tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215652504344172254.post5847845104600602263..comments2024-01-15T09:53:40.089-05:00Comments on Black Aces: Ugly Flames MomentJeremy Milkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09719907099819957578noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215652504344172254.post-55204908362540599652009-11-05T13:51:12.112-05:002009-11-05T13:51:12.112-05:00Human rights. Give your head a shake.
I have a da...Human rights. Give your head a shake.<br /><br />I have a daughter with special needs. CHEO advised us to get her vaccinated.<br /><br />(We weren't going to because she's 6, and we thought other kids, younger, could use it more than her.)<br /><br />We went to the clinic. No bands left. CHEO is now opening a special clinic for special needs kids. So she'll be taken care of.<br /><br />And now you think "paying" people should get it?<br /><br />So Calgary Flames, and the Leafs, etc are worth more than my daughter?<br /><br />Shit disturber you are. And I would guess a tad ignorant too.<br /><br />I hope you are now giving your head a thorough shake.<br /><br />Count your blessings that you have access to Health care in Canada.<br /><br />From what I hear people in the Ukraine are having a much harder time.<br /><br />Rant over.<br /><br /><br />-KBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215652504344172254.post-18463571330277679292009-11-05T00:13:55.185-05:002009-11-05T00:13:55.185-05:00Andrew! You still living around the Blogosphere! ...Andrew! You still living around the Blogosphere! Come on over to the BoO some time!Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00194666266088544008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215652504344172254.post-76063929310967289902009-11-04T14:38:08.845-05:002009-11-04T14:38:08.845-05:00The thing that bothers me about a debate like this...The thing that bothers me about a debate like this is the way it is framed.<br /><br />I think everyone should have equal access to health care. Like you Jeremy, I think that our health care system goes to the heart of what Canada is all about. <br /><br />Growing up in Ottawa, I remember that when you got sick, you went to the doctor. I don't recall issues of queues, or long waiting lists.<br /><br />What the Flames did is wrong, but I think that it is a symptom of a system that has cracks in it that need fixing.<br /><br />The majority of Canadians want universal health care, yet the system gets worse. With technology today, there should be a way to identify priority people and schedule shots to avoid lineups.<br /><br />As for Andrew's comment about waiting 16 months for a procedure. I agree with him as well. But, to me that indicates that the system is short of resources (either doctors, nurses, hospital beds, or drugs). We need more efficient use of resources.<br /><br />Here's the kicker. I think that there is a group of people who have been purposefully trying to break the health care system for years. They do that by creating stress in the system. <br /><br />Where's the outrage when they cut enrolment at medical schools in the early 90's. That meant less doctors today. Less docs mean more overworked docs, which means more docs who want to move to the US or want privatization in Canada. You need to develop more health care workers.<br /><br />Drug companies are among the most profitable in the world. Regulate them more to get costs under control. They charge too much. They'll argue they need to charge a lot to fund new research. Bullshit. Most new drugs come from research that is taxpayer funded. Drug companies spend a ton of their so-called "research" budget on marketing and promo. Ask Melnyk, he should know, he used to work in the business.<br /><br />People who work towards undermining the system need to be identified and held accountable.<br /><br />I think that if, as citizens, we took as much interest in our health care system as our hockey teams, it would make a big difference.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215652504344172254.post-84079948650972800442009-11-04T13:16:46.085-05:002009-11-04T13:16:46.085-05:00It's a basic violation of human rights to rest...<i>It's a basic violation of human rights to restrict someone from paying for health care that they want/need</i><br /><br />Please tell me that you aren't claiming that it's a basic human right to buy health care. Consider the trouble that most people around the world have in getting proper access to health care. Then consider that you're claiming that the Flames players <b>basic human rights</b> would have been violated if they were told to wait for vaccination so that people who are most at risk of <b>death</b> if they contract H1N1 can be vaccinated first?<br /><br />Here's a philosophical question: are people who value exercising the freedom to pay over increasing the risk of loss of human life really people?hambownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07105598249429771683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215652504344172254.post-23263691514104993082009-11-04T09:10:13.213-05:002009-11-04T09:10:13.213-05:00Maybe it was good that they did receive vaccinatio...Maybe it was good that they did receive vaccinations, just out today..<br /><br />http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2009/11/03/nb-wildcats-h1n1.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215652504344172254.post-37947721945049294902009-11-04T09:10:09.781-05:002009-11-04T09:10:09.781-05:001: I installed Windows 7 and didn't have any p...1: I installed Windows 7 and didn't have any problems. Are you doing a clean install or an upgrade? If you can, reformat your machine and run everything from scratch. Its more work, but I found W7 just worked out of the box.<br /><br />2: I don't like how the Flames jumped the line up, but I think there are bigger problems here. I think the government has handled the vaccine horrifically and they will learn from this, the same way they improved services following SARS. And to 8:04am - the QMJHL people got shots because the kid who died was a minor hockey player (amateur, not "pro"). As a result, they're vaccinating all youth, because they have physically demanding schedules with lots of contact with others.The Tifnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215652504344172254.post-51298644020132088122009-11-04T08:04:09.095-05:002009-11-04T08:04:09.095-05:00You think that is bad.. Our local area QMJHL team ...You think that is bad.. Our local area QMJHL team received their swine flu shots before anyone else in New Brunswick.. .. QMJHL..<br /><br />Though honestly, it isn't really the Flames fault, they called the distributers and asked about getting shots, and they got shots.<br /><br />I also have a pregnant wife, though not yet 20 weeks so not yet a priority, it really doesn't bother meAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215652504344172254.post-58146916700408747062009-11-03T23:40:46.584-05:002009-11-03T23:40:46.584-05:00It's a basic violation of human rights to rest...It's a basic violation of human rights to restrict someone from paying for health care that they want/need.... but hey.... it's the sacred cow here in Canada, and we'll happily forced people to wait for sixteen+ months for procedures the government deems to be "elective" no matter how much pain the wait may cause.<br /><br />Good on the Flames for jumping queues.... more of us should find a way to do it.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10693094640731170153noreply@blogger.com