H1N1 Vaccine Does This Make Sense??? - Page 2

[carmel23]

Originally Posted by A&A

Unless the vax has worn off by then. The regular flu vax, for example, only has a "lifespan" of one year, if that.

we call it the 1918 pandemic flu because it circulated within a year. So even a year of immunity would have saved a lot of lives. Plus, the global population is much larger then it was in 1918--so it is that many more people to get sick today then then. The idea is to mitigate the impact of the flu by slowing/limiting it spread by protecting the population. Because, yeah, by next year it might be a totally different strain. But if you can vaccinate the population for a year against this strain, then it dies off.

Further, even if you only have immunity to that strain for a year, your immune system can recognize it and so, presumably, the effects won't be so bad even if the vaccine wears off, your immune system can recognize it.

[carmel23]

Originally Posted by KelliH

In the northern hemisphere this is the 2nd wave-spring was the 1st.

yes, and the 1918 pandemic flu followed the same pattern. It showed up late in the spring, and returned with a furry in the fall, and was really terrible in the winter.

http://www.ted.com/talks/laurie_garr..._1918_flu.html

The press is not making it seem like an emergency, they are reporting on the public health folks' attempt to prevent it from being an emergency.

[carmel23]

Originally Posted by A&A

Ok this is scaring me:

http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_13351853

............"crews of nurses that will go into schools and vaccinate students classroom by classroom"

Even if that doesn't make it "mandatory," I can certainly see there being mistakes in a rush to get the job finished.

I would be shocked if that was for any grade below high school. In our district, the elementary schools that have existing health clinics will make the vaccine available for parents to bring the kids in, if they want to.

The only schools where kids can get the vaccine without parents being present are high schools.

I couldn't imagine that not scaring kids!

[Doodlebugsmom]

Originally Posted by carmel23

I couldn't imagine that not scaring kids!

Seriously! I'd like to see someone trying to give my dd a shot at school without her mama of daddy there. It would not be pretty. She doesn't handle shots well. I do worry about mandatory vaxes here, as we're in WV and have no philosophical/religious exemption. So, if the public schools required it, we'd have no choice. Dd has the flu now, as does my 9 month-old nephew. They're both recovering very well, but dd has missed school every day this week.

[MoonWillow]

I am moving this to Vax and closing it.

http://www.mothering.com/discussions...ement.php?f=47