[samne]

Is anyone getting the H1N1 vaccination?

Or, more importantly, will your kids get it?

[MrOilers]

Yes, and yes.

It's just a needle.

[Cambridgite]

No. I'm going to tough out this horrible outbreak with a little thing called my immune system. :)

[mersar]

I'll likely get it, only as I work at a University and its pretty much a guarantee that there will be at least a few cases here.

[MrOilers]

No. I'm going to tough out this horrible outbreak with a little thing called my immune system. :)

Why not train your immune system with the vaccine so you don't make anyone else sick while your immune system is fighting this thing (if you get it)?

:P

[kool maudit]

is there any paranoia out there about this jab?

[mylesmalley]

is there any paranoia out there about this jab?

check out the comments section on any CBC article about it. You'll find your answer.

[Kevin_foster]

Read up on what an adjuvant is, and what it can do to you... then tell me if you want the shot!

I'm staying far away from the vaccination, I'd rather tough it out than line the pockets of drug companies who are pushing this down peoples throats.

[Cambridgite]

is there any paranoia out there about this jab?

Yep. There's the paranoia of the mainstream media, which is pretending that this is the modern equivalent of the plague.

[jeremy_haak]

Read up on what an adjuvant is, and what it can do to you... then tell me if you want the shot!

I'm staying far away from the vaccination, I'd rather tough it out than line the pockets of drug companies who are pushing this down peoples throats.

Why don't you enlighten us? I probably won't end up getting the vaccine, but that's only because I am absolutely petrified of needles.

[graupner]

My job is giving 10 doses of Zanamivir or Oseltramivir ( I have to choose tommorow) to every employee for free.

I would have prefered a 300$ pay bonus.

[The Chemist]

I'll get it if my school makes all the teachers and students get it, otherwise I'm not worried about it. I think the media has blown this whole H1N1 thing WAY out of proportion.

[manny_santos]

I'm not getting this vaccine. It has not been properly tested and has been rushed to market without a thorough risk-benefit assessment.

It's all about lining the pockets of drug companies, I agree with the one poster above.

[The Jabroni]

I'm not getting the vaccine, and I too think that the media blew this whole thing way out of proportion.

[vid]

I'm not getting this vaccine. It has not been properly tested and has been rushed to market without a thorough risk-benefit assessment.

It's all about lining the pockets of drug companies, I agree with the one poster above.

All flu vaccines are "rushed". They make a new one every 6 months. So I imagine you don't get those either?

How long should we test it? A year? two years? six? On how many people? Five thousand? One hundred thousand? A million?

[SpongeG]

i don't know if i will but i am diabetic and maybe i should?

i've never gotten a flu shot before

but locally its been the #1 story on the news the last couple of days

[Distill3d]

I'm getting the vaccine, but I'm still more worried about catching Tuberculosis or Bubonic Plague than I am catching H1N1 or any "flu de jour".

[vid]

Speaking of things that are worse, the Strep A outbreak in my neighbourhood is over. It had a death rate of only 40%.

That is, if H1N1 was as lethal as the Strep A outbreak surrounding my apartment, about a million people will have died by now.

[matt602]

Probably not, in all honesty. I haven't gotten a tetanus shot in about 20 years. That's probably a more important needle.

[Rumors]

Yes needles don't bother me. :evil:

[O-Town Hockey]

Speaking of things that are worse, the Strep A outbreak in my neighbourhood is over. It had a death rate of only 40%.

That is, if H1N1 was as lethal as the Strep A outbreak surrounding my apartment, about a million people will have died by now.

I'm not sure where you're getting those stats from, but a 40% fatality rate from GAS is ridiculous. You're probably referring to the EMM-50 strain of strep that has popped up in Eastern and Northern Ontario over the last couple of years. Hundreds of people have been infected with this in Ontario (more than 300), the vast majority being regular old strep throat, and were treated successfully with antibiotics. There have been 10 deaths and almost all of them were in high risk people, including a number in IV drug users who basically inoculated their own blood with the bacteria. This new strain is more invasive and resulted in some pretty significant infections (pneumonia, necrotizing fasciitis, meningitis), but please don't add to the hysteria with false statistics.

As a physician I'm recommending that all my patients (and my family members) get vaccinated and I will get it myself. I have a lot of faith in vaccination and anyone who questions its importance and effectiveness can please refer to the dramatic changes in death rates over the 20th century as new vaccines were developed. Seatbelts and vaccines top the list of our greatest public health successes. Handwashing is up there too and will probably protect you this winter better than any vaccine will.

[vid]

A strain of invasive Group A streptococcus called EMM-59 has been moving east across the country since it was first reported in British Columbia in 2006.

In the past six months, 15 new cases have been reported in Thunder Bay, bringing the total number of cases there to 90 since August 2007, according to the Thunder Bay District Health unit.

In the past few weeks, two more people have died, bringing the number of fatalities since August 2007 to 13. Normally, there would be one or two deaths in that time, said Lee Sieswerda, an epidemiologist with the health unit.

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/11/group-a-strep-thunder-bay.html

The death rate was 13 of 90 cases in Thunder Bay alone, which is 14%, not 40%. It was still more lethal than swine flu. In that time period, only 4 people should have died of EMM-59. It has been spreading across the country for a few years, but we were hit harder than most.

[Bedford_DJ]

Unless they offer it at my scholl I probably won't.

It's just as dangerous as the regular flu and I rarely get a flu shot. And besides I have a doctor in the house just in case.