Poll: Are you vaccinated agains the H1N1 aka. Swineflu?
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Yes I know, I studied about it enough. However, I am not sure if the 1918 Spanish Flu, which was an H1N1-A subtype virus, was a recombination of H1N1 and H3N2. I remember the WHO saying that the 2009 H1N1 was supposed to be a new strain because it had recombined genetic information from Bird flu and Influenza A, (possible with H2N2 as well) which resulted from the natural combination of the viruses in their latency period in the host (pig) who had contracted them.Skeleon said:
Eitherway, I didn't get it. Yay!
It most certainly is a pandemic, it's spread across the planet. Likewise, HIV is pandemic. The common cold one could argue is pandemic. Pandemic has nothing to do with pathogenicity.Mr.Black said:
Yes it does. In the same way that meat has sulphur in it (gotta love methionine) in the same way that sugar has oxygen in it. It is not free-floating mercury. It is in the molecule. There is no more reason to fear the mercury in vaccines than there is to fear the "toxic chlorine, the same stuff as mustard gas" in table salt.Assassin Xaero said:
Yes, swine flu is pretty mild. Unless it mutates. Yes, if it mutates the vaccine will be less effective, but thats still more effective than NOT having the vaccine.
So get the vaccine, contribute to herd immunity and reduce the chance of a deadly outbreak.
Swine flu is just regular flu, but someone sneakily put 'swine' in front of it when we weren't looking, so of course the worlds media blew it way out of proportion.
nope I dont have it not going to its the same as a regular flu (for healthy people atleaset) and its only dangerous if you have another disease (like diabeates) or are very old
My family made me get vaccinated. Not like I give a fuck. If it makes them happy, it's fine from me.
I have the same situation but I haven't taken it yet. I'm still thinking about it. And with my luck, if I take it, I'll be the one to get some horrible side affects after taking the shot even though the chances for that are one to a million gazillion.rokkolpo said:
My country is trying to get every one vaccinated and I was told to come visit the hospital later since I was a little sick the last time. I probably won't go there again.
LimaBravo said:The flu is targetting the young and the healthy ? The flu is suddenly sentient ? Well fuck me thats news when did this happen. Sentient selective viri that is something to be concerned about. Or did your hysterical agitation cause you to phrase your entire argument wrongly.Cilliandrew said:
EDIT:- You 'work' for a medical school ? So janitorial or clerical staff?Simply being in a building doesnt qualify you as an expert. Also 8 years of medical training doesnt qualify you as a virologist. By analogy a mechanic is not qualified to repair formula 1 cars.
Additionally doctors also beleived fumigating the vagina stopped schizophrenia a mere 30 years ago. Doesnt mean their opinions are worth shit. Youll find most virologists have passed on the vaccine due to it demonstrating normal flu resistances. ie A new virus requires two innoculations. 99% of Swine flu vaccinees show resistance after 1 dose.
And how is your opinion any different, man? In the end that's all it is. An opinion. Just like mine.
I didn't say i WAS a doctor, but i work with Doctors and come from a family highly involved in the medical community who are all getting their families vaccinated. They are the experts, and they are seeing enough reason to believe that they are better off getting the vaccine then not.
Of course this is the internet, where EVERYONE can be a dime-store expert, so do what you will.
There's alot of bullshit conspiracy stuff and tales about cheerleaders who are a one in a million-case that the anti-vaccine crowd is twisting to their own devices that people are BUYING because they are too lazy to go out and do their own research.
The fact of the matter is that right now all statistics indicate that the target demographic for this particular strain of flu IS younger then average. Go and look it up, and try not to be a smarmy ass next time.
Do you really want to compare quack-science of 30 years ago to the flu vaccine of today? That's a bit of a stretch, isn't it? Yes Medicine is constantly evolving, but flu vaccinations are something that have quite a bit of accumulated history.
Yes, there's a good chance that people won't ever contract the virus. But why take the chance?
I'm a firm believer of covering all your bases and hedging your bets. There is just no justifiable argument to not getting this shot.
The assholes that should distribute the vaccines in my town want to do more testing before releasing it to the public. So no, I'm not vaccinated yet. Sure has hell going to when the vaccines released.
I didn't get the vaccine, had swine flu, and now I'm fine. Probably would've got the vaccine though.