The H1N1 vaccine...

[Masochist Marduk]

Immaculate Fantasy

Amythe the Mammoth

Shima Shinji

Masochist Marduk

Yeah, don't get it. Just don't. What are they going to do about it?
I highly doubt getting swine flu would be worse than the possible side effects of some weird vaccine that was rushed into production. Who knows how safe it is?

Swine flu is just the flu. It's exactly the same, except people freak out about it.

That was his point. It's just the flu, and they're distributing a vaccine that was barely tested. For all we know, there could be a very common long-term side effect to the vaccine.

Yeah, and that terrifies me, honestly.

And I'm being forced to get it. If I refuse, my dad'll grab me and force me into the chair.

Well that's ridiculous and stupid.
What the hell? Seriously, just explain to them how you feel. Show them this thread. Or some site about all the negative side effects.

Show him this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URHhyP4lmQ4 The girl supposedly came down with Dystonia after getting that shot. I don't know if it's real or not! Don't hold me to this one. But I found it . Let's just say that it's real if you show your dad. xP

[Mana-Tree]

Shima Shinji

Masochist Marduk

Yeah, don't get it. Just don't. What are they going to do about it?
I highly doubt getting swine flu would be worse than the possible side effects of some weird vaccine that was rushed into production. Who knows how safe it is?

Swine flu is just the flu. It's exactly the same, except people freak out about it.

This will probably be the best thing I read all day.

[R a i n p o n d]

crbs

Side effects: Ripped skin. And chemicals flowing through your veins.

If I were you, I'd be scared as s**t. They're injecting the virus into you so your body can grow antibodies against it, but you can still catch it.

The virus in the shot is dead, while the one in the nasal spray is alive.

[emilyliu94]

Side effects include :
- Soreness in your arm for a few days
Thats the basic one!

[Holly Jolly Rape]

Well, m'dear, I'll tell you the truth:

When you get the shot, it's so much better than the nasal spray. The antibodies are already in your blood; when it goes through your nasal passages, it spreads Q U I C K E R. It goes straight to your lungs.
Nasal spray: BAD!

Though, the bad thing about the shots, they're scary as s**t, I cry every time.

Then again, your family could be like mine, and you could get majorly sick from something inside the actual shot (not the virus itself, something else), and make your body immune to the shot. That's what happened to my cousin; she didn't die from the flu, she almost died from the shot itself.

The best way to do this thing, in my opinion: Don't get the shot, even if your mother says so. You could get majorly sick and die. Just remember to wash your hands and don't come into very close contact with school cafeteria food. Make your own lunch, and stay AWAY from the nurses office/sick kids.

^^ Hope that helped.

[Kaiiea]

As a nursing student, I'll tell you that I wouldn't get it.

You can still get a strand of the flu even if you get the shot anyway. I really think that the risks outweigh the benefits unless in some situations, perhaps, your health is already compromised in other ways or you work in healthcare.

I would talk frankly about WHY you don't want to get it with your parents. Maybe they are just ignorant to the risks and they will listen to you if you inform them.

[[Cindy]]

My sister had to take it because she was pregnant. She said that it hurt a lot for her.

My coworker's friend said that after she took her shot, she began walking backwards instead of forward (it was really weird when I heard that).

I actually won't take the vaccine. It will be useless when the swine modifies itself again.

[Evil Marvella]

There are other alternatives to the shot.

Wash your hands! (Learn how to do it effectively) Friction, because soap does not kill the virus. Basically rub it off your hands and down the drain. Only use the alcohol based sanitizers when no soap and water is available.
Always. Before you touch your face. Before and after you touch someone else. Before you eat. Avoid people who are coughing or sneezing. If all of us were educated and took the necessary precautions... there would be NO cause to poison ourselves.

[BouquetOfBlackRoses]

I got the shot.
Now because of the shot my right leg has suddenly vanished and I can't seem to find it.

No, not really. I got it a few weeks ago with my step mom and dad. My step mom got a bit sick but she has a bad immune system but she's perfectly fine now. The side effects for me was that my arm hurt for a bit and I had a stuff nose for a few days.

Don't get it if your allergic to eggs or had Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS).

[BouquetOfBlackRoses]

Evil Marvella

There are other alternatives to the shot.

