well, my kids just got the H1N1 vaccine yesterday. so far so good, no adverse reactions. so now they have both. so now it's wait n see if they catch any flu bug despite taking the vaccines.
H1N1 flu shots for our kids + the regular flu shot
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Wash your hands and bundle up in cold weather. The flu is less likely to kill you than slipping in the shower.
^That might just change those chances, but not because you are less likely to slip in the shower 
I know 4 friends who got it, one of whom has Crone's disease, and THEY WERE ALL FINE. Fascinating, isn't it?
I know 4 friends who got it, one of whom has Crone's disease, and THEY WERE ALL FINE. Fascinating, isn't it?
L021;3597283; said:^That might just change those chances, but not because you are less likely to slip in the shower
I know 4 friends who got it, one of whom has Crone's disease, and THEY WERE ALL FINE. Fascinating, isn't it?
So far, I have gotten it, my gf has gotten it, my sister and her husband have gotten it, and both parents have gotten it. All recovered fine, and extremely quick.
NO! I THINK WE SHOULD HIDE OUR IMMUNE SYSTEMS FROM THE WORLD LIKE WE DO TO OUR CHILDREN, AND ONLY SAY IT WAS A BAD IDEA WHEN OUR BELOVED OVERPROTECTED CHILD GOES INSANE BECAUSE WE FORCED HIM TO TAKE AN UNTESTED VACCINE!
Mother is making me get it next week. Total Bulls***. That will be all.
Mother is making me get it next week. Total Bulls***. That will be all.
2 sides of the coin...
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/10/health/10klas.html?_r=3&8dpc
ingredients one should be aware of...
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/additives.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/10/health/10klas.html?_r=3&8dpc
ingredients one should be aware of...
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/additives.htm
"Dr. Paul A. Offit, chief of infectious diseases at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, has written extensively about vaccines and the antivaccine movement. The H1N1 vaccine has 60 years of experience and technology behind it, he said; it’s safe, it’s clearly effective — and yet many people still have difficulty “figuring out where the real risks lie.”
Dr. Offit wondered if people were more comfortable with sins of omission than of commission. Rather than inject a foreign substance into your body, he went on, “you’ll take your chances with a natural virus infection, which may or may not kill you.”
We are not seeing an epidemic of devastating disease, at least not now. But we are seeing a lot of infections with a virus against which children have no immunity, and which has already caused more deaths in children under 5 than we would see in years of regular seasonal flu.
The divided public mood about H1N1 — fear of vaccine and fear that there won’t be enough of it — reminds Dr. Offit of a joke Woody Allen tells in “Annie Hall.” One woman complains that the food at a Catskills resort is terrible, and her friend agrees: “And such small portions!”
So yes, I’m scared. I worry about H1N1 when a young child with cough and fever shows up; I worry about not being able to pick out that healthy child who may go on to get very sick, very fast. That is your basic pediatric nightmare: How do we judge which children are likely to get better and which few may get much sicker, and even die? That is why I find myself trying to offer parents exactly what I want for my own children: vaccine, protection, immunity.
In the clinic, we advise parents to have their children immunized, especially those with asthma or other chronic problems. “People all over the city are begging for this vaccine,” I heard another doctor tell a mother. “We’re incredibly lucky that we have it.”
Dr. Offit wondered if people were more comfortable with sins of omission than of commission. Rather than inject a foreign substance into your body, he went on, “you’ll take your chances with a natural virus infection, which may or may not kill you.”
We are not seeing an epidemic of devastating disease, at least not now. But we are seeing a lot of infections with a virus against which children have no immunity, and which has already caused more deaths in children under 5 than we would see in years of regular seasonal flu.
The divided public mood about H1N1 — fear of vaccine and fear that there won’t be enough of it — reminds Dr. Offit of a joke Woody Allen tells in “Annie Hall.” One woman complains that the food at a Catskills resort is terrible, and her friend agrees: “And such small portions!”
So yes, I’m scared. I worry about H1N1 when a young child with cough and fever shows up; I worry about not being able to pick out that healthy child who may go on to get very sick, very fast. That is your basic pediatric nightmare: How do we judge which children are likely to get better and which few may get much sicker, and even die? That is why I find myself trying to offer parents exactly what I want for my own children: vaccine, protection, immunity.
In the clinic, we advise parents to have their children immunized, especially those with asthma or other chronic problems. “People all over the city are begging for this vaccine,” I heard another doctor tell a mother. “We’re incredibly lucky that we have it.”
rmorse;3613877; said:
can you point us to contrary information? that was just a quote from a philly research doc.
it just that the news continues to report many kids passing away who are otherwise healthy in a shorter period (pre-flu season) than during reg. pre-flu season.
granted there are 1000's more who die from reg. flu-related illnesses (underlying health conditions) than the from the H1N1 espec. the elderly.
thx
