The 'worried well'

Talking to my friend, who works as a practice sister in Bath - she has been inundated with the 'worried well' in her clinics, all demanding a flu jab. She feels that the press has whipped up too much concern over avian flu - and has lost count of the number of times she has had to tell people that there is very little danger from avian flu this winter, and that the flu jab she is able to give is not specifically aimed at it either. What concerns her most, is the fact that a lot of her elderly patients who DO need the jab, have not yet made it to the clinics - and if they don't get there soon, she will have run out of vaccine.

She also gave me short shrift, as I still haven't made it down to my surgery for my jab... so I will HAVE to make an effort soon.