H1N1 - if the vaccine is approved soon will you get one?

I'm not planning to get one either. I am more concerned about unexpected side effects, being SICKER, etc. I'm less into invasive medicine anyway, I would prefer most alternative forms of health care whenever possible. I think natural is safer for your body, causes less inflammation and stress and sickness or side effects. It also CAN work, even though people who really stand behind traditional medicine think I am nuts. I am not against having a good safety net in place and I do have a doctor, but she knows that I prefer natural methods first. Prevention is always key, no matter what!

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An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. I am going to break with my traditional feelings on this matter and share with you my favorite preventative product. Or at least I would if it wasn't against the MyLot Code of Conduct. But I could message you if you like, or you could Research Limu Plus. Do that. It is really great for you regardless who gets the commission cheque.

CDC says they'll give it the go ahead even after 6 weeks of testing, doesn't sound like adequate safety measures to me

I am really worried about the safety and efficacy of the vaccine. Most medications are tested for years before they actually use clinical trials with humans, and it doesn't seem like we will have time for this. I am not personally worried because there have been no cases of swine flu in my county or city, so I really don't think there'd be a big chance of me being exposed. I do live in California but it's not like I drive to LA all the time nor am I in big crowds of people all the time either.

Yeah .... the best way is try to stay away from the crowd places. The virus is easier to spread in the crowd. Preventative is better then cure.

I always hear about thimerosal.... and how it is suspected to cause all sorts of things if someone is sensitive or perhaps even allergic to it. Why is this still being used if it is causing people so much harm?

oh hell no! i don't even get the flu shot, i am not letting them give me some swine flu bullsh*t. thank you but no thank you. they are always trying to give us this that or the other thing. i don't want no part of it

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Where do you live? With something like this, you have to weigh your pros and cons. If the vaccine provides some pros but a LOT of guaranteed cons, then why take it on? People have gotten this flu and survived, but it seems like more people may get sicker or even die from the vaccine.

LOL! That's true, that this isn't really worse than the regular strains of the flu, I think they are having issues because this one seems 'uncontrolled' plus it is killing a different demographic than the regular flu seems to. Anything different from the norm seems to throw people for a loop. I'm not particularly worried about it, although I have seen an almost 50/50 from responders here. I think it depends where people live, some people live in areas where there have been cases reported, some people live in other countries. I guess it's key to make sure you get to a doctor if you suspect you might be sick... sooner rather than later, even if it isn't the flu at all. I do get the regular flu vaccine, but my husband gets one at work, and my daughter's ped recommends she gets one too. My son is in high school and he is usually the one who gets sick with whatever goes around and he brings it home. We do what we can to combat that lol. My daughter just started kindergarten so she will be exposed to a lot more kids than preschool so I still agree with the ped that it's helpful. I haven't had a bad case of the flu in years. A mild case but nothing so bad I was incapacitated.

I'm a college student and therefore there have been many notifications sent out to us saying that they will be getting some of the vaccinations once they're ready and we're able to get them and then of course the normal wash your hands stuff. So if can spread rapidly through here, I remember my freshman year getting extremely sick from some virus that spread to a good portion of the student body to where our clinic for over a week was only seeing people if you had over a 100F temperature because of the mass appointments. But I've had 2 cases so far in my hometown and it barely even got covered there since they said it was mild cases and as long as you're healthy you're fine.

I know what you mean... two people I know were basically human guinea pigs for two vaccines that are now commonly administered. One of them ended up becoming violently ill and with a collapsed lung less than three days later.

I am more worried about this vaccine, but only because my hubby and I had a big conversation about it when it was first all over about the swine flu. Apparently back in 1920s or 30s there was some big bad flu outbreak and a vaccine was created and the VACCINE killed more people than the FLU. That flu happened to be nasty, but they didn't realize the vaccine had side effects too. I don't plan to get this vaccine, although I do plan to get the regular flu vaccine. I have been getting them since I was pregnant, so for the last 5 years I have gotten one... 6 years I mean. We all get them, hubby gets one at work, I usually get my son one, and my daughter's ped recommends she gets one. The kids are at school which is where they usually bring things home from. I go to the gym and am out and about around plenty of people who might be sick and I might have no idea lol. I have never been sick - at least not like I got sick before I had flu shots. I did get a mild case one year and it was icky but nothing like 5 days throwing up, nauseated, chills, aches.