The Town of Odyssey

I wasn't quite sure where to put this one but...I was vaccinated for the H1N1 fly today (I got the misty stuff; stick the tub up your nose, squirt, 'sniff sniff' all done. Pretty Simplistic) and I was wondering who else out there has gotten the vaccine...???

One reason I got mine now was because I was in two of the three danger groups; kids and people with preexisting conditions (I have a lung disorder/issue thing. No biggie for me, but It would be baaad if I got anything that had to do with lungness)

So yeah, anyone else got the shot/mist? Or are you one of the folks who got the flu, like my poor best friend did ?

I've gotten the seasonal shot, but not the h1n1 shot. I figure at this point, b/c of my job, it's only a matter of time before I catch it, as it may still be a while before I get the shot.

I haven't gotten the vaccination because I don't think it's worth it. I think my brother got H1N1 but everyone else just has a cold in my family. Not to mention in Canada the Vaccinations are running low.

I don't think I will get vaccinated. It doesn't seem worth it to me. If I recall correctly, its only deviation from regular flu is that it is more contagious, not deadly.

H1N1 has hit my school, and several girls on my wing have had it. Not me, though. Not planning on getting the vaccination either.

I wasn't planning on getting it, but My mum was like "Hey, guess what *Wham!* H1N1". People have died from it, though (Even if they already had conditions) So I might call it somewhat dangerous...

It's bad for people with existing conditions, but at least two of my family members (possibly three) have gotten H1N1, as well as my friend, and aside from it keeping them holed up in bed for longer than normal it wasn't that different from normal flu (from my point of view). Besides, whether it's dangerous or not, people are definitely overreacting.

My entire family has had the flu. It's really not that bad, none of us ever threw up. Just had fevers headaches and back aches. Now my sister and I have coughs tho...

~Lea

yeah, but statistically more people who didn't have preexisting conditions are dying from this flu than "normal" flus. So it is more dangerous, even though hospitalizations and deaths are relatively rare for the number of people who get it... it still *is* somewhat worse than the normal flu. I haven't gotten the vaccine yet, I really should.

I got the flu! it wasn't that bad, it just stayed around for a lonnnnnnnng time, ugh. but I'm over it! cough, headace, non-hearing, watery-eyes...and more. I'm over it, I made it!
my mom got it the worst, she had it for about 2 months, but she's now over it, thankfully!


I'm not going to take the vaccine, if i die I suppose that's when the Lord wants me to die, I'm not going to do anything about it, they're forcing the vaccine on people, if people don't want it you shouldn't get it, arg! ^_^
the people that get people to get the vaccine...they don't want to even get it, that is suspicius.

I havent gotten it myself. It has been spreading around my campus. I know that a couple of hundred of students have been sick and we are just trying to get past it. I was sick a couple weeks ago. Dont know if it was H1N1. There were several of us sick. I hope it doesnt get into my dorm cause we are so small it would spread super quick. I have yet to even get the seasonal flu shot.

Hmm. So it seems most of you agree this is being overreacted? I would probably have to agree; I'd say it's bad, but not as bad as people are saying it is...then again, I suppose to the people who lost a daughter, mother, father, or other family member to it thinks it's big. Did you guys know something like 20,000 people die each year from the regular flu in the U.S alone???

I've never gotten any kind of flu shot... I just figure (as has already been mentioned in this thread) that it's not a whole lot different than the normal flu if you're a generally healthy person. Although, in my opinion, h1n1 would be a lame way to die...

Guess Who! wrote:yeah, but statistically more people who didn't have preexisting conditions are dying from this flu than "normal" flus. So it is more dangerous, even though hospitalizations and deaths are relatively rare for the number of people who get it... it still *is* somewhat worse than the normal flu.

That's probably the main reason I wanted the vaccine. When I was in New England this past summer I heard on the radio that two people had died from swine flu in the New England states while I was there, both about my age, with no pre-existing conditions. Add to that the fact that my job routinely brings me into contact with sick people, and getting the vaccine started sounding like a good idea.

Evil Chick wrote:Although, in my opinion, h1n1 would be a lame way to die...

Haha. Yeah, I agree That'd be...yeah. Not very epic.

I am not totally sure because I didn't go to a doctor to be diagnosed, but I think I had it a few weeks ago, pretty much all the symptoms matched up... but I didn't die!

So yeah, I could get the vaccine at school but meh, I don't see the point.

well, I believe 90% of flu cases this year will be the swine flu as opposed to the more "usual" yearly strain. So if you had the flu, you probably had swine flu.

I think H1H1 is so overrated. About every 11 years a major flu is introduced (learned this is Social class today, haha ), and people still die from the vaccination alone.

I have heard of that shot. I haven't gotten it yet.

Have not gotten it yet, couldn't even if I wanted to because I'm not in the risk groups that have to get the shot first. Even if I could get it I'm not going to.