Wash your hands! (Learn how to do it effectively) Friction, because soap does not kill the virus. Basically rub it off your hands and down the drain. Only use the alcohol based sanitizers when no soap and water is available.
Always. Before you touch your face. Before and after you touch someone else. Before you eat. Avoid people who are coughing or sneezing. If all of us were educated and took the necessary precautions... there would be NO cause to poison ourselves.

To 'poison' ourselves? The flu shot is not poison. And honestly no matter how many times you Purell your hands you could still catch something.

[Xenos Eriadin]

Immaculate Fantasy

crbs

Side effects: Ripped skin. And chemicals flowing through your veins.

If I were you, I'd be scared as s**t. They're injecting the virus into you so your body can grow antibodies against it, but you can still catch it.

I am scared...

For ******** sake, don't be so paranoid about it!
It's a vaccine, there's always going to be a incredibly minute chance you'll get it.
I was vaccinated for whooping cough when I was a kid, but I still caught it when I was 4. That was like a million-to-one chance. But it doesn't mean I'm never going to get vaccinated against anything again, it just means I was unlucky.

Even if you don't get the shot, it's the flu. You'll be fine in a week or so.

[Xenos Eriadin]

BouquetOfBlackRoses

Evil Marvella

There are other alternatives to the shot.

Wash your hands! (Learn how to do it effectively) Friction, because soap does not kill the virus. Basically rub it off your hands and down the drain. Only use the alcohol based sanitizers when no soap and water is available.
Always. Before you touch your face. Before and after you touch someone else. Before you eat. Avoid people who are coughing or sneezing. If all of us were educated and took the necessary precautions... there would be NO cause to poison ourselves.

To 'poison' ourselves? The flu shot is not poison. And honestly no matter how many times you Purell your hands you could still catch something.

Exactly, thank you.

[Berts little black cat]

BouquetOfBlackRoses

Evil Marvella

There are other alternatives to the shot.

Wash your hands! (Learn how to do it effectively) Friction, because soap does not kill the virus. Basically rub it off your hands and down the drain. Only use the alcohol based sanitizers when no soap and water is available.
Always. Before you touch your face. Before and after you touch someone else. Before you eat. Avoid people who are coughing or sneezing. If all of us were educated and took the necessary precautions... there would be NO cause to poison ourselves.

To 'poison' ourselves? The flu shot is not poison. And honestly no matter how many times you Purell your hands you could still catch something.

Just as you can still get the virus even if you have the vaccine. :/

[BouquetOfBlackRoses]

Berts little black cat

BouquetOfBlackRoses

Evil Marvella

There are other alternatives to the shot.

Wash your hands! (Learn how to do it effectively) Friction, because soap does not kill the virus. Basically rub it off your hands and down the drain. Only use the alcohol based sanitizers when no soap and water is available.
Always. Before you touch your face. Before and after you touch someone else. Before you eat. Avoid people who are coughing or sneezing. If all of us were educated and took the necessary precautions... there would be NO cause to poison ourselves.

To 'poison' ourselves? The flu shot is not poison. And honestly no matter how many times you Purell your hands you could still catch something.

Just as you can still get the virus even if you have the vaccine. :/

That's true and although it rarely happens it still happens. Still, let's think about this. Getting a shot seems a lot more useful then just Purelling your hands and hoping no one coughs on you.

[Holly Jolly Rape]

Xenos Eriadin

BouquetOfBlackRoses

Evil Marvella

There are other alternatives to the shot.

Wash your hands! (Learn how to do it effectively) Friction, because soap does not kill the virus. Basically rub it off your hands and down the drain. Only use the alcohol based sanitizers when no soap and water is available.
Always. Before you touch your face. Before and after you touch someone else. Before you eat. Avoid people who are coughing or sneezing. If all of us were educated and took the necessary precautions... there would be NO cause to poison ourselves.

To 'poison' ourselves? The flu shot is not poison. And honestly no matter how many times you Purell your hands you could still catch something.

Exactly, thank you.

It's not the virus that's going to kill us, people. It's the effect of the virus, how it wears down our immune system, then something horrible gets us, even something like a cold could kill us after that.
It's not that it's deadly, it's just a helper to everything else that's trying to get us. :/

About the shot, my family is allergic to it. I can't get it. What should I do now?
I can't get the shot and the nasal spray killed a man.