Hey, Phil

I was watching C-SPAN yesterday and there was a conference of medical
professionals talking about what to do about getting more folks vaccinated.
They were saying that the focus shouldn't be on money, but on getting more
vaccine out there and the biggest hurdle is behavioral, getting doctors to
stock enough vaccine on the shelves so it will be handy to use whenever
someone eligible to be vaccinated walks into the office, and for regular
folks to agree to get the vaccine. They were also saying that most people
won't get the vaccine (imagine that) and that they can't understand why so
many folks are getting the flu in spite of it, especially in Colorado where
children were dying and there's an epidemic.

Paul
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 1:01 PM
Subject: Hospital cost


> They say Colorado has over 6300 cases of the flue that have been reported
by
> doctors and hospitals.  this is more than the last two years together.
You
> can probably add on a few thousand more who have not gone to a doctor.  My
> hospital bill for four days, not including the doctor's own bill, topped
> 10,000 dollars.  Fortunately, insurance covers all but 100 dollars.  Five
> children have died due to this flue bug in Colorado and they are
> investigating a possible sixth case of a child dying from it.
>
> Phil.
>
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