Vaccinations
Posted by Guru | Tagged as: child, children, doctor, H1N1, health, medicine, pregnant, vaccine
With the new H1N1 vaccine supposedly right around the corner, there has been a great deal of talk around the studio regarding whether or not to get the flu vaccine. As a parent, I already feel like I am neck deep in the debate. We want to feel like we are doing all the right things for our kids and we are told that these vaccinations will make the world a safer place. But what are the long term ramifications of any particular vaccine? What if you don’t get the vaccinations and your child becomes sick? As if we don’t have enough to keep us up at night and draw us to refilling our Ambien prescriptions, this whole topic is a constant cycle of doubt for me.
Bill Maher brewed himself a little bit of trouble a couple of weeks ago when he spoke out against the H1N1 vaccine. Now here’s an article about doctors who feel they should “fire” the parents when the parents decide not to inoculate.
So let me know what you think. I want comments from everyone, not just the parents out there. Do you get the vaccine and risk the long term repercussions, or skip the vaccine and risk illness?
To each his own, but we’re going to depend on our immune systems.
I got the H1N1 vaccine last week (monday). so far I have not developed a curly tail or a snout. I likely would not have gotten the vaccine but for the fact that I am pregnant and the ramifications of getting swine flu while pregnant are pretty bad.