H1N1-has anyone been sick with it?

General
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i think if you have a lot of underlying conditions it might be a good idea to get it, but if you don't..it's just about keeping healthy and avoiding sick people.

it really is like any flu, so far less people have died from this flu than the seasonal flu(if i've been hearing the news right) and we've been in this "paramedic" alert for how many months now already???

my co-workers and i were discussing the vaccine, after i popped up in the office and went "well..the vaccine is available in victoria on monday"... a woman in my office's daughter is 7months pregnant and went to this free course offered to expecting mothers where they have a nurse and you can ask questions, etc. someone asked about the vaccine, and the nurse told them they are actually now recommending that pregnant women don't get the first batch of the vaccine, apparently there are now observing complications that have arrived from that batch, and to wait until the second one in late november.

my co-workers' family doctor said she is not going to be recommending her patients get the vaccine because she doesn't feel there's been enough of a study done on it, and especially won't be recommending it to women in their first trimester. instead, she is offering the tamiflu to any of her patients who have flu symptons. Call up her office, they will fax a prescription and you just send someone to the pharmacy to get it. According to her doctor, canada is prepared to be giving away the tamiflu like it's candy, and instead of having you come into the ER or the doctors office they want you to simply call your doctor to get the prescription sent so you have as little contact with people as possible.
that same co-worker is 99.9% sure her family already at the flu, and doubts they will get it again but has a prescription waiting at the pharmacy for the tamiflu for each member of her family just in case.

i'm probably just gonna call my doctor and ask about getting a prescription of tamiflu sent to the pharmacy just in case, but I'm pretty sure I'm not going to get the vaccine. my endo didn't tell me i had to get it, so i dont think he'll care if i dont.

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While vaccination is a personal choice, it is a decision that influences people beyond the individual.  Choosing not to wear a seatbelt or use safety goggles typically endangers only one person.  Otherwise healthy individuals not getting vaccinated raise the risk of exposing special populations while they are infectious but not showing symptoms. The pandemic alert from what I understand means the virus has spread to a certain concentration, nothing to do with deaths.  Interestingly, this strain doesn't pose as great a risk to older adults as traditional flu, and the theory so far attributes this to a vaccination these older adults were exposed to previously.

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I got it. It was absoulutly horrible and tlk about a real bg messer upper!

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I read that the CDC is saying it is to late for the shot, because over 60% of the population has already been infected!

I had the swine flu it was horrible I even made a forum about it, If you get it your doctor will give you Tamiflu. Today was actually my first day back to life since Ive been sick with Swine Flu

 

Peace

Hilary

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[quote user="Hilary"]

I read that the CDC is saying it is to late for the shot, because over 60% of the population has already been infected!

 

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Where did you read this?  There is nothing like that on the CDC website.   Could you cite a source?

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i haven't had it but my town is swamped...our upper elementary school was missing 110 students out of 400!