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myxomatosis8  Title: amateur zookeeper
Posts: 800
Registered: 2001-7-14 23:45:21
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Date Posted:
10/20/09 7:22pm
Subject:
H1N1 |
Same issue here, apparently... regarding the vaccine with/without adjuvant. Then I just read this: "Canada has purchased 1.8 million doses of inactivated H1N1 vaccine without adjuvant, but those will not be available until November."
Either way they're keeping it only for pregnant wimminz, so it's not like I could choose to get that given to my kids. Sounds like 9/10 better than 6/10 for immune response and protection anyway.
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Darwynnia  Title: Sugar Kibbi
Posts: 311
Registered: 2003-10-13 07:40:13
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Date Posted:
10/20/09 7:22pm
Subject:
H1N1 |
Jennifer_the_Great posted:
I'm amazingly aggravated. My OB office got their doses the day before yesterday (and yesterday was my weekly appointment). Awesome, right? No. All they have are the multi-dose vials which contain thimerosal. I understand that the government has supposedly dis-proven any risk between thimerosal and autism, Guillain-Barré, and all the other disorders/diseases that people have linked to thimerosal (mercury). I don't care, I'd rather not take the risk. (And since both the United States and the European Union have banned thimerosal from children's vaccines as of 1998? 2001? - that just further influences my desire to not take any unnecessary risks.)
My doctor (who couldn't answer a single question about the vaccine that I had, didn't have a clue what thimerosal was, and pulled the 'but you don't want to die and leave your children without a mommy card) recommended the vaccine anyways - to which I said no.
The only way (currently) to receive a H1N1 vaccine without thimerosal is to get your hands on a single dose syringe. I can't find one to save my life. 
If you have that many issues with your doctor, I'd suggest finding a new one.
The flu vaccine has always had thimerosal in it.
We get vaccinated next week.
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PepsiFlavored Title: Haha! Wait. What???
Posts: 13
Registered: 2007-1-4 15:43:16
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Date Posted:
10/20/09 7:23pm
Subject:
H1N1 |
Tuneses posted:
im all for vaccines but for some reason im on the fence about this. Its just too new i guess.
This is the main reason why I refuse to let my daughter get this vaccine.
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myxomatosis8 Title: amateur zookeeper
Posts: 800
Registered: 2001-7-14 23:45:21
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Date Posted:
10/20/09 7:23pm
Subject:
H1N1 |
Every year's influenza vaccine is as new as this one, apparently.
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Liquid741 Title: VN Sensei
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Registered: 2006-12-16 13:56:50
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Date Posted:
10/20/09 7:23pm
Subject:
H1N1 |
ive know 6 people to get it thus far...and all have reported its just a amped up type of the reg. flu...basically they were laid up for about 3 days and then they were good to go.
they were treated with rest and tami-flu.
the media needs something to talk about, so im sure some of the hype is unwarranted.
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Darwynnia Title: Sugar Kibbi
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Registered: 2003-10-13 07:40:13
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Date Posted:
10/20/09 7:23pm
Subject:
H1N1 |
myxomatosis8 posted:
Every year's influenza vaccine is as new as this one, apparently.
This is true; they try to forecast which strains of the flu virus will be prevalent in that year, and create the vaccine with them.
Sometimes they're right on the money, sometimes not so much.
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myxomatosis8 Title: amateur zookeeper
Posts: 800
Registered: 2001-7-14 23:45:21
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Date Posted:
10/20/09 7:23pm
Subject:
H1N1 |
Liquid741 posted:
ive know 6 people to get it thus far...and all have reported its just a amped up type of the reg. flu...basically they were laid up for about 3 days and then they were good to go.
they were treated with rest and tami-flu.
the media needs something to talk about, so im sure some of the hype is unwarranted.
I agree, then you start hearing about the people who didn't have any underlying conditions or immune weaknesses or other health issues, and some of them are dying. From the flu. I still can't believe that there was nothing else wrong with that 13-year old boy from Toronto. Was feeling better, fever gone, then an hour later he collapses and dies. They were unable to resuscitate him, though they tried, called paramedics immediately, etc.
EDIT: 10% absentee rate right now at my MIL's school. I wonder how that stacks up with other Octobers in other years...
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Fuury Posts: 29
Registered: 2003-1-15 04:28:29
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Date Posted:
10/20/09 7:23pm
Subject:
H1N1 |
I live South of Boston near the Rhode Island border and I think there has been one confirmed case in the town next to mine. I am a swim instructor at the areas Y and I have noticed a drop off in attendence in the last couple of weeks.
On the plus side my daughter's pediatrician is doing an EXCELLENT job keeping people informed about what to do, when they are getting vaccine and how they are distributing it.
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Darwynnia Title: Sugar Kibbi
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Registered: 2003-10-13 07:40:13
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Date Posted:
10/20/09 7:23pm
Subject:
H1N1 |
Fuury posted:
I live South of Boston near the Rhode Island border and I think there has been one confirmed case in the town next to mine. I am a swim instructor at the areas Y and I have noticed a drop off in attendence in the last couple of weeks.
On the plus side my daughter's pediatrician is doing an EXCELLENT job keeping people informed about what to do, when they are getting vaccine and how they are distributing it.
I know a lot of my old co-workers at Foxwoods will be getting the vaccine, since they're working at infection central.
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Ah-Schoo  Title: Fuzzy Caterpillar of Friendliness
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Registered: 2000-8-11 09:05:29
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Date Posted:
10/20/09 7:23pm
Subject:
H1N1 |
Friends we invited over for Halloween canceled as all three of their kids have it. =/ (They're doing ok.)
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