I took our 9 month old for his 9 month check-up last week. Our pediatrician is ultra liberal, and she acted like this whole flu thing was/is overblown. The receptionist said the office had been “crazy” with people in panic over whether or not their child had swine flu. We hadn’t been there in 3 months, and we have 10 children. That’s not to say that none of them were ill in the last 3 months, but their illnesses were the normal colds/flus that come each year. I’m almost convinced that we had swine flu go through our household. It started with a baseball coach going to Mexico at the end of February/beginning of March. He was very ill for a healthy 35-year-old. Our son then got sick and was the sickest I’ve ever seen him. It went through all of us and affected some of us more than others.
First of all, 10 children? Wow!
Secondly, if you don’t like or trust the ped, I’d find a new one. Only if she is a bad Dr. Not because she is a liberal.
Well I'm certainly no ultra liberal, and I not only believe, but know for a fact that this whole flu thing is more than overblown - it's idiotically absurd. And I mean by actual statistics, as in compare this non-existent flu thing with actual seasonal flu numbers. Of course, some people also think Newsweek screaming FEAR THE FLU on its cover is perfectly rational, too. Nothing to see here, move along...
I want to thank for having a lot of kids. really!
At this point this strain isn't serous but that doesn't mean in the fall it will not mutate to a much more dangerous virus.
Not very likely but that is how it happened in 1918. first wave was mild then fall hit millions died.