[Gaffer]

It'll be a cold day in cowboy hell before I ever, EVER take a government-developed vaccine! I took their swine flu shot back in 1976 era and it messed me up for years - I never did feel right afterwards....

My advice is to pass it by.

[FlingWingFlyer]

If this is true, why the hell are the DemocRATS worried about passing ObamaCare, Cap’n Tax and Illegal Alien Amnesty? We’re all gonna die!!!!!

[Sig Sauer P220]

Kiss you H1N1 goodbye! The end is near!

[txroadkill]

Time to PANIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[GoCards]

Are they wanting to vaccinate all school children? I have 3 boys: 10,9 and 6 and they have never received a flu shot. If they make us do this I will take them out of school and home school. Ive always wanted to do so maybe this is my chance.

[green pastures]

Okay, I give up. WHO?

/friday silliness mode

[Little Ray]

Its not fatal and they’ll have a vaccine soon. What’s the big deal?

[Le Chien Rouge]

Never let a good crisis go to waste!!!!!!!!!!

[CounterCounterCulture]

Imagines 24's Jack Bauer storming in with gun pointed, screaming "Time is running out!!!"

[heartwood]

We had H1N1 in June and so did a good part of the town. It was not that bad.

In fact for me it was the easiest flu I ever shrugged off.

I don’t think there will be forced immunizations. Except for healthcare workers - your job or your arm, thank you.

[little jeremiah]

The only people who are so far being told they must be vaccinated are HCW workers in, IIRC, NY state. And I read a nurse elsewhere who was just informed that workers in her hospital must be vaccinated.

There is only going to be at the most 195 millions doses of swine flu vaccine availalbe, some not until probably January, and that is if all goes “well”.

I don’t see any mandatory vax program unless Sinovac gets in the act - the Chinese vax company. If they force that on people, there better be a rebellion instantly. Can you imagine a CHINESE vaccine???

[the invisib1e hand]

i heart hiney.

[Man50D]

It's interesting the WHO is sounding such a dire alarm considering the head of WHO, Margaret Chan, stated the following at a conference in Cancun last month.

"The WHO says most H1N1 cases are mild, with many people recovering unaided". "She stressed that the overwhelming majority of patients experienced mild symptoms and made a full recovery within a week, often in the absence of any form of medical treatment."

Read more here: Swine flu shots at school: Bracing for fall return

[PowderMonkey]

[paulycy]

[texgal]

Wash your hands often, Lysol and disinfecting wipes are your friends, so is hand sanitizer. Don’t put your hands near your face without washing them first. Tagamet(if you come down with the flu), NAC, Vitamins C & D are supposed to help. Chicken soup (with lots of onions for respiratory problems) really does have health merit if you are sick.

[Texas resident]

1970’s: Swine flu: we’re all gonna die!!!
1980’s: Aids: we’re all gonna die!!!
1990’s: Ebola: we’re all gonna die!!!
2000’s: Swine flu: we’re all gonna die!!!

I guess aids will be aids turn for the next decade.

[depressed in 06]

Is this thing going to run its coarse before the government can get its vaccine ready?

[La Lydia]

See also "A dread disease; no know cure" for another take on this:

http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/aug/21/a-dread-disease-and-no-known-cure/

[Portnoy]

Think about it.

Americans are rejecting Obamacare.

His approval ratings are falling fast.

He needs something that will rally the troops.

Elderly and Children hit hardest.

Virus + Health Scare = Passing Obamacare.