Bemused: I’m sorry if you took offense, however I was reacting arc’s head banging against the wall, because pple do not seem to understand what arc has explained several times, which is that the H1N1 vaccine is prepared the same way that all the flu vaccines are prepared, with the only exception being the strain of the virus added. So it is just wrong to compare this to a drug like Thalidomide.
Sorry oomis1105, I really respect you, but in this case it does not makes sense to compare Thalidomide which was a drug specifically marketed to pregnant women to prevent nausea and the problem was that it wasn’t tested properly or widely enough before being released to the public. This type of vaccine has been produced for so many years and it is only the strain of virus which is new. In fact they change the strain of flu virus added every year bec. no one knows which flu may go around the coming year.
If your doctor tells you to hold off on getting the vaccine to make sure others do not have a negative reaction, then by all means do so. However, how long does it mean to hold off? Better clarify exactly what that means, because pple are getting VERY sick from this flu and perhaps at this point your dr. would say that enough pple have received the shot w/o consequence, so now it is safe.
Hope that clarifies what I meant.