H1N1 fiasco could have been avoided

To the editor:
So some politicians and hockey teams think they are more deserving of getting the flu shot then others, eh?
They travel or are in close contact with so many people of course. Or folks need to be encouraged to get a flu shot and showing "prominent" people getting theirs would help. Yea, sure.
Well, I work in the retail sector. Any idea how many people I come in contact with in the run of a day, or things I touch that have been touched by many others.
And what about our cashiers? They handle money, which is one of the worst things. Seems to me we should go to the head of the line too!
And of course make a photo op of it so as to "encourage" other retail workers to get their shot.
Now I may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer, but from the lineups I've seen, no one needs encouragement to get the flu shot.
And in all the confusion our political leaders are doing what they do best. Blame everything on the other guy.
Perhaps if they spent as much time working together to solve this fiasco as they do bickering about it it would be less of a fiasco.
Come on guys, get your act together and help a little more. That's why you get paid the big bucks.
Donna Benoit
Lower Sackville