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Bad night sleeping and I was really stiff this morning. We worked on the GHD this morning. For some reason that made me sick to my stomach. I am still having issues with the GHD.

WOD went OK but I was disappointed in my performance. The deadlifts were to be BW but I went with my desired BW of 205. I met my goal of living through the WOD, that’s all I can say. Just have not felt right the last few days so I am looking for things to get better.

Here is a picture of how the wall ball targets are coming at the new box. Our first WOD with wall balls at the new box is going to be a shock for people.

H1N1
In the Akron Beacon Journal today there is an article “Swine flu shots are a hot ticket”.

There were many interesting bits of information in the article but one that really popped out at me was the following.

Alex, a Hudson Middle School sixth-grader, has severe allergies and asthma, which puts him at t higher risk for complication from the flu.

“I’ve had a couple friends and classmates who had swine flu,” he said. “There were 200 kids out with it last week.”

That does not sound good for Hudson.

Take a minute to think about the following:
1) Who told Alex there 200 kids were out with H1N1 last week?
2) Were 200 kids actually tested to determine if they had H1N1?
Here is an excerpt from the Ohio Department of Health regarding H1N1 testing, dated August 5, 2009:
The ODH algorithm for testing clusters of influenza A H1N1 will not likely identify the initial case; however, it will enable local health jurisdictions to institute effective disease containment strategies for quickly evolving outbreaks in schools and other institutions. Once ODH identifies three to five confirmed cases of influenza A H1N1 as part of a cluster, no further testing will be performed – epidemiological links will be sufficient to establish a diagnosis for providers and responding health districts. If providers have a suspected case of influenza A H1N1 that meets the ODH algorithm, the case should be reported to their local health district.

Perception is reality. This article could make you believe that there are actually 200 kids with H1N1 in Hudson, according to a 12 year old. I believe there are kids with the flu in Hudson but since it appears that individual testing of each kid is not done to determine the type of flu we can’t really say they all have H1N1.

The good news would be that Hudson now needs 200 less vaccines since these kids have already had H1N1. But if they have not really been tested how can parents be sure? Should they get the vaccine since Alex said they already had the Swine flu? What if they really did not have the Swine flu but might get it later?

Another interesting bit of information in the article was the following.

As a result, the line was swarming with restless youngsters and weary pregnant women. At least two of the women went into labor during the clinic, according to health department officials.

Have these women been driven to stand in line and go into labor to get a vaccine? Is getting your flu shot important enough to stand there and go into labor waiting for it?

Finally this comment that sums up the attitude of some people.

“I think it’s important,” Schuellerman said. “There’s a reason why they’re recommending it. God forbid I didn’t get it and something happened.”
Link to entire article

In Ohio, testing for the swine flu virus will only be done on patients who are being admitted or are currently hospitalized with influenza-like symptoms and patients with influenza-like symptoms who are part of a cluster or outbreak being investigated by a local health district and the Ohio Department of Health.

Bottom line, if someone tells you they have the Swine Flu ask them how they know.

Brian caught this shot of me the other day. I really don’t feel like I am an obese guy but according to my BMI I am.

I just liked this t-shirt

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