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CapitolBaby
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Swine flu - pretty scary
CapitolBaby
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Reading the urgency about how pregnant women will be in the "superhigh priority" group to get vaccinated is kinda nerve-wracking. What if the flu is widespread before the vaccine comes out?
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Re: Swine flu - pretty scary
Of course it's widespread now, but when school starts back up, it can pick up like a wildfire.
I probably wont get vaccinated.
Well it's already a pandemic.
You can only control what you can control. Until you can get vaccinated, take the normal precautions and do what you can. No point in worrying about it.
What is so different about "this one"? If you are referring to the actual illness, you know it's not any more virulent or contageous than seasonal flu, and has killed FAR fewer people than seasonal flu does every year, right? And that the special considerations for pregnant women have nothing to do with swine flu itself, but rather reflect the fact that pregnant women are more succeptible to illnesses generally?
I too have no problem with people getting a vaccine, or not - but it's important to know that aside from the fact that this flu is happening at a different time of year, it's not more dangerous than the standard flu, and is much less likely to kill you than, say, getting in a car to go to work.
The hysteria over this is more dangerous than anything.
From the CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/qa.htm
How does novel H1N1 flu compare to seasonal flu in terms of its severity and infection rates?
CDC is still learning about the severity of novel H1N1 flu virus. At this time, there is not enough information to predict how severe novel H1N1 flu outbreak will be in terms of illness and death or how it will compare with seasonal influenza.
With seasonal flu, we know that seasons vary in terms of timing, duration and severity. Seasonal influenza can cause mild to severe illness, and at times can lead to death. Each year, in the United States, on average 36,000 people die from flu-related complications and more than 200,000 people are hospitalized from flu-related causes. Of those hospitalized, 20,000 are children younger than 5 years old. Over 90% of deaths and about 60 percent of hospitalization occur in people older than 65.
So far, with novel H1N1 flu, the largest number of novel H1N1 flu confirmed and probable cases have occurred in people between the ages of 5 and 24-years-old. At this time, there are few cases and no deaths reported in people older than 64 years old, which is unusual when compared with seasonal flu. However, pregnancy and other previously recognized high risk medical conditions from seasonal influenza appear to be associated with increased risk of complications from this novel H1N1.
I am a runner, knitter, scientist, DE-IVF veteran, and stage III colon cancer survivor.
I don't think it was hostile or necessarily argumentative--she was just stating facts. It truly HAS been sensationalized by the media.
Anyway, I am honestly not that concerned about the swine flu any more than I am about the "normal" flu, and will not be getting any vaccines. If I become ill, I will go to the doctor promptly. If I die from this illness, maybe it is just "my time." Shrug.
Star, I take no exception to your choice - the way your comment was worded seemed to indicate that your decision was based on the virus itself, not your personal health history. And if that was the case, I think it's important to know that the virus itself is not more dangerous. You are not the only person on the board who is discussing swine flu and my comments were not pointed at you personally nor were they meant to "upset a pregnant lady (since I too am one - not sure where you got that!) My comment was meant generally toward those with the perception that somehow this virus is going to be the death of all of us.
I know you are scared and, again, I take no exception to people making decisions for their own personal reasons. I do however, think it is important to be informed - which is why I posted the CDC info.
And yea, I hear ya on the lung thing. I have chronic asthma and have had pneumonia 3 times in the last 6 years - my personal choice will be to practice fastidious personal hygeine and skip the vaccine. good news for you is that means one more dose available
Seriously - don't take this personally - I wasn't picking on you.
I am a runner, knitter, scientist, DE-IVF veteran, and stage III colon cancer survivor.
I am going to get the H1N1 vaccine as soon as it is available. Here is why:
1. Pregnant women are more likely to have severe complications from the flu
2. I am hopeful that the antibodies I will develop in response to the vaccine the vaccine will be passed along to my baby through breast feeding.
3. The seasonal flu vaccine has been shown to be safe in pregnancy. They are making the H1N1 flu vaccine using the same techniques, ingredients, etc.
4. I work in health care and believe I will be exposed to H1N1 at work.
All that being said, I am nervous about taking a flu vaccine that contains thimerosal (a mercury preservative). So I am hoping there is a thimerosal-free option (as there is for the seasonal flu vaccine).
Easy there, tiger. You're getting worked up over nothing. On this and other message boards, bolding a part of a post is clarifying the point, not "making it personal." Feel free to think my comments were personal, but that couldn't be farther from the truth. Enjoy the rest of first tri.
I am a runner, knitter, scientist, DE-IVF veteran, and stage III colon cancer survivor.