
Confirmed case of swine flu leads to lockdown at federal prison in N.B.
Published Saturday October 31st, 2009


DORCHESTER, N.B. - The spread of swine flu has led to a lockdown at a federal prison in southeastern New Brunswick.
The Correctional Service of Canada says there is one confirmed case of H1N1 at the Westmorland Institution in Dorchester and a number of suspected cases.
As a result, it says the minimum-security facility is operating on a "modified routine" and regularly scheduled visits have been cancelled.
Officials say steps are being taken to limit the spread of the virus.
Inmates who belong to high-risk groups identified by the Public Health Agency of Canada have been immunized against H1N1.
The Westmorland Institution houses 250 male offenders.




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when big drug company refuse to back up their products there is a problem
The vaccine problem has to do with self righteous people who think they need the vaccine more than the high risk people. There are a lot more than 250 people out there who have done this and yet we do not call them criminals.
Meanwhile people who need the vaccine, more worthy of protection than these losers, have to wait. And the queue jumpers - like a neighbour of mine who is a federally employed lawyer - feel they are more worthy as well. The sense of entitlement is just unreal.
Those responsible for allowing queue jumpers to get to the front of the lines should be fired (like in Alberta).
But then they probably didn't have to have common sense or intelligence for suitability for the job, as bilingualism seems to be the main criteria for most government jobs , so they won't be held accountable for this screw-up, will they??