Should Santa be H1N1 vaccinated before teachers?

November 24, 7:26 AMCharter Schools ExaminerKarin Piper

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Hold it! Have you washed your hands and checked them twice?

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Kids across America may note that Santa has picked up a new health routine this holiday season.

No, the bearded fella is not wearing a surgical mask. Yet. But he is pumping hand sanitizers and exercising frequent hand washing between each pint-sized customer’s lap sit.

What Santa really wishes for this Christmas is to be bumped up on the priority waitlist for H1N1 vaccinations. He states a good case: a few hundred germ filled daily encounters by sniffling, coughing, and oozing diaper-clad children.

But Santa’s Christmas wish faces stiff competition from the same request of thousands of teachers.

Teachers are making a strong plea to be deserving of a shot in the arm in the name of germ-warfare, as they face similar elements, but much beyond the holiday rush.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention the current target groups to receive H1N1 vaccines are:

• pregnant women
• people who live with or care for children younger than 6 months of age
• healthcare and emergency medical services personnel
• persons between the ages of 6 months and 24 years old
• people ages of 25 through 64 years of age who are at higher risk for 2009 H1N1 because of chronic health disorders or compromised immune systems.

Neither teacher nor Clause is mentioned here.

No offense to father Christmas, but if Santa is given priority in illness prevention over teachers, it would really say something about American culture. Or someone is working really hard to get off the naughty list.

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