President Obama gets H1N1 vaccine - pic

[Kadie]

This photo taken Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009, and released by The White House Monday, Dec. 21, 2009, shows President Barack Obama at the White House as a White House nurse preparing to administer to him the H1N1 vaccine.

[FBaggins]

1. Looks like a bad photoshop n/t

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

2. His kids got it months ago. Why did he wait?

[Barack_America]

3. The girls got it with their classmates.

Healthy 40 year-old men were not among the top priority classes.

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

9. 40 year old men were among the highest risk groups.

Critical personnel were also in the highest priority group. I got mine the 2nd week of October because I was deemed critical personnel. I'm pretty sure he's a hell of a lot more critical than I am.

[blogslut]

4. Why else?

Just to piss people off!

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

6. I thought he might have been scared of autism.

[blogslut]

12. Sorry

I'm not a member of the anti-vaccine club. However, I have never had a flu shot and do not foresee myself getting one in the future. I'm fairly sure that, in the past, I've contracted the flu but I got better. :hi:

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

13. Didn't think you were actually. I haven't had the flu that I remember.

I started getting the flu shot a couple of years ago when some respiratory issues became more common for me.

[ZombieHorde]

5. Men in his age group were supposed to wait because they were low risk and the supply was limited.

My wife and kids received the vaccine, but they would not give it to me because I am an adult non-senior male.

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

7. Sorry you are wrong he was in one of the highest risk groups.

People over 65 were the lowest risk group.

[Hippo_Tron]

8. I thought everyone who did anything regarding the President's health was military

Or at least that was the impression I got from watching the West Wing. There was always some high ranking military doctor who did the President's checkups. I guess it doesn't work that way in real life.

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

10. Here's a good story about them.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/09/23/wh.doctors/

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. She could be Navy in civies

but reality is that they do have some staff that is civies. But since he IS the CiC, he is the responsibility of the Military. And when he leaves office he will have the option of continuing that care with the military. Most Ex Presidents choose not to, and in reality most Presidents do continue their care with their own private doctors as well.

But you can bet he is injured, for example, he will be taken care off at a local trauma center, preferably a military one if that is available.

Way too much inside baseball... I know.

Oh and incidentally that is why Chenney got his care at the Washington Medical Center, at his choice even though as a VEEP he could become CiC in a new york second... and thankfully that did not happen.

Oh and as an aside, you really DO NOT want to get a VIP like this into your hospital, especially your local ER. They pose a security and access nightmare from hell... and yes, been there, done that.

[endless october]

14. glad to see he got the shot.

i got mine about a month ago.

[Historic NY]

15. I like the nurse....