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BolivarianHero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 02:28 PM Original message |
I wasn't planning on getting the H1N1 vaccine, but I've changed my mind... |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. I have been wondering about this. I've never had the flu and never had a flu shot. |
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BolivarianHero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 02:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. You're correct... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 03:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. i have never had flu or flu shot either. nt |
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Roon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 07:31 PM Response to Reply #18 |
41. Catching the flu will make a believer out of you |
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W_HAMILTON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 06:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
32. I never had the flu or a flu shot before either... |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. There is no way to tell in advance who is susceptible to it |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Tiny percentage? |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 02:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. It's still a tiny percentage of those who get sick. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 06:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
31. Fatality rate for the 1918 Spanish flu was 2.5% |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 08:11 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. No kidding, and it's likely to hit the rural third world very hard |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
4. That's how the 1918 Spanish flu killed people. |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Really high, abnormally high... |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 03:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. Yes, it's interesting that the 1918 flu... |
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Cybergata (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 03:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. The Spanish Flu and the Swine Flu are one and the same. |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 04:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
25. My grandmother died in the 1918 flu -- she was only 28 |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
5. A friend of mine just woke up from a three-week coma caused by that the other day. (nt) |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 02:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Someone from the anti-vaccine brigade will pop in here any minute to |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 02:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Most likely, yeah |
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Sheltiemama (892 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 09:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
36. That's terrifying. |
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Not Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
9. I got a seasonal flu shot two weeks ago and H1N1 shot this AM |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
10. I had both last weekend, still feeling great. |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
13. This is a weird flu... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 03:20 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. vacs are not in our area yet. last week took kid out fri noon. low grade fever |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 03:36 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. From what I understand... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. hubby talk to a judge of small town that stays informed for community and runs things. he was told |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 05:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
28. Yesterday's CDC report said that we have lost |
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winyanstaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
14. The only time I ever got a flu shot..I was sick for months... |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 03:34 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Too bad you weren't able to get vaccinated before being exposed. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. i know i heard at least last couple years, the flu vac given didnt hit the flu that was going around |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 04:16 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. That does happen sometimes also. They can and have missed. |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 04:56 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Happened to me. |
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winyanstaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 04:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. If that is always true,..then why was Bayer caught trying to deliver |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 04:49 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Don't get the shot if you are allergic to eggs or other things used to make seasonal vaccine |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 09:44 PM Response to Reply #24 |
37. I am glad you are better now, sounds like something that would really suck. |
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corpseratemedia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
29. I wrote in an earlier post today that I need to get flu shots because of a complication I developed |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
30. I would like to see your sources for that |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 09:13 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Here's the article in the general press |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 05:46 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. other than that article, from back in May |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 06:35 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. The cytokine cascade happens with every flu |
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Orangeone (395 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 07:28 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Viral pneumonia |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 12:18 AM Response to Reply #40 |
44. No, |
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Orangeone (395 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. That's what I thought |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
35. Read The Great Influenza. |
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wishlist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
42. I will get it since only time I had flu (over 15 yrs ago) it got in my lungs first |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
43. So you'd rather face the much higher risk of getting actual swine flu? |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
45. So people with strong immune systems are more likely to die? |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 11:04 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. There is no way to predict who is going to die from this one |
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