About H1N1 vaccine, H1N1vaccine production, H1N1 vaccine manufacturers

The H1N1 vaccine is being offered to children as young as 6 months. It’s given as a nasal spray. This is a live virus and, as such, can be spread from the droplets of the nasal spray. Those with underlying health concerns are being offered the injection which is a dead virus and, as such, can’t be spread to others. You’ll want to check the CDC
‘s website http://www.cdc/gov for additional information. Reaction to the injection may cause some discomfort and mild temperature elevation, but not the full blown virus. My children are older and will receive the injection. They will also receive the current flu vaccine.

Personally, my opinion on the matter is that people only hear what they want to hear. For some reason, people want to believe that this vaccination is something new, different, and perilous. I’m not sure why people want to believe this. There are parents of a bunch of dead kids who I’m sure wish the vaccine was available a small bit sooner.

I have no ties to any pharmaceutical company (I’ve seen people accused of that on here too). Lets reckon this through for a second. What is H1N1? It is a type A flu virus. How long have flu shots been around? About 15 to 20 years from my recollection. What exactly makes the H1N1 vaccination any different than any other flu shot? Except for the virus, not a whole lot. Pharmaceutical companies are going to use the same base as they would for any other flu shots (to the extent they can). It costs too much money to develop a vaccination from scratch. To save time and money, they are going to reuse as much of their previous reearch and supplies as they can. If you look at the CDC website, they even state that the H1N1 vaccine is made at the same facilities using the same processes at the seasonal flu vaccine (http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/vaccination/public/vaccination_qa_pub.htm toward the bottom). Yet how many people are worried of giving their kids the seasonal flu vaccine?

I have not gotten my children vaccinated. I do plot on it. Odds are in a childs favor that even if they become infected with H1N1, they will not die. I read that in over 70% of the deaths of children that had H1N1, there was a serious underlying medical condition. But, I have no thought if my kids have an undiagnosed issue. If the odds are against us, I’m not sure I could forgive myself for letting my child die from a preventable disease. I’d rather take my chances with Thermisol than with the virus (we’ve all had dose after dose of Thermisol containing vaccines…how many people you know that had issues that could be attributed to it?)

Any vaccination has potential side effects. As a parent, it is hard to know what is right. I am not a medical professional, but I know enough about chemistry to know what some of these preservatives and chemicals can do to people. But, these chemicals are a calculated risk. The risk of a child with H1N1 is unpredictable. As a person of science, I’ll take my chances with the researched chemicals that have been administored millions and millions of times over the years.

Besides, if the H1N1 vaccination is so terrible, where are the throngs of medical workers, doctors, and nurses filling the street, refusing to take the vaccine? These are the people who know best. My kids’ doctor is also a family friend. I pay them to be the doctor and provide the expert opinion on what is the best medical options for my child. I may not believe the CDC or the government, but I trust my child’s doctor.

A 14 year ancient girl from the nearby town of Naperville died this week. She tested positive for H1N1. She also had an underlying medical condition that I believe was undiagnosed. I want to do everything I can to make sure that is not one of my small girls.h

I wouldn’t worry about the autism tale too much! See two more or less random links I found with google about the debunking of the vaccine-autism link.

But, a vaccine, like all medicine can have side-effects and reactions and having your kid needled is never fun, so it’s about weighting the options. One way to go is to have the needle yourself so the chance your kids is getting it from you and your spouse is reduced.

Don’t worry too much though, the H1N1 is just a flu and like any flu there is a very small risk involved but would you consider giving your daughter the normal flu injection? If not, why would you consider the H1N1 vaccine?

Simple rules to choose for yourself if you need H1N1 vaccine is: have you diabetes, asthma or heart disease? If one of them is yes, it’s better to get it, otherwise it’s harder to say if it’s useful or not.

As we in australia have been ‘hit hard’ with the swine flu, let’s try to place things in perspective. A normal flu has about 1 in 1000 mortality (so of every 1000 that has the flu, one dies) the one that dies is often ancient or has some medical condition. It seems like the H1N1 had a lower mortality than the 1 in 1000 (so it’s a mild flu) but, there have been a few cases where healthy young people died unexpectedly.

Why is the government pushing the vaccine? One of the reasons is the dread that the H1N1 could combine with another flu strain and become more potent. By limiting the infections, the changes of this happening is vastly reduced.

ok i just looked up some info regarding this outbreak of H1N1 and incidents of GBS in ’76, seems the chance of dying from swine flu are place at .01%… that is from people who get it, and back in ’76 when that last use a swine flu vaccine int he states .001% developed GBS (approx 500 cases out of over 48 million vaccines, and of that number 25 died)

based on that data i am feeling much more comfortable about getting my kids vaccinated

from everything i’ve read the link between vaccines and autism are in the dread that the mercury used as a preservative may contribute to autism, excellent new if that IS right is there are versions of the H1N1 vaccine that do NOT have preservatives thus are mercury free… just question your doctor they will know which version they were sent… but i will say i spoke to my ped last week and he didn’t know which version he will be sent so it looks like the doctors wont know till it arrives