Take The H1N1 Flu Seriously

[K9karen]

I haven't had the regular flu since getting the flu shot umpty ump years ago (knocks on wood). You bet your bippy that I'm getting every flu shot available. i take care of relatives in their 90's and can't afford to get sick. They're getting the shots too.

[moosmom]

I agree that the media has blown the H1N1 strain up. But maybe it will make people aware that any flu can be deadly. I know I am much more careful in situations where germs can be spread. I'm not a germophobe (well, almost), but I am more aware.

Well said!!

Unfortunately, my insurance does NOT cover the flu vaccine. I paid out of pocket last year. Not sure if I can afford it this year. The problem is, I work with the public (retail) and customers and their snotty nosed brats are ALWAYS sneezing and coughing in my face. UGH!!! Why can't they just stay the hell home when their sick??

[luckies4me]

My son just had his 2 year checkup and my pediatrician advised against getting the vaccine. I did do a lot of research on it online, through the doctors office magazines, through my own doctor and by reading as much as I could about it through papers and my own magazines. Everyone needs to remember that this is NOT the first time we've had trouble with the swine flu. This is not a "new" flu. Do a little more research. It is getting more attention because it is not as common as your regular run of the mill flu, and it tends to cause much more severe respiratory problems. Back in the 70's (I think that's when they vaccinated people for it) they vaccinated people against this same strain, and guess what happened? Everyone thought it was going to be much more worse than it was, so people freaked out, got vaccinated, and 1 out of every so many people were paralyzed. Look it up. I'm sure you can find something about this online. My boss was vaccinated against it years ago, so you older folks may still have some immunity against it if you recieved the vaccine too.

People die of the regular flu each and every day. People will die of this flu as well. It's just the way things are. Half of my family in California had the H1N1 (which is a shame as they were all sick during the time my sister got married) and they are all perfectly fine. They did have more congestion, but they recovered quickly and are all doing OK now.

My pediatrician advised me to "keep an eye" on it, and if it seems as if it's getting out of hand than maybe then get vaccinated. Until then, don't do it. It hasn't caused enough havok just yet. Plus, next week the virus could morph and there could be even more strains, in which case the shot they have now will be no good. I have gone my whole life with only getting one flu shot, and hey, that year I wound up with the flu. Go figure!

Check this out...
http://healthandsurvival.com/2009/04...arm-than-good/


So yes, 1976... this is not the first time this has happened!!!

[luckies4me]

http://visitbulgaria.info/11049-swin...athing-muscles


Doctors have been put on alert for Guillain-Barr Syndrome (GBS) i. e. a paralysis of the breathing muscles, a deadly disease with a link to swine flu vaccines. The syndrome affects around 1,500 people in Britain every year, attacking the nervous system and resulting in temporary paralysis.

With swine-flu vaccinations scheduled to start in the next few weeks, the Health Protection Agency has warned neurologists to look out for an increase in GBS, in which paralysis of the breathing muscles can cause death by suffocation.

A mass immunisation programme in the U. S. that saw swine flu vaccinations blamed for more deaths than swine flu itself, led to a link being made between the vaccination and the cause of death.

Over 40-million Americans were vaccinated after swine flu broke out at an army base in 1976. The programme had to be abandoned after hundreds of cases of GBS were diagnosed and 25-people died from it.

Elizabeth Miller, HPA Head Of Immunisation, in a letter to the Association of British Neurologists said: 'GBS has been identified as a condition needing enhanced surveillance when the swine flu vaccines are rolled out.'

With 13-million Britons due for the jab from October onwards, the warning adds to concerns about its safety, especially for those suffering from asthma, diabetes, heart disease, renal disease, or who have a compromised immune system.

It is held that normal seasonal flu vaccine should be given at the same time.

[wolfsoul]

I had the swine flu. I was 38 weeks pregnant. And honestly, I've had COLDS that were more severe. H1N1 rarely causes issues. The seasonal flu can kill up to 500,000 people a year (in ONE season!). H1N1 has been around for how many months??? Hasn't killed very many people in my opinion (think about other diseases that kill many more in a lesser amount of time). It's like any other contagious illness -- but because it's new, and there's not much left in the world to talk about these days, the media grabs hold and starts world-wide panic.
Almost any illness can kill us -- everyone should just take preventative measures, think optomistically, and maybe this H1N1 will subside, like the other H1N1 flus did years ago.
Not to make it sound like it's not serious, but I think people need to take a look at the bigger picture. Everything is going to kill us. The media will move on to something else. When cancer entered the picture, they stopped talking about HIV/AIDS. Now it's H1n1.

Swine flu has been going around this area quite a bit. The daycares here have installed hand sanatizing machines and are encouraging parents to send their kids to school with sanatizer. Now the fire departments have to go around to every daycare and school to teach fire safety because the amount of alcohol these little kids carry around in their backpacks is a major fire hazard. Wouldn't it be easier to teach kids how to wash their hands correctly???