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06-23-2015, 05:28 PM
I am attending a mandatory meeting for healthcare professionals on how to deal with epidemics. It is a follow-up to last years’ meeting. When we arrive, we find ourselves in a big auditorium with 500 cots with blankets, as an evacuation center would be set up. We are told that we are going to be expected to stay here overnight. We have the freedom of using our cell phones to tell our offices or loved ones that we won’t return today. We are advised that if we leave the premises, our healthcare licenses will be revoked immediately. There are no armed guards at the doors, just suited men with name tags.
They are giving us the tools for a small pox like vaccination. We can give it to ourselves or have a fellow practitioner do it. There are stations for the inoculations, with cameras in the ceiling watching us. Some of us wonder why we are doing this again. Weren’t we suppose to do this last year, when we were allowed to take the vaccine home and give it to ourselves on a day off, or a day with a small schedule? Some of us, who had done the inoculation last year, in a way of protest, made a half effort to re-inoculate ourselves. There was no response from the eyes in the sky to our protest.
We each had a bed assigned to us. If we felt weak or tired, we were to use our assigned bed to lie down. Otherwise, we were allowed to roam around the inside of the facility. They had buffets with excellent food. We could use our phones to watch videos or browse the web. Those who smoked would walk out one of the exits and smoke within 10 feet of the door. Others stood outside to catch fresh air, talking to the suited monitors. No one was allowed to go beyond the 10 feet without the threat of losing one’s license. However, no other force was being applied.
After awhile, I felt tired. I took a nap on my cot. After a half hour, I woke up refreshed. Others slept for up to 4 hours. I wondered how strong that inoculation was since I found myself tired even with my half effort of applying the inoculation properly.
As dusk approached, the event monitors seemed happy. No one had gotten sick. The worst was a 4 hour nap; that meant that all of us had followed the instructions last year and had done the self-inoculation. We all were allowed to go home at 9 p.m. instead of staying the night because of the excellent results.
They are giving us the tools for a small pox like vaccination. We can give it to ourselves or have a fellow practitioner do it. There are stations for the inoculations, with cameras in the ceiling watching us. Some of us wonder why we are doing this again. Weren’t we suppose to do this last year, when we were allowed to take the vaccine home and give it to ourselves on a day off, or a day with a small schedule? Some of us, who had done the inoculation last year, in a way of protest, made a half effort to re-inoculate ourselves. There was no response from the eyes in the sky to our protest.
We each had a bed assigned to us. If we felt weak or tired, we were to use our assigned bed to lie down. Otherwise, we were allowed to roam around the inside of the facility. They had buffets with excellent food. We could use our phones to watch videos or browse the web. Those who smoked would walk out one of the exits and smoke within 10 feet of the door. Others stood outside to catch fresh air, talking to the suited monitors. No one was allowed to go beyond the 10 feet without the threat of losing one’s license. However, no other force was being applied.
After awhile, I felt tired. I took a nap on my cot. After a half hour, I woke up refreshed. Others slept for up to 4 hours. I wondered how strong that inoculation was since I found myself tired even with my half effort of applying the inoculation properly.
As dusk approached, the event monitors seemed happy. No one had gotten sick. The worst was a 4 hour nap; that meant that all of us had followed the instructions last year and had done the self-inoculation. We all were allowed to go home at 9 p.m. instead of staying the night because of the excellent results.