Comments on: Consumer Reports on Flu Shots http://gruntdoc.com/2008/11/consumer-reports-on-flu-shots.html Ramblings of an Emergency Physician in Texas Sat, 12 May 2012 12:36:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Mary Pat Whaley http://gruntdoc.com/2008/11/consumer-reports-on-flu-shots.html/comment-page-1#comment-14970 Mary Pat Whaley Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:23:26 +0000 http://gruntdoc.com/2008/11/consumer-reports-on-flu-shots.html#comment-14970 Surprise! I got my flu shot this year at a local drugstore after finding out that my family doc doesn't give flu shots. (Them: We haven't given flu shots for several years now. Me: Was that a philosophical decision or a business decision? Them: A business decision.) I stopped by a drugstore and got a flu shot for $28, it took about 20 minutes including paperwork, and a student pharmacist gave the shot (it might have been her first) and did a very nice job. I've managed medical practices for many years, and I thought the drugstore option was convenient, fast, and affordable. How many things in healthcare can you really say that about? Mary Pat Whaley www.managemypractice.com Surprise! I got my flu shot this year at a local drugstore after finding out that my family doc doesn’t give flu shots. (Them: We haven’t given flu shots for several years now. Me: Was that a philosophical decision or a business decision? Them: A business decision.)

I stopped by a drugstore and got a flu shot for $28, it took about 20 minutes including paperwork, and a student pharmacist gave the shot (it might have been her first) and did a very nice job. I’ve managed medical practices for many years, and I thought the drugstore option was convenient, fast, and affordable. How many things in healthcare can you really say that about?

Mary Pat Whaley
http://www.managemypractice.com

]]> By: LibraryGryffon http://gruntdoc.com/2008/11/consumer-reports-on-flu-shots.html/comment-page-1#comment-14956 LibraryGryffon Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:12:02 +0000 http://gruntdoc.com/2008/11/consumer-reports-on-flu-shots.html#comment-14956 I second (or is it third?) that. I didn't get the shot the '00-'01 season as they didn't get enough vaccine into the base for any but active duty (I'm a dependent). That January I got bronchitis, followed by flu a week later, followed a week after that by pneumonia, followed another week after <i>that</i> by pleurisy. I don't recommened any of them, and would much rather fell blech for a few days every year than relive any of that month ever again. I now understand how the flu pandemics can kill otherwise healthy young adults. I second (or is it third?) that. I didn’t get the shot the ’00-’01 season as they didn’t get enough vaccine into the base for any but active duty (I’m a dependent). That January I got bronchitis, followed by flu a week later, followed a week after that by pneumonia, followed another week after that by pleurisy. I don’t recommened any of them, and would much rather fell blech for a few days every year than relive any of that month ever again. I now understand how the flu pandemics can kill otherwise healthy young adults.

]]> By: James Hubbard, M.D., M.P.H. http://gruntdoc.com/2008/11/consumer-reports-on-flu-shots.html/comment-page-1#comment-14946 James Hubbard, M.D., M.P.H. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:31:53 +0000 http://gruntdoc.com/2008/11/consumer-reports-on-flu-shots.html#comment-14946 I have not missed a flu shot since I caught the flu in medical school. I recommend it also I have not missed a flu shot since I caught the flu in medical school. I recommend it also

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