Hard telling. I decided it was a good idea to get the meningococcal meningitis vaccine when it was an epidemic, since such a disease is rather life-threatening. Maybe it would be against good judgment to not get the flu shot, but I think since so many people think the flu isn't a serious disease, they forgo it. And really, relatively, it isn't as life-threatening, or else I would have died by now (I seem to get the flu every year). I really think the flu shots are more for those who are more susceptible to the nasty stuff that can result from the stress of influenza, like pneumonia.Originally Posted by Jessweeee♪
How many people even get their flu shots, anyway? I'm more worried about all of the panicking than the flu itself S:I really think the media is blowing thisway out of proportion. My mom won't shut up about it.
Seriously, what makes this H1N1 strain any different from any other strain of influenza, especially when the symptoms are identical? Is it just that we don't have a vaccine developed for this particular strain yet?
Really though, the way I see it, as long as people take the proper precautions and take care of themselves in general, they're gonna be A-OK. Then again, this is just me talking as if this is just a super-flu bug going around. If this suddenly mutates and we get a whole bunch of awful ailments not normally connected to influenza, yeah, I'd say we're a little more smurfed.
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