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Standard flu shots begin here in my town on Friday. I work with the public and so I always get one. I will be in line to get the standard flu shot.

I am on the fence with the H1N1 vaccine however. I have googled it, and saw polls taken where People are saying they won't take it or have their children take it. The reason is because it hasn't been tested enough.

Is there anyone in the medical field (that chat on these boards) that can alleviate or confirm the fears of this vaccine? I know that you won't know the facts. But maybe you have heard of any side effects or even if this vaccine will prevent the H1N1 virus.

What is everyone's thoughts on this? Will you or won't you?

I just got my flu shot on Friday, but I'm also on the fence with the H1N1. I travel a lot for work and am on airplanes and transit systems frequently, so I am concrned about getting the swine flu. However, I have also read reports that the amount of testing is insufficient, and the safety of the vaccine is in question. I will hold out for now....

I am in the last age group eligible for the vaccine (ages 65 and over), so I don't know. I trust my doctor, so I will do as he says. I always get a regular flu shot with no side effects and haven't had any type of flu for years. I survived the last strain of the H1N1-type flu, the "Asian flu" that killed so many in the 1950's, although I was in bed for about 3 months; and my mother survived the 1918 Spanish influenza epidemic when she was 6 years old, which supposedly is related to the swine flu. When swine flu showed up in the mid-1970's, the doctors said we probably were immune and didn't need the vaccine, so we didn't take it. They were right. My Dad did take the shot and developed lumps around the injection site and his arm swelled. No other ill effects, and they cleared up. In my area, most cases have been age 30 and under, the majority of them school children.

I have to get it for work as I work in a group home. Not sure about it yet. But if it's as bad as they think it's gonna be I guess it's okay. I actually worry more about my kids getting the shot then me.

I also work in a hospital...on a patient unit, I think I will be required to have the shot, but reading all the post's here ....I'm kinda nervous I heard that people that died from H1N1 all had pre-existing conditions..otherwise healthy people will feel like shiot for a while. but none have died

Here is an interesting link with Dr. Nancy Sniderman.

Many videos pro and con about the H1N1 flu vaccine and the flu itself.

today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/30596425#30596425

I won't because I'm not at high risk but my son will. He and I both get the regular flu vaccine and have no bad reactions. He is slightly asthmatic and has to get it and I get it with him as a show of support for him. I was debating until I saw on TV the family of the girl who recently died from swine flu. She was l4 and healthy. It was so sad. Our school is having a flu clinic. But in the paper they sent home they say they are giving two shots for swine flu. I'm only letting him get one. From what I've read, they recommend one for kids over ten and two for kids under.

I probably will because I am a risk patient when I get the flu. Went for my flu shot last week, but the doctor refused to give it to me that day because I was running a fever. It seems I was already in the beginning stages of the flu (not swine) so they gave me Tamiflu. That is supposed to prevent the flu from being so severe and shortens the duration. It also will help ward off the Swine flu for a few weeks - so will get the swine shot later. I asked the Doctor if the swine flu shots were live viruses and he said "no, only the nasal spray contains a live virus" - so, that made me feel better about the shot.

I won't.....I feel that all of this was bought on so quickly i cannot trust it....But then i never get a flu shot period i think i will wait and see how this play's out

i will be getting it, my doc is getting it and her children 11, & 8 will be getting it

chych, i bumped this up fer ya sweety!~ its ah discussion on the swine flu shot.