Comments on: Had Your Flu Shot, Yet?

By: Leigh Shulman

Leigh Shulman — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:48:20 +0000

I guess it’s easier for me to sit here in sunny summertime Argentina and talk about how I’m not getting the vaccine. Also, a two month old is different than a 5 year old.

Still, it’s tough to parse the difference between truth and hysteria in the media. I know many who have had it badly, but then others may have had lighter cases and not realized it was swine flu.

But then, I have the same questions when it comes to all the vaccines recommended (almost mandated) for children in the US. Oddly, though, adults — with the exception of swine an regular flus — tend not to worry about their own vax schedules in the same way.

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By: Leigh Shulman

Leigh Shulman — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:44:13 +0000

When I originally read the article, prior to publication, I took it more along the lines of how much the media is shoving the vaccine down our throats. After seeing your comment, I can also completely understand how you saw it the way you did.

I’m glad you took the time to say something. I like to think that, if anything, the articles coming from Life would be even handed. You gave us the chance to make that clear.

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By: joshua johnson

joshua johnson — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:04:57 +0000

I think I will get the shot if only because I don’t have health insurance and a shot in the arm is better than a visit to the ER. My sister in law, nephew and three close friends in Seattle had it…

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By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:11:08 +0000

I’m not pro-vax at all, but as the mother of a two month old living in a city where swine flu cases have been prevalent, I got the shot yesterday.

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By: dfinepa

dfinepa — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:56:30 +0000

Leigh – you are of course right that people should have the information at their fingertips, and I take your point. I was just slightly taken aback by how pro-vaccine this article was on first reading.

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By: AngelineM

AngelineM — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:47:43 +0000

Please note: Do NOT cough into your hand…..do the “vampire” cough with your arm stretched across your face and cough into the crook of your arm; this way if you don’t have the place to wash your hands right away you’re not infecting everything you touch. Thanks, Nancy Nurse

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By: Candice Walsh

Candice Walsh — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:30:13 +0000

Hahaha yeah, I think the flu-shot finder is a pretty awesome idea, whether you intend to get the vaccine or not, provided it all works properly. There’s a severe lack of information in my city…I believe there’s only one place set up to get vaccines and it’s located in the east-end, it’s kinda bizarre.

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By: Leigh Shulman

Leigh Shulman — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:16:08 +0000

Lol, dfinepa, and I should hope not.

Yes, this article does weigh on what can seem like the pro-vax side of things, but really, it’s more about simply letting people know where to get it. I say this as the editor who read and approved this article for publication.

I personally tend away from vaccines, both in choices I make for myself and my child. I don’t plan to get the H1N1 and think people should research it carefully before making the decision to get one. But if at the end of it all, they want to, they should know where to get it.

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By: dfinepa

dfinepa — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:06:42 +0000

Hmmm. Was this post sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline?!

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By: aelle

aelle — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:05:55 +0000

They’re rationing the vaccines here in France. Toddlers, elderly people and asthma patients have been vaccined, from now on middle schoolers in major cities can receive the shot. I haven’t had a chance to get it, and it’s too late for me, I already went through H1N1. I am still alive, but it definitely was not a pleasant way to spend my week.

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