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!!!