Comments on: Three for Thursday: Controversy Over H1N1 Vaccine Availability, Dads Are Important & Parents Shld Back Off Kids’ Homework

By: Andrea Tetz

Andrea Tetz — Mon, 03 May 2010 14:10:47 +0000

At least a hundred persons in our city have been infected with the H1N1 virus. I was very scared to get infected with this disease during the pandemic,,”

By: Ally

Ally — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:54:35 +0000

i remember being scared of getting infected by H1N1 during the height of the pandemic. at least two of my classmates got infected by H1N1.

By: Sheena West

Sheena West — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:29:40 +0000

during the height of the H1N1 or Swine Flu epidemic, i was very afraid to get infected with this disease and i wore face mask whenever i got into heavily populated areas.

By: | Acne Treatments Asia

| Acne Treatments Asia — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:03:45 +0000

If you look at the pandemic of 1977, when H1N1 or Swine Flu re-emerged after a 20 year absence, there is no shift in age-related mortality pattern. The 1977 “pandemic” is, of course, not considered a true pandemic by experts today, for reasons that are not entierely consistent. It certainly was an antigenic shift and not an antigenic drift. As far as I have been able to follow the current events, the most significant factor seems to have been that most people, who were severely affected, were people with other medical conditions.

By: Jude

Jude — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:45:39 +0000

My brother got infected with H1N1 or Swine Flu in Mexico. He got a mild fever and luckily he did not die.

By: Melody

Melody — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:45:15 +0000

the H1N1 or Swine Flu virus did put our country in disarray for quite sometime, it is good to know that at least it did not cause so many deaths.

By: Tamara

Tamara — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:34:40 +0000

Wow. That’s really all I can say. I knew that the vaccine shortage was bad, but not to this extent.

I am one of the fortunate ones who has already gotten their vaccine as I used to work as a therapist at a local hospital (and am still on their employee list). However, even our pediatrician has not gotten hers and she sees 2-3 cases of it daily. She informed me that pharmacies, such as CVS/Wags might be getting the vaccines before the much-needed doctors offices (specifically pediatrician and OB offices).

And now I read about the big corporations getting them before the doctors? I am appalled. I have a 4 month old son who I am trying to protect and in order to do so, would like my 2.5 year old and husband to receive the vaccination. Even though we are technically part of the high risk group (because of my youngest’s age), we can’t get an appointment with our local county health department until December 4th. It literally is now a race against the clock - will we contract it before we get the vaccine? More and more people I know are coming down with it, so it’s getting harder and harder to avoid it. Starting to feel as if we are living in a bubble sometimes.

Thanks for sharing this information. Good to know we are justified in feeling frustrated with the way this entire process is being handled! And thanks for the opportunity to sound off!

Tamara (aka The UnExperienced Mom)
http://www.theunexperiencedmom.com

By: WorkingMom

WorkingMom — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:51:34 +0000

I saw the same story about Wall Street getting the H1N1 before our kids. Another reason I am losing faith in the people running the show.

Let’s see if I get this right:
-every parent has been driven crazy with the beating of the “you must get your kid the H1N1 vaccine”
- the vaccine isn’t available to the majority before the flu season hits,
- in most cases, unless the child is admitted to the hospital, they’re not even testing to determine if it is H1N1,
- everyone with flu symptoms at this point is believed to have H1N1 and is being treated as such, but…
- everyone should still get the shot because they can’t say for sure if you’ve had it, even if you’ve been sick, because they’re NOT testing,
- the vaccine still isn’t available in large enough quantities for those at risk, like children and pregnant women, but Corporate America gets dibs on it because they asked for it?

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?! And how many of us are walking a fine line with our employers for missing work already with a sick kid? Where is the shield for us? I guarantee before this is over, you’ll see people losing jobs for staying home with sick kids.