rmorse;3544241; said:
Dude, really? This isn't one nasty bug, this is media hype. The common flu is so much worse then this....43 or 44 kids in two weeks? The common flu KILLS 174 PEOPLE EVERY DAY. 115 people die every day in the US due to automobile crashes, 3000 people every day worldwide. 1221 people die every day due to a heart attack.
People really need to stop kirking out on the H1N1. It is NOTHING.
Have you been in the presence of other parents who have undergone similar scary situations with this variant of flu? you should speak to them & how they feel.
we had the regular flu in the past in our family & with friends, relatives, neighbors & all agree in no way does it compare with the H1N1.
I am not saying to panic & yes there is a lot of media hype.
but dare I ask you to show the recent statistics (let's say 2009) for reg. flu casualties vs. the H1N1? your source? can you provide us all with links so we may be on the same page as you? I don't doubt there have been many deaths due to the reg. flu, but this H1N1 is so virulent complications can turn for the worst very very quickly.
and why not the media hype on so many reg. flu deaths? that would make headline newsworthiness as it would intend to scare the public into taking both vaccines since that would make 2 death threatening flu bugs out there!
but I thinks that the reg. flu bug is the more temperate milder experience with not so frequent deaths being reported (tho you quote otherwise). you think NYC would rather let reg. flu related deaths in the 100's go by un-noticed & hype H1N1 deaths only??!!
the H1N1 is the more virulent (but don't get me wrong, I know there are many cases of people catching this but have survived w/o any serious implications - my daughter case in pt.)
but our whole 4th grade was decimated early this yr but T.G. no tragedies. but the experiences felt in their families were all too scary. they too have had the reg flu & never felt this scared as they do with the H1N1. & most all of us had the reg. flu vaccine but no H1N1 vaccine back then, Tamiflu was the only prescription available to lessen the severity.
so dude/dudettes - if you thinks it's all hype, tell that to the families that suffered the most recent deaths (now just reported 16 H1N1 related children's deaths in only the past week! all w/o the vaccines!) - tell them it's all hype & they don't need the vaccine & no big deal that the reg. flu takes more lives. tell them their tragic experience means nothing when looking at the big picture of all the deaths from car accidents, drunken driving, heart attacks, cancer, murders, etc. but that's not to say I am de-minimizing these facts. I am not making the comparisons.
BUT here we're talking about whether to take the vaccine or not as a matter of choice. car accidents are what they are - accidents. heart attacks are to prevent as with virulent cancers. murders are wrong place wrong time just an intentional accident. no vaccines to take to try to prevent these death types. aye?
I will repeat this bright spot reported on one of the morning news shows this week - cameron is a girl who was in excellent health with no underlying conditions (at least no signs of any) who showed all the signs of the flu but her pediatrician's tests came back negative twice - twice tested! so they diagnose other than the flu. but her mother insisted it had to be the flu as her daughter showed all the tell-tale signs. but her condition worsen (almost had lung failure due to complications arising from the H1N1 which lead to pneumonia & then almost a collapsed lung!) & had to be rushed to ER where it wasn't till she reached the hospital was she tested & diagnosed with H1N1. only recently released this week she had been admitted in june! she now has a long recovery period but she is alive & happy for it! & she did not have the vaccine (it wasn't available as is the case in our county/townships).
so dudes/dudettes, tell that to this parent it's not big deal!
ok, I'll stop my lunatically ranting & raving. I am not trying to convince you or others who share your sentiments. I am trying to convince others who may be concern for their own & love one's well being.
but still - like Pro-Choice - taking the vaccine or not is one's choice!
in either case, do stay well do stay healthy - but please don't tell others who have tragically suffered your cavalier view on this health issue. unless you have no emotional compassionate feelings then by all means.
