I am 24 weeks pregant and have been exposed to H1N1 by a co-worker who missed two days ill and showed up to work totally sick as a dog. We made her go home after she said they confirmed her to have a H1N1 influenza and the doctor advised her to remain home for 7+ days. She said she can’t afford to miss that many days. Well I can’t afford to get swine flu being pregnant and all. If you would have seen how sick she was it was terrifying. She was totally on the brink of pneumonia. I also work with customers all day and handle money. I have a 5 year old who has asthma, and a 15 month old (healthy girl). I have never gotten flu shots and was totally against getting h1n1 vaccine and I am skeptical of all government aided tactics. However now that I have been exposed I am more skeptical of the flu than the vaccine. I am starting to think a little mercury can’t hurt too much. We are of a fishing family and eat fish weekly probably being exposed to higher levels continuously. Kids at my son’s school and even my son one month ago have all had symptoms similar, and a few students have confirmed cases of h1n1. School attendance has been crazy here. I am vaccinating my whole family now and want to know if others feel the same.
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H1n1 And Vaccine After Being Exposed?
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Hi there,
It sounds like you have many reasons to get the vaccine:
*pregnancy
*asthmatic 5 year old
*child under two
*you work in a public setting
*high incidence of illness in your community
The vaccine is safe and effective. I have given several hundred doses during the past three weeks, and the worst complaint has been temporary sore arm (local reaction) for which people are advised to take Tylenol. I and my family have had the vaccine.
Best wishes.
No, I’m not getting the vaccine. You never got a flu shot before and nothing happened and the regular flu kills about 10x more people a year than the swine flu has killed since this whole mess started, so why do you get so scared?