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Thursday, October 29, 2009

Saskatchewan: Your Government Knows What's Best For You !


As I write this every other province in Canada is making the H1N1 vaccination available to their residents. In Saskatchewan, however the general public will wait until November 16th. Those in high risk categories will wait until November 9th at the earliest and Universities and tech schools (students are among the highest risk group) will wait until December 1st.
The above statistics pretty much outline what is happening in Saskatoon.
What's happening in Regina? Good luck finding out. Regina Health will not divulge any information on dates and times for clinics in that city.
What's the reason for all of this? Well the official line from a spokesperson from Saskatchewan Health is that Saskatchewan wants to avoid the long lineups and confusion that is being experienced in other provinces. So it appears the government's concern for you extends to the inconvenience of you standing in a long line, but if you get the H1N1 flu, that apparently doesn't seem to be a big concern.
It appears that the Brad Wall government has fallen back to the NDP era of doing things. We are a wee province, remember former Premier Lorne Calvert saying that, we are unable to make up our own minds on getting a shot or even if we want to
stand in a lineup. It appears the Saskatchewan Brad Wall government is buying into the argument that the government knows what is best for us and its arm, Saskatchewan Health, can take care of the problem. But can they?
This is the same Saskatchewan Health that distributes needles by the millions (the most of any province in Canada) to drug addicts in the name of AIDS prevention. Hundreds of thousands of these needles are then found lying in city parks where young children play. And any attempt to cut down on the number of needles distributed is met with vicious opposition.
So as it stands - in Saskatoon you can get your H1N1 shot at PrairieLand Park. There you will, I assume line up, to get your vaccination. Which makes me wonder, what was that Saskatchewan Health said about avoiding long lineups?

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