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Originally Posted by HOOT
However you could say that about a lot of things. People know the dangers (or science) of smoking, drinking, not using sunscreen, not putting on their seat belts, etc. You could go on forever but they are fine to use the health care system even though they knew the risks.
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Yet we have a public health system that is struggling to stay a float. Everybody thinks it's free so they go about life thinking the system will save them when they make bad health choices in thier lives. Too me that's part of the problem right there. Getting people to take better care of thier health would go along ways to making public health care more sustainable.
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How small are the risks of getting the shot? And how big or small are the risks of not getting it?
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A healthy 13 year old boy dieing from the H1N1 tells me it's worth the risk of any side effects that may come up.
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Personally I don't plan on getting it, however that could change, and if I got sick I am going to use the resources that are available to me to get better. It is me who will be sick and in pain, not anyone here.
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Imagine others like yourself choosing not to get the shot and getting sick. Some will get lucky with having to stay home and rest while others will develop more serious problems and land in the hospital. A hospital stay that could have been avoided.