Flu Shots Howard Co Md

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From the Baltimore Sun, Howard County offers free flu shots . The Howard County Heath Department is going to hold another flu shot clinic at Gateway Business Park on Sunday Nov 4th from 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM.

I participated in this “emergency-preparedness” exercise last year. The article quotes waiting times last year were 90 minutes. Although I didn’t time it, I’d swear that I waited longer than that. The county is going to try to improve on that this year:

I really support using events like this as preparedness exercises. Last year showed they had some problems and it sound like they are going to address them. In the event of an true emergency like an avian flu out break or other biological event, the experience gained from these types of events could make a difference.

I’ve already received my shot this year, but I you haven’t received yours yet you may want to give this a try. You can’t beat the price and you get to help increase the county’s preparedness to boot. I just wanted to ask a question that is related to emergency preparedness but is outside of the flu shot clinic.

When we design and build schools and other public buildings, does the county include previsions for converting them into shelters during emergencies?

It seems to me that adding provisions for mobile generators, and possibly heating and cooling units by adding “parking pads”, drive on access to large vehicles and the necessary utility connections would be relatively inexpensive if incorporated into the design and construction of a new building. Hopefully they would never be used, but if required they could make a big difference.

Re the slots issue, If they were here, I might enjoy playing them once in a while, but I would not miss them if they were not here. I don’t need the government, or anyone else to tell me whether or not I should play them.

If slots come to pass, they should be managed by professionals who know how to manage them and not by a bunch of bureaucrats who know nothing about managing businesses, or even the Government of which they are supposedly charged with managing. If bureaucrats could manage, we would not have a $1.7 billion shortfall in our budget.

The best way for the government to make any money on slots is to negotiate the best percentage of revenues they can through competitive bidding for the licenses.

BTW, has anyone ever seen a P&L for the Lottery run by Maryland? With all the money the Lottery takes in, why are our schools still crying for more funds? Wasn’t the Lottery initiated to provide extra funding for schools?

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