H1N1 Vaccine and Infants...

[Jeremy+3]

That is very unfair, here only the NHS has them, so the people who are on the at risk list all have their flu vaccine and swine flu vaccine now.

 

[16th ave.]

thanks jeremy,
last week when we took the girls for their checkups, the ladies running the office explained to us what had happened. it was really upsetting.

i don't begrudge anyone for wanting to get this stuff and protect themselves. but come on... for those who are not in the risk group to take away from children????, even if i did not have kids, i'd be upset to hear about any "healthy" people getting the shot before anyone in the risk group. i won't say anything about the prisoners.

 

[lindsey2write]

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[DreamsMayCome]

H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine FAQ
its got some questions w/answers you might want to check out. but dh and i have been seeing on and reading in the news quite a bit of conflicting information on all the flu this season from school closings to who is getting hit the hardest.

Another good resource is the Cold and Flu tracker, this is if you want to mete out a little prevention. It's a app created by Triaminic (I work for a marketing company that has been doing campaigns for them) designed to help track trends in the cold & flu season.

H1N1 is a major problem, but it's easy to forget that, just like standard flu, a little prevention goes a long way.

 

[zeitgeist]

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</s>The shots, made by Sanofi Pasteur, were distributed across the country last month and most have already been used, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The 800,000 pre-filled syringes that were recalled are for young children, ages 6 months to nearly 3 years.<br/>
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Dr. Anne Schuchat, a CDC flu expert, stressed that parents don't need to do anything or to worry if their child got one — or even two — of the recalled shots. The vaccine is safe and effective, she said.<br/>
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The issue is the vaccine's strength. Tests done before the shots were shipped showed that the vaccines were strong enough. But tests done weeks later indicated the strength had fallen slightly below required levels.<br/>
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Why the potency dropped isn't clear. "That's the $64,000 question," said Len Lavenda, a Sanofi Pasteur spokesman.<br/>
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Young children are supposed to get two doses, spaced about a month apart. Health officials don't think children need to get vaccinated again, even if they got two doses from the recalled lots, said Schuchat.<e>

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