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The swine flu season is still in full swing, but many parents say they’re not going to get the second swine flu shot for their kids.
And that doesn’t make health officials happy. Continue reading »
When I asked our kids’ pediatrician about the swine flu vaccine, he said that it was up to us, but that he wasn’t getting it. That’s telling, given that we figure he’s about 90 years old — he was my wife’s pediatrician too — and is thus a prime candidate. He said felt that the government and the media had made more of the disease than was appropriate. Given that he’s been practicing for more than 50 years, I tend to listen when he says something. But lest you think he’s been practicing a little too long, he is not alone in his assessment of the situation.
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Ok, so I have a tendency to freak right out over every little thing. Admitted. And having kids, especially one with some asthma-ish problems, has made me more than a little germophobic and panicky over every sniffle.
Take that into consideration when I tell you I am majorly freaked out over swine flu. The vaccine just became available here, and the city I live in tells me they have no schedule for distributing it yet. Not to mention our pediatrician’s office keeps running out of the seasonal flu vaccine. Continue reading »
Bill Maher recently twittered that “if u get a flu shot ur an idiot.” And in last Friday’s show, during an interview with former Senator Bill Frist, he also urged pregnant women not to get the swine flu vaccine.
I do not think Bill Maher is an idiot. In fact, I’m a regular view who — until he starts talking about breastfeeding and vaccines — tends to agree with him. But on this, he’s being stupid. Continue reading »
Hospitals are stepping up their efforts to keep swine flu in check, and for hundreds across the nation, that means banning kids from visiting.
It’s true – your kids are as germy as all those non-breeders think they are.
And they’re carriers! Continue reading »
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