Will you get vaccinated?

[e1beth1]

My husband and I will not get the vaccinations, I'm just not comfortable with the speed at which it was produced. I do have family members who are at risk and I hope they are to get the vaccination. My oldest neice is pregnant, due in December and she will be passing. Around here the opinions vary greatly. It's going through the schools pretty heavy. My husband works at a convenience store on the campus of our local university and nothing keeps those kids from coming in to get their cigerettes so he's stocked up the store with hand sanitizer (even if it doesn't necessarily work) and Lysol.

[Akadma]

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has officially stated that there will be as many as 30,000 serious, potentially lethal adverse reactions to the novel H1N1 vaccine, while the FDA guidelines for the novel H1N1 vaccine only require that it work in 3 out of every 10 recipients.

I don't want to risk that.

I have asthma, I smoke. I'm allergic to cats, I work at a vet that has a cat rescue. I have kidney problems. When I get a cold, which I rarely ever do, it turns into a long word I cant even spell and I have to be put on steroid puffers. I havent had the flu in 4 years, 5 years ago I got the flu shot and had one of the worst flu's I've ever had.

I guess I believe that people who are of very high risk should get the vaccine, but I wouldn't be surprised if the people who gets the vaccine will still get sick.

" The novel H1N1 vaccine being developed must adhere to guidelines set forth by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA has announced that a vaccine will be accepted if it creates antibodies in 4 out of 10 recipients (40%), with at least 70 percent of those 4 achieving an antibody level believed to provide benefit. This means that an acceptable vaccine candidate would provide “protection” for 28% of vaccine recipients (70% of the 40%), or less than 3 in 10 recipients. The requirement drops to 18% efficacy for those over 65 years of age (60% of 30%). "

I agree with most of you guys; I won't be getting the immunization. Even if it was offered to me for free, I wouldn't get it. I don't think that swine flu is truly any worse than any other strain of flu, as many people die from other strains of it every day, and as long as you pay attention to your health and get yourself taken care of when you start becoming ill with anything, you'll be fine. As long as you're an adequately healthy person who isn't elderly or a child, that is, and I can understand why those people need to get it. I have a terrible immune system, though, and I have a lot of health issues, but I still won't get it because I'm sure that I'd end up with it whether I was vaccinated or not, and probably "from" the vaccination like with the other flu immunizations I've gotten before. But anyhoo, yeah, those are my two cents. LOL.

[blackopal]

I heard about a few cases of H1N1 in my area but I have not taken any preventive vaccination....I don't know if it is a must.