they be fired if they don't show up to work? If so then it is mandatory in a roundabout way. It is apparently happening in the States, so who knows if it would happen here.

All I know is that this stuff has been blown way out of proportion. The fear mongering that is going on is paying off, as some parents have enrolled their kids in test trials on this vaccine, a vaccine that has a lot of controversy surrounding it. I'm not going to bother getting into that though as it could take a while and my tinfoil hat isn't ready yet.

But hold on, there is news out now that by getting the regular seasonal flu shot, one might become more susceptible to H1N1, and that agencies are considering forgoing the traditional flu shot and instead vaccinating with the H1N1 shot. WTF is going on, the news on this crap just keeps getting more ridiculous. I for one haven't had a flu shot in years and plan to keep it that way, no matter what.

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