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Originally Posted by flip
Also, since you are obviously a qualified doctor and an expert on the H1N1 virus, can you please explain to me exactly what my risk is? What exactly are the side effects, if any, of me getting or not getting the shot? What are the chances that H1N1 will become a city wide pandemic? Country wide? Worldwide?
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Most of your questions are addressed
here. As you know, there are no concrete answers to the extent of the spread, although the side effects can be pretty much predicted based on knowledge of other flu vaccines and the adjuvent formulation which is the same as that used for vaccines such as tetanus and Hep B.
And, should you decide not to get the vaccine, I just want to send out a big thanks for subsidizing my shot through your tax dollars. I do appreciate it. Free stuff from the government is a terrible thing to waste, especially if it means my risk of spending time on a ventilator is reduced by 80-90%.