Monday, October 5, 2009
logic over instinct
I had good talk with a friend who is in his residency for pediatrics. I thought I needed some facts from someone that knows what they are talking about. He explained to me how the vaccine is made and the risks involved. The swine flu vaccine is made just like the seasonal flu vaccine, the only difference is the strain of flu virus in the vaccine. Instead of H2N3, H2N1, H1N4 (just an example) it just has H1N1. The risks are the same. 1 in 1,000,000 get temporary paralysis. About half get some soreness around the injection area and a fever that last for a day or two. He also told me the swine flu is killing people in there 20's and 30's. So I should definitely be getting the vaccine. For some reason I still have a little part of me saying I shouldn't get my kids vaccinated, but I am going to go with logic and get the shots.
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