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Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates
I agree on the perspective, but think it's been lost on both the side of debate. One side thinks the vaccine is population control, while the other thinks the flu is Armageddon.
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I disagree. There are many people (I count myself in this group) who think there's been too much hype over H1N1--it's a bad flu, but it's probably not going to kill us all.
But it will kill some people. There's a very low chance I will be one of those people. Why wouldn't I reduce that chance to zero? Not to mention the herd immunity issue, which is significant.
It's all about balancing risk. A very small percentage of people will react adversely to the vaccine (so far I haven't heard of any cases, but that doesn't mean there aren't any.) A larger (but still not huge) percentage of those who contract H1N1 will die from the illness--and many of those will be in my age group.
I'm no statistician, but I'm virtually certain that the risks of
not getting vaccinated far outweigh the very slight risk associated with getting vaccinated. I don't really see the down side.