If you had kids...Would you allow your child to receive a swine flu vaccine?

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091007/ap_on_he_me/us_med_swine_flu_vaccine_fears

Apparently 1/3 of parents won't allow their children to get it.

[You kip if you want to...]

Yup. Better safe than sorry.

[LBJFan]

I would as well. I am 17 years old and I turn 18 on the 23rd. Obviously not ready to be a father, and not sure if I want to be. However, if I am a father one day, I would want my children to be safe. The problem is, because of my age, I can't get the full dosage flu shot until I am 18 anyway. H1N1 has proven to be deadly. I would want my children to be safe.

[Psychic Octopus]

I'd wait a while. But I'd let 'em get it after a week.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

I don't have this choice to make anymore but I would consult with my family doctor first......if s/he said ok, then ok.....You have to trust the doc or go get a new one.

[Lief 🗽]

Nope. Don't believe in the stuff.

[LBJFan]

Nope. Don't believe in the stuff.

Please specify? What don't you believe in? Vaccines as a whole? If so, Jonas Salk would have something to say about that if he was still alive. If you disagree with this vaccine, then do you feel it isn't strong enough? What?

[Lief 🗽]

Nope. Don't believe in the stuff.

Please specify? What don't you believe in? Vaccines as a whole? If so, Jonas Salk would have something to say about that if he was still alive. If you disagree with this vaccine, then do you feel it isn't strong enough? What?

Getting vaccines for diseases that are nothing more than a few days of inconvenience. I never got any vaccines beyond what was required by law and I turned out fine.

[LBJFan]

YOU turned out fine, but you are only one person.

[tmthforu94]

Yes.
My mom filled out forms tonight for me to get a vaccination. We have a confirmed case in our school district, so everyone is in a tizzy.

[Lief 🗽]

YOU turned out fine, but you are only one person.

The vast majority of people turn out fine.

[Mechaman]

If they wanted to.

[Meeker]

If the government recommended it.

[Stampever]

I would let my kid get the vaccine only after other kids have received it first.  That way, if they get sick, my kid is "safe."  I know I will not get it, just as I do not get the flu shot.

[ag]

They still don't distribute it in Mexico, so this is not yet an option for us, but in a few weeks it will be. I guess, eventually, the answer is yes. But I wouldn't want to be among the first: they haven't had time for usual testing this year, so there is a small but non-negligible probability of some mishaps showing up in the next few weeks (apparently, they are extra insistent about doctors reporting all sorts of complications - they want to catch it fast if anything happens). Now, given that this is a flu - a tough one, to be sure, but not far outsidethe range of where the flus go - and not, say, smallpox, I'd wait a few weeks. Eventually, though, I guess, yes.

[Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin' for to carry me home.]

yes, and I plan to

[dead0man]

For the Swine Flu? no.  It's a waste of time

[Alcon]

I don't know.  The death rate is tiny, arguably not enough to justify the time + money + side effect potential.  But diseases are exponential (...kind of) and that's nice to reduce.  And is avoiding inconvenience and worry about those around you (to some degree) worth the $12 or whatever it would be (plus a minor risk of side effects)?  Probably.

I'd have to look into it specifically.

[they don't love you like i love you]

I'd give them a choice but certainly allow it. The vaccine seems very safe though, looks like a case of virtually no risk and no loss except about $20 vs. a very small risk. The former is still safer.

[Alcon]

I'd give them a choice but certainly allow it. The vaccine seems very safe though, looks like a case of virtually no risk and no loss except about $20 vs. a very small risk. The former is still safer.

Well, every vaccine does have side effects, but I doubt that they justify avoiding this.  Plus, even if the risk of Swine Flu is pretty trivial, does it seriously not justify $12 and five minutes?  $12 and five minutes (even when you add in the minute side effects) is really damn trivial itself.

[dead0man]

Chicago area hospitals won't give their staff the nasal spray because it's too dangerous.  They are cool giving it out to children though.  From link

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[The Dowager Mod]

Already did.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I don't really care about it one way or the other.

[Jacobtm]

They still don't distribute it in Mexico, so this is not yet an option for us, but in a few weeks it will be. I guess, eventually, the answer is yes. But I wouldn't want to be among the first: they haven't had time for usual testing this year, so there is a small but non-negligible probability of some mishaps showing up in the next few weeks (apparently, they are extra insistent about doctors reporting all sorts of complications - they want to catch it fast if anything happens). Now, given that this is a flu - a tough one, to be sure, but not far outsidethe range of where the flus go - and not, say, smallpox, I'd wait a few weeks. Eventually, though, I guess, yes.

I'd heard that the vaccines in Mexico were going to be available in a few weeks for the military and health professionals, but not available to the general public until December.

[Alexander Hamilton]

If the government recommended it.

Wow, what a loser.

Anyways, I agree more with Lief.