Will you be vaccinated for Swine Flu?

[Mouse House Mama]

No. Nobody in my home will be getting it. I do not think that they know enough about it. They do not know the long term side effects (if any) and they do not know if it will even cover the strains that are going around. It is only a guess. Many peds offices here are not even carrying it. Sorry but we don't want to be guinea pigs. We will practice good hygeine and hope for the best. FTR- we don't get regular flu shots either.

 

[lsyorke]

This article is far from a "confirmed" situation, but it's something I'll be keeping an eye on.

http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2009/09/24/11097061.html

 

[Deb in IA]

Just remember, the rapid test has a very high false negative rate, so if he has asthma I would be proactive about the Tamiflu regardless of what the rapid test says.

And remember, Tamiflu IS effective against H1N1, but NOT against seasonal flu.

 

[kilee]

Not an option for me. My work is part of a disaster response team to respond to any medical shortages caused by wide spread outbreak of H1N1 in our area. Therefore, my work has made it mandatory that by 11/30 we have to have both the traditional flu shot and the H1N1 vaccination. I like my job and want to keep it, therefore I will be getting both because they state I have to.

 

[Pennykay]

According to the CDC H1N1 is all they are seeing anyway, so as of now the seasonal flu is not an issue.

 

[kilee]

Just remember, the rapid test has a very high false negative rate, so if he has asthma I would be proactive about the Tamiflu regardless of what the rapid test says.

I would only take Tamiflu or have my child take Tamiflu if I knew it was going to work. I am actually taking this as we speak because I was sent home yesterday w/ a positive rapid flu test in the office. I've taken 4 doses now.....well within 30 minutes of each dose it KILLS my stomach for a good 1-2 hrs. Honestly, I don't feel any sicker than having a bad cold, and I've yet to have a fever. I also have asthma, so w/ the positive flu test I'll take the Tamiflu, however after only 2 days on the meds, there is no way I'd take it unless I knew it was 100% indicated for what I had.

 

[Sleepingbooty]

My family and I will definitely be getting the vaccine. There is plenty that is know about it - it is made the same way they make the vaccine they use every year, except that the flu strain used is the H1N1. If the strain had been isolated in time, they would have just included it in the new 2009 flu vaccine. By they way, you take in more mercury eating a tuna sandwich than by getting a vaccine with Thimerosol.

 

[Shelly F - Ohio]

Nope... If it's my time to die then so be it.

 

[Deb in IA]

By they way, you take in more mercury eating a tuna sandwich than by getting a vaccine with Thimerosol.

Good point. And yet, you never hear about tuna sandwiches causing autism . . .

 

[Mouse House Mama]

I'm not sure what you mean by this. Are you saying that your family typically delays getting flu vaccines fora few months to see if any unexpected problems are caused by them? If so, I wonder why you would get these vaccinations at all, since by that time you would have either already caught the flu or would be significantly less likely to get it.
It is crazy that anyone should have to wait this long to be eligible for insurance through work. For jobs in health care to pull this kind of thing is unconscionable.

Selective delayed vaccinating means that they do not chose every vaccine out there and they do not go by the schedule that the CDC has decided they should. We have also chosen to delay certain vax and decline others all together.
Oh- and no flu shots of any kind for us.

 

[Minniemama350]

I will not get it, because they say 98% of the illnesses are that right now. I think I've already had it and Dh probably has too. I haven't decided about my kids yet.

 

[locolala]

Well, it looks like now I might end up with something worse than flu. One of the kids I sit for doesn't get vaxxed, and came home with whooping cough. The DPT shot tends to fade and my docs recommend that people my age get a new one. I haven't gotten it yet. I'm so poop outta luck now. If I end up with whooping cough, I'll get hospitalized. I'm allergic to the main antibiotic they use to treat it.

 

[cruisnfamily]

And remember, Tamiflu IS effective against H1N1, but NOT against seasonal flu.

I thought Tamiflu has been used for years against the regular seasonal flu? I remember getting Rxs for it a few years ago when DS had a "classic case" of the the flu.

 

[BibbidiBobbidiBOO]

I thought Tamiflu has been used for years against the regular seasonal flu? I remember getting Rxs for it a few years ago when DS had a "classic case" of the the flu.

Last year only, it was not working against the A strains. It had been in previous years. It WAS working against the B strain this past season and against H1N1 now.