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Actual Photo Snapped By CVS Employee of Their Flu Shot Quota

So I happened to stumble upon this thread in a forum for student Dr.s and pharmacists. They were having a very candid conversation about their quotas from corporate for the flu shot. Needless to say I found it pretty disturbing and obviously telling as to what the motivation is from CVS, Walgreens, Safeway and every other retailer offering the flu shots this season. Which unfortunately doesn't exclude very many. I am looking into the FET tax credit and the EIS tax credit and seeing if it applies to any of these retailers for offering immunizations and hopefully I can get some answers from those avenues. The motivation could be that when they get the flu shot there, after they're pumped full of mercury and live viruses, that they will spend the 20 percent off that day like a good little sheep in the store and create revenue. It seems like a lot of work to drive up purchases but then again look at Black Friday and the items stores take losses on in order to get customers in the door. In the mean time...

The forum and these screen shots can be found here:

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/ideas-to-drive-flu-shots-help.1030912/

Vaccine: Influenza - live vaccine

Mechanism of Action: Live attenuated trivalent vaccine - replicates in nasopharynx.

Strains equivalent to inactivated vaccines.

Temperature-sensitive [no replication beyond nasopharynx].

Additional comments / concerns:

Use limited to healthy persons only.

Typical Adult Dosage

Limited to age group 5 to 49 years.

Intranasal spray - 1/2 dose to each nostril

Typical Pediatric Dosage

Limited to age group 5 to 49 years.

Age >8 y - one dose

Age 5-8 y - 2nd dose at 6-10 weeks

Intranasal spray - 1/2 dose to each nostril

Subsequent booster: As indicated for subsequent epidemic periods.

Toxic Effects for Influenza - live vaccine: (8 listed)

Abdominal pain
Cough
Fever
Headache
Myalgia
Nausea or vomiting
Rhinitis
Sore throat

Contraindications for Influenza - live vaccine: (11 listed)

Allergy to eggs
Allergy to the vaccine
Concurrent antiviral [vaccine strain] therapy
Concurrent immune modulators (tacrolimus, interferon)
Concurrent severe acute illness
Defer salicylates for 6 weeks
Immune deficiency (live-agent preparations)
Immune-deficient household contact
Neurological diseases
Other live vaccine within 4 weeks
Pregnancy

Trade names of Influenza - live vaccine vaccine (5 listed)

CAIV-T

Fluenz

Fluenz Tetra

FluMist

Nasovac

Vaccine: Influenza - inactivated vaccine

Mechanism of Action: Inactivated virus from chick embryo cultures.

Or split virus (viral components released using detergents or organic solvents).

Strain composition of current vaccines summarized in Influenza-Worldwide note (Epidemiology module)

Typical Adult Dosage

For risk groups (>age 65, chronic lung or heart disease, etc).

0.5 ml i.m. (deltoid region) - whole or split vaccine

Typical Pediatric Dosage

Cyst. fibr., heart dis., etc; age 6 m to 3 y: 0.25 ml i.m. (ant. lat. thigh)

Age >3 y: 0.5 ml i.m. (deltoid) - split vaccine

Subsequent booster: Repeat per ongoing disease activity [see Epidemiology - <Worldwide> note]

Toxic Effects for Influenza - inactivated vaccine: (14 listed)

Arthralgia / arthritis

Conjunctivitis

Encephalitis (-opathy)

Fever

Gianotti-Crosti syndrome

Guillain-Barre syndrome

Headache

Myalgia

Narcolepsy

Oculo-respiratory syndrome

Pericarditis

Thyroiditis

Transverse myelitis

Uveitis

Contraindications for Influenza - inactivated vaccine: (6 listed)

Allergy (sensitivity) to thimerosal

Allergy to aminoglycosides

Allergy to eggs

Allergy to the vaccine

Concurrent severe acute illness

Neurological diseases

Pregnancy

Trade names of Influenza - inactivated vaccine vaccine (111 listed)

Addiflu

Addigrip

AdimFlu-S (H1N1)

Adiugrip

Aflunov (H5N1)

Afluria

Agriflu

Agrippal

Alorbat

Alpha-Rix

Arepanrix

Batrevac

Begrivac

Berigripina

Biaflu

Biaflu-Zonale

BinaxNOW Influenza A&B

Bio-Flu

Celtura

Celvapan

Chiroflu

Chiromas

Daronrix

Dircectogen EZ Flu A+B

Emerflu

Enzira

Evagrip

Flenz (Live intranasal)

