From coast to coast the story appears to be the same. Governments at all levels have botched the H1N1 vaccinations leaving people scared, angry and frustrated.
The same government that advertised the importance of getting the shot now can not provide the vaccinations as supplies dwindle and run out. In Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan Health took care care of themselves and their own as not only front line workers were vaccinated but office people as well, some who work no where close to a hospital. Reports that family of health care workers were also vaccinated have been denied. A sampling of headlines accross the country.
Edmonton flu clinics may close next week because of supply shortage
Liepert on clinic closures: 'Don't panic'
Flu frustrations to worsen as vaccine shortage takes hold
Saskatchewan receives 124,000 fewer doses of H1N1 shots
Temperatures rise as 'flu rage' explodes across Canada
As much as flu fears have people pulling away, H1N1 is also uniting Canadians through emotion — specifically, a deeply entrenched sense of frustration that, for many, has mutated into bitterness, anger and even hostility.
Call it flu rage. Across the country, otherwise mild-mannered Canadians are finding themselves admonishing strangers for open sneezing, losing their cool with queue-jumpers at vaccination clinics, writing angry letters to government and media, and lashing out at friends whose H1N1 opinions differ from their own.
"Anger can cause us to be proactive . . . but it can also become destructive, which is what we see with flu rage," says psychologist Gordon Asmundson, a professor whose research at the University of Regina includes health anxiety.
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