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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 05:51 PM Original message |
Swine flu: Vaccine is safe, CDC says |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. I hope so! |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 05:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Scientists know a hell of a lot more about viruses and the immune system than they |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 07:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
68. It's Not The Scientists I Worry About |
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2Design (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
3. I had the one in 1976 and not sure I would do it again n/t |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 06:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I'm not an expert in designing vaccines, but I think comparing |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 07:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. Once everybody gets vaccinated, then it will be fair to draw a conclusion and compare the two |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 08:14 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. That was then, when Gerald Ford cried havoc based on two cases of |
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Iowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 10:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
35. Hedgehog, regarding your '76 Chevette... you might enjoy this short video. |
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endless october (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. good. i'll be getting the vaccine ASAP. |
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bobshin (165 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 08:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
30. Faith, it does a body good. nt |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
6. Well if the CDC says it's safe, they by golly, it's safe |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
7. Another shot to skip. |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
8. Yet she says there are risks. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 06:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Yes, there is always a risk-benefit equation. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 04:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
65. Well, yeah. Anyone who expects 100% perfect safety out of *anything* is a fool. nt |
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teriss (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 05:28 PM Response to Reply #8 |
66. Risks of Swine Flu Vaccine |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
9. Funny how surgeons that I know said they will be by-passing this vaccine for their families. n/t |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 07:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. And half of British GPs and a third of nurses would turn down the jab. |
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StarryNite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #15 |
62. But I'm sure it's perfectly safe... |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 07:05 AM Response to Reply #9 |
38. A prime example of how people trained in one medical field know |
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lagavulin (101 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Quite the opposite, in my experience. Having experience in any field... |
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earcandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
10. No thanks. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
11. Is there any vaccine they've deemed unsafe? |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 06:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. At least one, at least initially. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 07:49 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. Thanks HuckleB. That vaccine was deemed unproven |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 09:54 AM Response to Reply #26 |
41. Oops. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 01:25 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. No big. |
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CrawlingChaos (583 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
13. Well if it's so gosh-darn safe... |
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Bushknew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 07:23 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Exactly |
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Blasphemer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
60. My thought exctly.... nt |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
16. Do not get the vaccine! |
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diamidue (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 09:32 PM Response to Reply #16 |
34. I hope you get the shot |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
17. Most of the antivax conspiracy nuts on this one that I know |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 07:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. And the half of British GPs who don't want it because of insufficient testing. |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 07:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Yes, apparently. |
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rubynellie (65 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 07:39 PM Response to Reply #20 |
52. Absolutely not true |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #52 |
64. Absolutely true. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 08:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. Absolutely! Anyone who questions anything about a vaccine is an anti-vaccine nut. |
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diamidue (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 09:26 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. No kidding. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 08:06 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. There will be sufficient testing by the time it's licensed |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
18. It's a long time to November. |
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starzdust (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
22. I just got my flu shot |
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corpseratemedia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 09:19 PM Response to Reply #22 |
32. one flu I had caused permanent problems |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
23. Forced choice- don't take it! |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 07:38 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. How do you mean "forced"? nt |
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bobshin (165 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
29. Uh, same agency that said that large doses of AZT were safe, |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 07:07 AM Response to Reply #29 |
39. The way I remember it, the FDA was pressured to greenlight |
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bobshin (165 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 08:48 PM Response to Reply #39 |
54. Approval by pressure not science. One more reason to trust the CDC/FDA. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 09:46 AM Response to Reply #54 |
58. We're both right and we're both wrong |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
36. why has the avian flu been knocked out of the name? |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 11:22 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. The avian strain of H1N1 isn't highly pathogenic in humans. |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 08:04 AM Response to Reply #36 |
40. because it is a H1N1 swine flu virus, not an H5N1 avian flu virus /nt |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 03:50 PM Response to Reply #40 |
49. Technically, the H1N1 now has some genetic components of the avian flu virus, |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 07:52 PM Response to Reply #36 |
69. Commercial Chicken Farms Didn't Like It |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
43. ..... |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
44. i'll be getting the regular flu shot -- and this one. |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 03:48 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. I am a type 2 diabetic. I WILL be getting the regular flu vaccine AND the swine flu vaccine. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
46. The vaccines I use in my patients are MUCH safer and more effective |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Yes, yes, of course, we're all going to die because we are not True Believers. |
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CrawlingChaos (583 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 04:37 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. I really hate this attitude |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 07:49 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Unfortunately, none of us are all that rational in reality. |
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CrawlingChaos (583 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 05:46 AM Response to Reply #53 |
56. If I understand the premise of that book... |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. In terms of drug safety, it can certainly be improved. |
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bobshin (165 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 08:52 PM Response to Reply #46 |
55. If you are indeed a doctor, exactly the reason why most people will never |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 08:06 AM Response to Reply #55 |
57. they said "...in the veterinary field ..." |
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StarryNite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #46 |
63. Kestrel do you believe |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
50. in the 1970s I had a flu vaccine - I had a worse flu a few weeks afterwards |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
61. I fully support the decision of the conspiracy theorists to not take this life saving medicine. |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-30-09 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
67. FOLLOW THE MONEY |
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