Would you take the H1N1 vaccinne ?

some ppl are against taking vaccinne.

NO I recovered in a week without no shot you wold be fine.

litlefoot01
you don't multiply welth by dividing it.

I'm going to take it - with diabetes, the flu can be a killer

CBS News Exclusive: Study Of State Results Finds H1N1 Not As Prevalent As Feared

I won't be getting the vaccine. H1N1 is being hyped for some reason and even CBS isn't buying it.

Based on the article that Russ posted the link to, it's doubtful that litlefoot01 actually had H1N1.

I will be getting both seasonal and H1N1 vaccinations, as soon as they are made available.

There are lots of naysayers but,IMO, very few of them have any idea what they are talking about, those that do are mostly lacking a sense of scale and proportion, and none of them can be counted upon to take any responsibility for their misinformation if things don't work out for you. On the other hand the people who are up to date in the field are pretty much all for vaccination while admitting that there is always some minuscule risk. That some people, like those with an allergy to eggs, should avoid vaccination.

What bothers me most about this vaccine is that it was approved on a waiver, it's never been fully tested. It's been rushed out the door under the assumption that a pandemic like 1918 was going to sweep through and it just isn't happening.

I intend to take it as soon as it is available here.

I'll pass on the shot until I see more testing, I don't know if this story below is real but I'm going to error on the safe side and wait. I do not believe all the testing on this drug has been done. Kind of reminds me of the shots that said caused Autism.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mScGC7nFDxM&feature=aso

The waiver means far less than people are making of it. It didn't affect he methods used to produce the vaccine and it didn't change how much testing was done. The methods used in manufacture and testing are identical to the regular seasonal flu vaccines. In essence the flu vaccines have been standardized as a delivery system over the last twenty years with only the flu strains selected to go into it being changed.

The difference was primarily in the typical months of consensus building among various administrative structures which select which strains are going to go into next years flu vaccine. Selecting strains is serious business. Pick the wrong ones and you people can die in large numbers. Which is why the process normally takes many months of monitoring to see what is on the horizon and debate to try to get it right. With the H1N1 strain emerging at an odd time it didn't make it into the seasonal vaccine. The only real question was if it required a second vaccine to be released. Once that decision was made there was no debate over what would go into the vaccine so the process went much faster.

I think your premature in saying "pandemic like 1918 was going to sweep through and it just isn't happening". First the virus hasn't even really started 'sweeping through'. The height of the flu season is still weeks off. As temperature and humidity drop, and people are forced indoors, the 'sweeping through' gets easier. The numbers ultimately affected will only be clear after the fact.

Second, I hope it doesn't take people literally dropping dead in the streets to meet your expectations of a vaccine being worth the effort. Vaccines are part of preventing a worse case situation. If your relatively young and healthy the odds are the vaccine might only save you from a few days off work and in bed. But most people have friends, neighbors or family that have more on the line.

Already a few young healthy people, despite getting the full array of medical support, have died. Not being vaccinated isn't safer IMO than getting vaccinated.