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11/4/2009 12:00:00 AM
Let's discuss 'Inmates at county jail will receive H1N1 shots'.
Inmates at the Elkhart County Jail in high-risk groups for the H1N1 flu virus will be immunized within the next week, according to county health and safety officials.
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| Government run healthcare. Jail inmates to the front of the line!
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| You have to admit that they are a "captive" audience...
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So, does that mean if a person was really desperate to get a H1N1 shot, then there's still time to commit a crime and get one next week? 
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truthuser (11/4/2009)
Government run healthcare. Jail inmates to the front of the line!There you go!!!!! Liberals idea of how everyone should be taken care of.
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Would you still be whining if the inmates where not inoculated. A virus strain in close quarters with so much cross contamination, would cost the county a million bucks, in doctor bills, just to contain. Also, if you do not use the vaccine, you open the county to a Federal law suit based on civil rights. None of this would make sense to you because you believe that an incarcerated individual has no rights. However, the constitution that many of you believe is the last word on everything, would indicate that you are wrong. You have a duty of care even to inmates.
"I think I have wasted an hour of your time and I apologize for that". Glen Beck
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| I'm not sure I buy that argument elwood. Are people confined primarily to an individual jail cell more vulnerable or more entitled than 25-30 children confined together in one room for 7 hours a day? If it was readily available that would be different but I recall hearing that children are the ones most at risk for the virus. Wouldn't that alone make them first in line? just saying
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| I find this to be absolutely absurd after reading a few weeks ago how the "priority" cases would be the first ones to get the vaccine. How many schools are closed because of this? How many children have had to go to the hospital either here or in Indianapolis because they couldn't get the vaccine because their parents couldn't wait in line for 6+ hours to get them the shot? I understand that they're in close quarters...but come on? They're in there for a reason. Children first. End of story.
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| Yes we have a duty to care for inmates. However, they need to abide by the directive set by the health dept like everyone else. They are not above the line. I would think they would be able to quarantine them better than anyone. Lockdown and no visitors until this thing passes and/or everyone is able to stand in line and get a shot. If I am not eligible for one (39 years old), then they should not be. Becasue they are locked up; it is an excuse to "bump" the line.
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I am enjoying the discussion so I will add a little more information. Under the 8th Amendment, inmates are free from inhumane conditions. This was first defined by the Supreme Court in their ruling of 1848. In Massachusetts, a 1995 ruling included jail conditions as they pertain to physical well being. Inmates have the right to adequate medical care. What would that mean to a community if 50% or more of the inmates became sick with H1N1? What would be the cost factor? How about the people who are associated with inmates and make their living working at the prison? Is this a dangerous or unhealthy condition to prison guards or administrators, that would be a OSHA violation casing some liability to the county?
"I think I have wasted an hour of your time and I apologize for that". Glen Beck
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