Flu-Imune

Fluad

Fluarix

Fluazur

Flublok (Recombinant hemaglutinin)

FluLaval

Flumist (Live intranasal)

Fluogen

Flupar

FluShield

Fluvaccin

Fluvaccinol

Fluvad

Fluval

Fluvax

Fluviral

Fluvirin

Fluvirine

Fluviron

Fluzone

Focetria (H1N1, 2009)

Foclivia

Focusvax

Grifor

Gripavac

Gripguard

Grippol

Grippovac

Humenza (H1N1, 2009)

IDflu

Immugrip

Imovax Gripe

Imuvac

Infectovac Flu

Inflexal

Inflexal S

Influenzine

Influject

Influmix

Influpozzi

Influsplit

Influvac

Influvirus

Intanza

Invivac

Isiflu V

Isiflu Zonale

Isigrip Zonale

Istivac

Levrison

Mastaflu

Mevac-Flu

MFV-Ject

Miniflu

MonoGrippol

Mutagrip

Nasalflu

Nilgrip

Optaflu

Pandeflu

Pandemrix (H1N1, 2009)

Panenza (H1N1, 2009)

Panvax (H1N1, 2009)

Preflucel

Prepandrix

Previgrip

Prodigrip

Pumarix

QuickVue A+B

Sandovac

Tetagrip (+ Tetanus tox)

Vac Antigripal

Vacciflu

Vacina Contra Gripe

Vacina de Virus Inativado Contra Gripe

Vacuna Antigripal

Vacuna Purificada

Vaxigrip

Vepacel (A/H5N1)

Viroflu

Vitagripe

X-Flu

Disease: Influenza

Agent: VIRUS - RNA.

Orthomyxoviridae, Orthomyxovirus: Influenza virus

Reservoir: Human

Occasionally Ferret Bird Pig

Vector: None

Vehicle: Droplet

Incubation Period: 1d - 3d

Diagnostic Tests: Viral culture (respiratory secretions).

Serology.

Nucleic acid amplification techniques are available.

Typical Adult Therapy

Respiratory precautions.

Influenza A or B: Oseltamivir 75 mg PO BID X 5d

OR Zanamavir 10 mg BID X 5 days

Typical Pediatric Therapy

Respiratory precautions.

Influenza A or B: Oseltamivir 2 mg/kg (max 75 mg) PO BID X 5d

OR Zanamavir (age > 5 years) 10 mg BID X 5 days

Vaccines:

Influenza - inactivated vaccine

Influenza - live vaccine

Clinical Hints

Myalgia, headache, cough, fever; pharyngitis and conjunctivitis often present; usually encountered in the setting of an outbreak; leucocytosis, chest pain and lobar infiltrate herald bacterial (pneumococcal or staphylococcal) pneumonia.

Synonyms: (20 listed)

Asian flu

Aviaire influenza

Avian flu

Avian influenza

Bird flu

Epidemic catarrh

Grippe

H10N8

H1N1

H2N2

H3N2

H5N1

H7N9

Hong Kong flu

LPAI

Spanish influenza

Swine flu

Swine influenza

ICD9: 487

ICD10: J09,J10,J11

Influenza in United States

GIDEON does not follow routine country reports on human Influenza, since the scope and nature of these data are often diffuse, sporadic or inconsistent. See the "Worldwide" note for material regarding pandemic influenza, influenza vaccine, avian influenza in humans and other relevant subjects.

GIDEON is the premier medical decision support web application and ebooks series covering infectious diseases and microbiology.

Below is a list of the most questioned toxic reactions from the use of vaccines and which vaccine causes them.

Toxicity is the degree to which a substance can damage an organism. Toxicity can refer to the effect on a whole organism, such as an animal, bacterium, or plant, as well as the effect on a substructure of the organism, such as a cell (cytotoxicity) or an organ such as the liver (hepatotoxicity).

GIDEON is the premier medical decision support web application and ebooks series covering infectious diseases and microbiology.

Below are a list of the most questioned contraindications for the use of vaccines and whether or not it is safe during that particular time or medical diagnosis.

A contraindication is a specific situation in which a drug, procedure, or surgery should not be used because it may be harmful to the person. There are two types of contraindications: Relative contraindication means that caution should be used when two drugs or procedures are used together. These are the recommendations per the GIDEON for different scenarios and which vaccines to stay away from during that diagnosis or situation.