Well, I am 80 and not even sure I want a swine flu shot. I’m not sure it’s safe.
I hear you.........I'm not sure it's right for my folks, either. My Dad told me tonight that he already had a swine flu shot in the 60's....? We'll see what the new policies are. I think I will get them a flu shot.....are you planning on getting a flu shot?
You are in luck!
"Original antigenic sin postulates that the virus sub-type that one is first exposed to in childhood will provide the greatest immunity in later years." ( source)
This is an H1 virus. Those born between 1918 and 1957 first sinned with H1.
Immunity isn't near 100% but those born before '57 are safer. In Australia the median age of death was 56--half the cases were older, half younger. In normal flu seasons there the median age is 83.
My mom and her twin turned 90 this year. They were in utero when the worst wave of the 1918 pandemic hit. My grandmother told me about it. Everyone was sick she said. But she wasn't and pregnant woman were in the highest risk group.