stevenmd
Expedition Leader
Hey buddy, leave Cheetos out of this... don't make it personal...:coffeedrink:
H1N1 Vaccine
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Hey buddy, leave Cheetos out of this... don't make it personal...:coffeedrink:
DaveInDenver
Middle Income Semi-Redneck
Is this what your body would do normally when exposed to a virus? What is different about exposing your immune system via a vaccine compared from the environment, then?
offroadsubie
Observer
one thing I observed everywhere i go these days, all this panic about the
h1n1 and the vaccines, but I still see 80% of people go to public bathroom and do #1 or #2 and go out the door without washing their hands!!!! :Wow1:
h1n1 and the vaccines, but I still see 80% of people go to public bathroom and do #1 or #2 and go out the door without washing their hands!!!! :Wow1:
DaveInDenver
Middle Income Semi-Redneck
I can't stand the way they make your fingers all nasty, ewww.
H2O_Doc
Adventurer
that makea you a good human being qualified to enjoy my company. Your other points are well taken.
7wt
Expedition Leader
You did the math?
DaveInDenver
Middle Income Semi-Redneck
No kidding. What's nasty is I've seen people do that at work. Dude, I know who you are and I see you in the lunch room and now you are handing me a stack of paper? People sometimes wonder why I keep a bottle of hand sanitizer at my desk. Duh.
stevenmd
Expedition Leader
Yes, this is what your body would do. However, look at it this way... say it takes your body a week to "naturally" produce the anti-bodies without prior exposure via the vaccine. It takes the H1N1 virus less than 1 day to seriously threaten your life. Not everyone's body can hang on 7 days for their body to produce the anti-body. Prior exposure via the vaccine means you already have the anti-bodies and your body can begin fighting immediately.
So as you can see, time plays a factor, which is especially important with the H1N1 virus.
stevenmd
Expedition Leader
That's why I keep a box of latex gloves by the bed when I eat Cheetos... um, it just occurred to me that that comment can be taken sooooo many different ways...:elkgrin:
DaveInDenver
Middle Income Semi-Redneck
And here I thought talking about why I don't get a flu shot would be personal. Yikes!
offroadsubie
Observer
at least you work in a office(guessing), I'm a trucker, I see more public bathrooms(no funny jokes please :coffeedrink
than my home one and it's mostly truckstops so imagine...got a "professionnal size" bottle of purell in my truck.So I got the H1N1 nasal mist deal today.
So you have made a good argument on the pros and cons of getting the vaccine for yourself... but what about for your little ones?
What is your stance specifically on the H1N1 vaccine for children.
I have an 18 month old. I am trying to decide whether or not to have him vaccinated.
Your input?
So you have made a good argument on the pros and cons of getting the vaccine for yourself... but what about for your little ones?
What is your stance specifically on the H1N1 vaccine for children.
I have an 18 month old. I am trying to decide whether or not to have him vaccinated.
Your input?
stevenmd
Expedition Leader
Consult your pediatrician. As for me, all 5 will be getting the H1N1 vaccine.
Superu
Explorer
X2 on the advice and personal experience. My 4 yo has had the intra-nasal, my 8 yo will get the vaccine on Monday after he's been off TamiFlu for 48+ hours and my 10 yo will get his next Friday at school. My 10 yo and 8 yo have been sick with the flu since last Thursday and Sunday respectively.
My wife and I will get our vaccines as soon as it's available for us.
New England Journal of Medicine has an interesting map that you can animate to show the progression worldwide of cases in the past two weeks.