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09/03/09
Maybe it kills me, maybe it doesn't. I drive in a car, too.
Nothing against the flu shot, it just never seemed to change the amount I got sick the years I had it.
The 9% who replied "yes, but not the swine flu one" baffle me completely.
-Kle.
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I may be taking my chances with ol' H1N1. Back in the last swine flu scare of the 70's, my dad got the shot and then got Guillan-Barre syndrome. He was one of the "lucky" ones and recovered almost fully after weeks in the hospital and months of therapy. Of course, he's back in a wheelchair now in his old age since his legs were affected.
Since my immune system and dad's seem identical, I'm extra-leery of it.
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1. People who work in schools.
2. People who work with the elderly.
3. Those with compromised immune systems.
4. Those who work in hospitals.
5. Very young children.
6. The elderly.
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Where do I find out how to get one and how much do they cost?The Extremely Poor (hi) are just given a half pint of orange juice and asked to keel over in gutters, right?
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I get the feeling Annalee's being funny.
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When a bad outbreak hits, maybe I'll go get my shots but I'm not going after a supply of Tamiflu just yet, thanks.
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09/02/09
One of the cool things about vaccines is that when used properly they can provide herd immunity. You may be fortunate enough to have an immune system that is robust and can take a hit but there are plenty of people out there that aren't so tough. Furthermore, some of those people can't take vaccines due to preexisting conditions, but if the community around them is vaccinated then the disease doesn't have a vector to enter in the population and infect susceptibles, usually those too young, old or otherwise compromised. Herd immunity requires that about 90% of the group be vaccinated so if you're healthy enough to take the vaccine its actually to the benefit of your community to do so. Babies lives are at stake, it's not just a personal choice. [blogs.discovermagazine.com]
I'm also gonna take a stab in the dark and say you're probably young enough to not have lived through a time when vaccinations were all that stood between people and death or disability. The younger generations have been lucky to avoid those scares but there's no guarantee something nasty won't come along any day now and threaten millions with vaccines as one of the few options for survival. It sounds far fetched but ask someone who had to get a polio vaccine as a kid and thanks to that can still use their lungs and legs.
09/02/09
I've had my measles, mumps and rubella (and polio) jabs, incidentally.
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I had influenza once (had the hellish nasopharyngeal swabbing and got reported to the county health dept too) and I remember being in bed and wondering if it was too late to draft a Living Will. The Tamiflu is NASTY stuff too, almost worse than the virus.
09/02/09
1. Who trusts a vaccination program these days? I mean isn't anyone listening to Jenny McCarthy?!? My god, she's a vaccine expert!
2. Why isn't the government just slipping the vaccine into public water like they did with the anthrax antidote?
3. Humanity's in need of a good culling, here's cheering for the swine flu to really hit Massachusetts, New York and California.
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If you see zombie Holmes feel free to kill.
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