H1N1 (Swine Flu) Vaccine

[jtwhite]

With the vaccine coming around in the world, will you take it? If you are, do you believe it's safe? Do you think there could be health concerns? Are we trying to inoculate people with this too soon?

Do you think your government will force inoculation?

[adamparkzer]

I dunno if it's safe or not, but I'm probably not going to get the vaccination. I sort of think the entire H1N1 scare is a little exaggerated. I haven't gotten a normal flu shot for over half my life now, and I've never caught the flu before. I dunno why catching H1N1 is more likely than catching the regular flu (I actually think catching the regular flu would be more likely).

There was someone in a high school near my house that had H1N1. I haven't heard any further details about him or her, though.

[jtwhite]

I've never gotten a flu vaccine before and I've never had the flu. The only thing that makes me pay more attention is because it's wide spread in my school. I can't afford to get sick and miss school. My GPA cannot take a hit.

It's also scary to hear that 19 kids with no pre-existing health conditions died that last week from the Swine Flu... However, that doesn't sound like a lot when you compare it to the yearly death the regular flu causes.

[Smith6612]

I haven't been down with the Flu since I was 8 years old. I'm not too worried as I'm not out in the public all too often. My area doesn't have many reports if that of Swine Flu so that makes me less concerned none the less. For the vaccine, I don't know how much testing it's gone under, but I'm not going to be getting it unless the time comes where I do need something.

[jtwhite]

...I'm not going to be getting it unless the time comes where I do need something.

I like that idea. I probably won't get it unless it becomes widespread in the community as it is at school. I'm really skeptical about its safety right now.

[Sharky]

I dunno if it's safe or not, but I'm probably not going to get the vaccination. I sort of think the entire H1N1 scare is a little exaggerated. I haven't gotten a normal flu shot for over half my life now, and I've never caught the flu before. I dunno why catching H1N1 is more likely than catching the regular flu (I actually think catching the regular flu would be more likely).

There was someone in a high school near my house that had H1N1. I haven't heard any further details about him or her, though.

Rumour has it, many people are catching it and naturally recovering from it without realising.

[jtwhite]

Rumour has it, many people are catching it and naturally recovering from it without realising.

Without realizing they have the flu? Thinking it's just a bad cold or something? I've also heard that this is a much shorter flu, the symptoms are just more vigorous.

[adamparkzer]

Rumour has it, many people are catching it and naturally recovering from it without realising.

That makes sense, as the symptoms for flu and cold are very similar. Who knows, I might have H1N1 right now (because it seems like I have a cold), but I'm doing fine. I've had a cough for a week or so already, but my dizziness, runny nose, sneezing, and other symptoms have gone away a while ago.

[jtwhite]

That makes sense, as the symptoms for flu and cold are very similar. Who knows, I might have H1N1 right now (because it seems like I have a cold), but I'm doing fine. I've had a cough for a week or so already, but my dizziness, runny nose, sneezing, and other symptoms have gone away a while ago.

I hope that's how it end up for the majority of people. The only thing I'm worried about is it mutating and coming back next year.

[fractalfeline]

The main reason people were making a hoopla about it was because it shared a certain amount of genetic commonality with the infamous Spanish Flu, and some people were concerned we'd have another epidemic like that. The main thing that made Spanish Flu different from regular flu was that it illicited an overwhelmingly over-the-top inflammatory reaction, and thus young adults tended to die from it. That's because their immune system is at its prime, and able to conjure a vigorous response.

I think people overestimated its real impact. Yes, the H1N1 has caused deaths, more than the usual flu (more young people also), but it doesn't seem like it will reach a point where it will be an epidemic death plague. My theory is that the population has already selected the people that have a lower response to that particular type of strain (I mean Natural Selection, the ones susceptible to Spanish Flu died off, the remainder are resistant and breed). Thus, you see a lot less people choking on their own phlegm. You have to realize... the regular flu tends to kill off a certain amount of the population anyway, typically people with immune dysfunctions, complications, and the like.

That being said, I'll probably get the vaccine, just because I spend a lot of time on public transportation and near hospitals. But for all I know, I got it already. I had a pretty nasty cold a couple weeks ago.