Did you have the swine flu vaccine this year, did your family members? loved ones?

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

Just thought I would ask since there are many who seem to be upset at the
idea of NOT having the vaccine.

[HuckleB]

1. I did, and so did my three-year-old.

My wife is not in a group that can get access to it, thus far, but she did get the seasonal flu shot. (Oh, and both I and our three-year-old also got the seasonal vaccine.)

[Techn0Girl]

15. Didn't have it - don't need it...

I probably have immunity from a previous H1N1 flu season.

[stray cat]

2. I'm not pregnant and not under 4 years of age - so too low in terms of priority

[Oregone]

3. My entire family is vaxxed

Cept my 6 month old who needs another shot. Its nice piece of mind.

[likesmountains 52]

4. Yes, I'm a health care worker...

[BeatleBoot]

5. Yes.

Asthma, here.

Mrs. B re-skilled herself into the Health Care industry, so she too was eligible for the vaccine.

[Liberal Veteran]

6. I did and then died shortly thereafter.

Fortunately, my boyfriend had a bottle of vitamin d handy and it cured up my death in no time.

[HuckleB]

7. Welcome back to planet earth!

I always keep a syringe filled with vitamin D in my backpack. You never know when you're going to need it!

;)

[BeatleBoot]

8. You are absolutely killing me!!!!

No doubt that you've been reading the same posts I have tonight!


Thank you, you made my day!


:rofl:

[trotsky]

13. Did you catch TEH AUTISM first?

Or was death pretty much your only symptom?

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

19. don't see an answer from you. Did YOU get the vaccine?

just the same old shit on a different day.

Did you get the vaccine?
Did your family or loved ones get it?

[trotsky]

27. I already told you on the other thread.

I haven't, because it hasn't been available to me yet. But my family and I will get it as soon as it is, just like we all got the seasonal flu shot back in September. And we didn't get TEH AUTISM and I think we're all still alive too.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

20. Can you provide an honest answer to the question

or is it too much to ask for an honest answer from you?

[Liberal Veteran]

29. Yes, I can provide an honest answer to the question.

:hi:

[endless october]

9. had it a week and a half ago.

and the seasonal a month ago.

[Tumbulu]

10. My 8 yr old daughter got the H1N1 nasal vaccine 3 weeks

ago, she was on a waiting list. I am not eligible until everyone who has a higher priority than me gets it. I have never gotten a flu vaccine before and neither has she. But this one I feel is far more risky for children. I was born before 1957 and so I supposedly have some immunity to something similar. I am not worried for me, just her and the other children and pregnant women.

[Skip Intro]

11. No, not me, nor any of my immediate family.

Never had any flu vaccine, btw.

And yes, I am at least a little suspicious of any injection the government, or merkglaxopfizer, says I must get immediately to ward off some sudden new threat.

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[mzmolly]

12. No. Supposedly we had the swine flu

already though. ;)

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

18. I thought I read somewhere that the test for it is very invasive

was that at DU?

Like so invasive you don't want that test.

So if few people get the test, how do we get real statistics?

Anyway, I posted a straight forward message, and still the same folks try to
harrass other fellow DUers for their answers.

Sigh, I guess empathy and brain cells are not a requirement.

[Techn0Girl]

23. The test for H1N1 is a blood test...

that I have been told costs about $350. It is a DNA test for the virus itself. Generally such tests take a week or two to get the results back.

[mzmolly]

36. Actually there was a nasal swab

that was done in our case. Yes there is also a blood test but at the time we were dx'd, it was not used. Too expensive...

[mzmolly]

31. From what I've read,

medical professionals are supposed swab clear back to the brain region? :scared: That said, we had a pretty basic nasal swab which returned negative results. The test is highly inaccurate, unfortunately.

[SheilaT]

14. Nope. And I never get the seasonal vaccine

either.

I am 61 years old, pretty much the healthiest person I know, take no regular medications, and believe the best way to build your immune system is to challenge it by getting diseases in the first place. Not a very popular notion these days.

I have had flu several times in my youth. I know I did not get the Hong Kong flu in 1968, which was the last actual type A flu outbreak. I may have gotten the Asian flu in 1957, can't really remember.

And even for those you you who get flu shots and wouldn't give them up, keep in mind that this flu has turned out to be unusually mild. If every flu season every death were reported as breathlessly as seems to have happened this year, almost everyone would be totally terrified of the flu all the time. I just wish they'd report every death from smoking this way. That's 400,000 people per year.

[kestrel91316]

17. I had the seasonal flu shot 5 or 6 weeks ago, and the H1N1 shot 8 days ago.

I wouldn't have it any other way, since it appears I could spread H1N1 to my patients and kill them.

[tavalon]

21. I had it

My son who is severely autistic, does not get vaccinated for anything. I tried to pressure my spouses into getting it, but have thusfar been unsuccessful.

[Chemisse]

32. You have more than one spouse? - nt

[tavalon]

34. Yes, I do

It wasn't a typo.

[K8-EEE]

22. none of us have it n/t

[Liberty Belle]

24. No, San Diego ran out of vaccines and I don't want it anyhow.

Our county clinics have no more vaccines, except a few reserved only for pregnant women.

Even before that it was restricted to young people, pregnant women and health workers, so I wouldn't qualify.

but I don't want it anyway; I never seem to catch flu even though I'm out all over the place as a reporter, exposed to everything. I'm big on taking immunity boosters and eating healthy, the best defense in my book.

I have allergies and don't want the vaccine.

[eridani]

25. No--people over 60 are supposed to have immunity due to exposure

--to similar viruses. First dibs on the vaccine should be those who have not had such exposure.

[uppityperson]

26. I don't know, but got the vaccine and now have to type with my toes

[MercutioATC]

28. I went a simpler route.

I just got H1N1.

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

30. Had it around the middle of October. No side effects, no swine flu.

[Chemisse]

33. Nobody in my family got the vaccine

We all got the swine flu (I think!), but it was pretty minor. I lost one day of work.

[xchrom]

35. i've had both vaccines this year.

get the regular vaccine every year.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

37. I had the regular flu shot, but not the swine flu vaccine (yet).

My school is giving them out on Tuesday.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

40. Got it today.

[Zoigal]

38. Had both H1N1 and seasonal. So did husband.

Our MD was giving it to all her patients. Grandson, wife, daughter and our daughter and grand daughter are all
recovering from H1N1 now. (Boston). They were uncomfortable, yes, but not super sick......z

[SidDithers]

39. My wife, 2 kids, and I all had both on Saturday morning...

sore arms all around, especially from the H1N1 shot, but no other complaints.

Sid