Monday, October 26, 2009

New swine flu ads to urge Canadians to roll up their sleeves for the shot

For a while all we heard about was the Swine flu, and how it was spreading around the world at a rapid pace. The H1N1 pandemic spread quickly. Causing a devastation to the Mexican tourist economy. Then it simply disappeared, well from the media. However the uproar of publicity for this deadly virus is among us again, as there is now a vaccination for the H1N1 virus. This week the clinics will be set up for nurses, doctors, police officers, paramedics, fire fighters, pregnant women, people over the age of 60 and children between the ages 6 months to 5 years old will be vaccinated first. The first wave of people are seen to be the most susceptible to the virus. After the first wave of vaccinations are distributed, then all other citizens across Canada will be able to get there H1N1 vaccination. There will be many more adds to come that will address all Canadians to get the shot. We have all seen the ads already posted about how to protect ourselves and others such as the cough and sneeze into your sleeve, wash your hands with soap, use hand sanitizers. However according to Steve Rennie “The agency topped up its marketing budget this month to $8.5 million, which is being spent on newspaper and public transit ads and radio spots that began airing recently.” So I wonder if they are spending this much money to get the news out there to inform us, if I should get the H1N1 shot.
Are any of you?

http://news.ca.msn.com/canada/cbc-article.aspx?cp-documentid=22403357

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