Perhaps Someone Soiled Themselves In Fear Of A Shot?

For several years, I was the emergency planner for our county Health Department. In that capacity, I was expected to have protocols in place that could respond to any contingency — floods, tornadoes, terrorist attacks, civil disturbances, fires, explosions, biological warfare, you name it.

One afternoon, a nurse from the immunization clinic materialized at my office door.

Nurse: “Does EmPrep (Emergency Preparedness) have any booties?”

Me: “You mean the little blue disposable footy-things?”

Nurse: “Yeah.”

Me: “I’m afraid not. What do you need them for?”

Nurse: “This is one of those ‘you don’t want to know’ situations.”

I never did find out what they were up to down in Immunizations.