Yes, I absolutely feel like the world has gone mad. The propaganda is astounding, and I can't believe how the media is so irresponsibly feeding it.
I have a friend whose entire family caught the (seasonal) flu 2 days after she gave birth. Everyone, including her, EXCEPT the newborn, caught it. Her newborn was protected via her antibodies. That doesn't happen with the vaccine.
I'm 7mo pregnant. I want my baby to have the antibodies when (s)he emerges in two months in the midst of flu season. I have no intention of using myself and my baby as guinea pigs for an untested vaccine. Regardless of whether H1N1 hits pregnant women harder, I will not be getting this or any flu vaccine. I am interested, however, in learning more about the IgG2 deficiency, its causes, prevention, and treatment.
H1N1 first stirred up paranoia b/c it seemed to hit "healthy young people" harder. A look further into that finds that 2/3 of those who died have epilepsy, cerebral palsy, or another neurodevelopmental condition. These aren't the typical conditions you think of when thinking "immune-deficient" - for instance, children with cancer, active chemotherapy, HIV/AIDS, etc. - but they are associated with certain nutrient deficiencies, nutrients which are crucial to a strong immune response. Since the IgG2 deficiency extends to the general population with severe H1N1, that seems much more important to be looking at than pregnancy itself. Much more effective, too, than throwing the entire population into a panic with headlines like "H1N1 Kills Moms-to-Be." Root cause - what is wrong with our scientists at the CDC that they can't focus on the scientific method to hit the root cause, rather than throwing Merck at every problem?
I have a friend whose entire family caught the (seasonal) flu 2 days after she gave birth. Everyone, including her, EXCEPT the newborn, caught it. Her newborn was protected via her antibodies. That doesn't happen with the vaccine.
I'm 7mo pregnant. I want my baby to have the antibodies when (s)he emerges in two months in the midst of flu season. I have no intention of using myself and my baby as guinea pigs for an untested vaccine. Regardless of whether H1N1 hits pregnant women harder, I will not be getting this or any flu vaccine. I am interested, however, in learning more about the IgG2 deficiency, its causes, prevention, and treatment.
H1N1 first stirred up paranoia b/c it seemed to hit "healthy young people" harder. A look further into that finds that 2/3 of those who died have epilepsy, cerebral palsy, or another neurodevelopmental condition. These aren't the typical conditions you think of when thinking "immune-deficient" - for instance, children with cancer, active chemotherapy, HIV/AIDS, etc. - but they are associated with certain nutrient deficiencies, nutrients which are crucial to a strong immune response. Since the IgG2 deficiency extends to the general population with severe H1N1, that seems much more important to be looking at than pregnancy itself. Much more effective, too, than throwing the entire population into a panic with headlines like "H1N1 Kills Moms-to-Be." Root cause - what is wrong with our scientists at the CDC that they can't focus on the scientific method to hit the root cause, rather than throwing Merck at every problem?
There's the so called mandatory vaxing for healthcare workers in some states that people are fighting but nothing for other workers (thus far) that I can find anywhere.
