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Tough decision
Sep. 22nd, 2009 11:12 amIt's time for the annual flu vaccination dilemma, compounded this year by the addition of the H1N1 flu vaccine. Now, normally I'm all for getting my shot. I'm in the high risk group (asthma) so it's not a problem to get it and, while I know that it won't provide 100% protection, I figure that anything that reduces my risk of flu is worth it.
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If anyone can point me towards one really good, solid, scientific reason for why I should take the H1N1 vaccine, I would love to hear it. For now, I shall probably accept my trusty seasonal flu vaccine and refuse the H1N1. Then I will hope that I stay flu-free this year because I'm even less certain about the advisability of taking Tamiflu (it shortens the duration by 1 day and people think this is a cure? And nobody really knows the long-term side-effects? Yeah, I'm gonna rush out for that) than I am about the vaccine.
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If anyone can point me towards one really good, solid, scientific reason for why I should take the H1N1 vaccine, I would love to hear it. For now, I shall probably accept my trusty seasonal flu vaccine and refuse the H1N1. Then I will hope that I stay flu-free this year because I'm even less certain about the advisability of taking Tamiflu (it shortens the duration by 1 day and people think this is a cure? And nobody really knows the long-term side-effects? Yeah, I'm gonna rush out for that) than I am about the vaccine.
