anyone else really freaked about the flu this year? are you getting your babe a flu shot? - Page 2

[GoestoShow]

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Edited by GoestoShow - 12/17/10 at 9:07am

[annettemarie]

This thread has been moved out of Life with a Babe and into the Vaccination forum.

[townelin]

I don't believe in the flu shot if you're a healthy individual and was pretty against the H1N1 vaccine before talking to the ped. He told me the H1N1 vax is virus specific, unlike the seasonal shot which is a 'shot in the dark'. Just so happened that DH & I could go the very next day for the nasal mist (for free ) because LO is under 6 months. LO will be protected via nursing. This was an OK compromise because LO wasn't getting the vax. By the way, we do vax for most everything else.

[jeanine123]

LO will likely not be protected since the vaccine won't pass through your milk.

http://www.kellymom.com/health/meds/...rotection.html

No I am not more afraid of the flu this year. I am more annoyed than ever at all of the fear mongering and scare tactics. We will not be getting any flu shots.

Have you read this about flu vaxes increasing the chance for hospitalization in children?

http://www.thoracic.org/sections/pub...ases/joshi.pdf

[nataliachick7]

I am more freaked out by the garbage in flu vax's then getting the flu. Plus, there is absolutely no scientific evidence that flu vaccines work.
I recently came across several articles that show children vaccinated with the seasonal flu shot are 3 times more likely to become hospitalized for flu related issues.

Here are some of them if anyone is interested:
http://www.mothering.com/discussions...&postcount=414

[Abraisme]

Originally Posted by Louisep

We all got the flu shot and I'm considering getting the H1N1 which is the one I'm personally freaking out about. I believe when new viruses enter a population they kick out existing viruses. Therefore no point getting the seasonal flu shot now IMHO.

I'm interested to see the research mentioned by PP regarding mortality rates. It's all about the research for me too. So easy to get pulled in by the media hype.

The info was on Mercola.com..

http://swineflu.mercola.com/sites/swineflu/home.aspx

[amnesiac]

Since this was moved to Vax from another forum I just wanted to let everyone know that this discussion will need to remain focused on seasonal flu vaccine. Since the Vax forum is not currently accepting new H1N1/swine flu discussions, please feel free to join an existing thread on that subject so this thread can remain open for discussion.

Also, in case you simply followed the re-direct & are not familiar with the Vax forum, I wanted to point out the guidelines specific to this forum. Please feel free to PM any questions or concerns.

[Marnica]

No flu shots (of any kind) for us...they are ineffective at best, dangerous at worst IMO. It's funny. The serious side effects that are supposed to be 1 in a million...like the cheerleader whose life is now ruined from the season flu vax...well I personally know of 5 people who have had these 1 in a million serios reactions IRL from the flu vax (not counting the ones you hear about fromother people and on the news etc) I'm not that old so the odds of a serious reaction being VERY rare is baloney IMO.

[Razz2525]

I also have the same concerns -- I have a 2-week old baby and the new pediatrician we're trying (who is pro-bfing but pro-vaxx unfortunately) said that DH and I should seriously consider getting the H1N1 vaxx to protect our baby from getting it. We also have a 3-year-old toddler in day care whom he also said should get the vaxx. Meanwhile, I stopped vaxxing my toddler at 6 months. DH and I managed to avoid the hype until now but now we're becoming concerned about DS #2 and the pedi saying that if he gets sick now, he automatically goes to the hospital. I'm bfing him a lot so based on the posts above, I'm hoping that even if I did get the H1N1 flu, the antibodies would protect him -- I just don't know how I could even bf if I'm laid so low by the flu. I truly believe DH, my older son and I had it a few months ago when we were sick for several weeks. I'd love to know if we could be checked for titres so we could put this issue to bed! I was pretty comfortable with my non-vaxx stance until the H1N1 hype got to us!

[13Sandals]

maybe it would help some of you to look at Australia and other countries whose flu seasons are winding down now. by all accounts, they have had milder flu seasons with fewer fatalities than in 'normal' flu years. what's up with the US? cdc changed reporting rules for ALL flu this year. In all years past, pediatric deaths from flu had to have lab confirmation. This year, no confirmation needed for any type of flu to be counted as a 'flu' death...so, its really hard to judge whether the young are really being hit harder this year. again, just look at the southern hemisphere. In July, the Australian newspapers were predicting over 6,000 deaths from swine flu (3 times their normal flu fatalities). Turns out they had 186.