Checking in: H1N1
Not to stir the pot here, but we want to know your thoughts on the H1N1 situation in town. Are you getting the vaccine? Are your kids? If so, tell us why. If not, we want to hear about that, too.
Not to stir the pot here, but we want to know your thoughts on the H1N1 situation in town.
Are you getting the vaccine? Are your kids? If so, tell us why. If not, we want to hear about that, too.
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Valerie Catrow
Valerie Catrow is editor of RVAFamily, mother to a mop-topped first grader, and always really excited to go to bed.
Notice: Comments that are not conducive to an interesting and thoughtful conversation may be removed at the editor’s discretion.
I believe it to be a complete waste of time to inoculate myself, my pregnant wife, or anyone for that matter. It’s a strain of the flu. It’s a WEAK strain of the flu. We rarely get sick (maybe once every 2 years, lasting all of 2-3 days) so I’m not worried about this one.
Yet, every time we talk to a doctor, they hit us with a sense of urgency like we’re CRAZY for not getting the vaccine.
What’s up with that?
Since I’m a healthy “young” person, I most likely won’t get the H1N1 shot considering the availability. But I did get the seasonal flu shot like every year.
As for my pregnant wife, she got it as soon as she could. That was quite an experience in itself. We had to go to the Richmond City Health District to get her shot and it was very clear that the city was disorganized in their methods to distribute the few doses they had (only 65 that day).
On the up-side I have to say that most of the people working there were very pleasant and helpful despite the confusion of the whole situation. That and they give the shots for free.
Pregnant women, young children and anyone with a weakened immune system definitely need to start looking to get that shot. There is no reason to be scared of H1N1, but you should be scared of the baseless fears surround the vaccination itself.
http://www.vdh.state.va.us/lhd/richmondcity/
If I had a pregnant wife I’d hope she got the H1N1 flu shot… the risk of gettting it seems way outweighed by the risk of not getting it. Many more pregnant women are on life support than had any rxn to the shot. Check it out.
As a person (a) with a compromised immune system who (b) regularly interacts with patients of unknown immune strength/serostatus and (c) frequently babysits young children, you bet I’m getting my H1N1 shot as soon as I can. I may not get the flu but I don’t want to be responsible for passing it to anyone around me.
My 2 year old got the vaccine for free from Chesterfield County after our regular pediatrician told us they weren’t going to get it in right away and that 2 year olds fall into the higher risk group.
I believe an important part of your responsibilities as a parent is risk management. So, the choices were to keep her away from fun things (indoor inflatable play areas, parks, malls) or get her vaccinated and allow her to live her life the way she is used to.
It was an easy choice.
I’m no conspiracy theorist… But we have decided to not get the H1N1 Vaccine. Here are my worries… I know their have been numerous studies that say mercury in vaccines do not cause autism. However, did you know their is a law now that limits how much mercury can be in vaccines for children. (http://www.doh.wa.gov/h1n1/h1n1_vaccine.htm#16Will_). Why a law?
Did you know that the Mist and Adult H1N1 vaccine contains no mercury (thimerosal). However, the 2 dose H1N1 vaccine for kids does (http://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/Vaccines/QuestionsaboutVaccines/ucm186102.htm). Both the virus and the shot concern me.
not getting the vaccine as I already got H1N1 over a month ago. I have only had the regular flu once and by far, it was tremendously worse than my case of ye ole swine flu. The first two days of H1N1, when I would cough, pains would radiate down my arms… weirdest thing ever and then that symptom was gone. I was able to function through the whole week of being “sick”. No fever, no head cold… just lower respiratory aggravation and couldn’t really get a deep breath for a good week after. That was a major inconvenience. I probably should’ve asked for an inhaler.
Just thought I’d share what it was like for a normal 30 y/o female.
I’m on board with “that smarmy richmond guy” and the concerns Eric is having about the vaccine.
My 4 year old got the H1N1 mist, but I have not. I do want to get it when (if) it becomes available for the sole reason that I have an infant at home. He’s too young for any kind of vaxes (have to be older than 6 months) so I’d just get it to play it safe. My husband and I have already recieved seasonal flu shots.