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New York, NY - The city will not vaccinate 60% of prekindergarten kids for swine flu because their subsidized programs are not located in public schools.
About 33,300 of the city's 55,000 prekindergarten seats are in day care centers, churches and community-based organizations.
The community-based groups provide after-school care for working parents, and in some neighborhoods are used because the public schools are overcrowded.
"It's unfair," said Shaun Seymour, whose 3-year-old son, Timothy, is in a pre-K program at Breukelen Recreation day care center in Brooklyn.
"My pediatrician doesn't have the vaccine yet, so I think we should be given the option."
Children between 6 months and 4 years old are not only in the highest risk group for infection, they are also the highest risk for complications. Kids attending pre-K programs in city schools will be getting the vaccine.
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Nov 06, 2009 at 11:51 AM Anonymous Says:
I don't trust the govt. with these injections, if they want us to get it so badly something must be wrong with the shots.
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Nov 06, 2009 at 12:30 PM englishman Says:
I love the 'Freedom' and "Equality' the Americans have.
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Nov 06, 2009 at 01:27 PM Anonymous Says:
This is another reason why we should rely upon public programs rather than sending our yinglach off to private pre-schools. There are benefits to the public schools you are simply not going to get in private facilities.
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Nov 06, 2009 at 02:30 PM Anonymous Says:
“ This is another reason why we should rely upon public programs rather than sending our yinglach off to private pre-schools. There are benefits to the public schools you are simply not going to get in private facilities. ”
There are benefits to private schools, you have more freedom of choice. I don't want my children to be forced to take a shot of dubious worth that could be dangerous.
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Nov 06, 2009 at 03:36 PM Anonymous Says:
Thank God that at least some kids will be spared this poison.
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Nov 07, 2009 at 08:26 PM Chaya Says:
The swine flu is a hoax. The flue comes back every year. They can change the name and scare everyone. The truth is that anyone can die form any flu if it gets out of control.