[autumnraine]

Glad for you and hope you do well with it. But I think the Dr. in Canada is just saying that the death rate for the H1N1 isn’t severe enough to risk side effects from the vaccine.

[mysterio]

Assuming you're not allergic to eggs, the potential side effects from the vaccine are a sore arm and a debatable one in one million risk of GBS, although as several of us hashed out in another thread, it's not even certain there's a causal relationship for that one case.

The side effects from the flu are five days flat on your back, a risk of secondary pneumonia, hospitalization, and cytokine storms which can destroy your organs.

The shot is obviously preferable by any measure.