H1N1 Vaccine?

[tilallr1]

Originally Posted by Mumps

Did you know, constant sanitizing is actually very harmful to your hands, and can actually open up more ways for you to get infected with many various disease?

I say this, yet I am probaby more of a germ-a-phobe than you are! I got the lizzard hands to prove it! I guess I shouldn't be bragging about that eh? hehe

Actually, this is very true. A co-worker of mine actually died because of this. No joke. She contracted a flesh eating bacteria which the doctors blamed on her over sanitizing her hands and well water they used for their home. It started in the hands and within a few days had spread throughout her whole body. No one expected it, but she passed away within a week.

Horrible story, and has made me a sanitizer-a-phobe for life. Good old regular soap and water for me.

[prime13]

Originally Posted by tilallr1

Actually, this is very true. A co-worker of mine actually died because of this. No joke. She contracted a flesh eating bacteria which the doctors blamed on her over sanitizing her hands and well water they used for their home. It started in the hands and within a few days had spread throughout her whole body. No one expected it, but she passed away within a week.

Horrible story, and has made me a sanitizer-a-phobe for life. Good old regular soap and water for me.

Wait till my class hears THIS!

[C_Shewins]

If u have listened to the news..... I rather not, cuz u can die from the vaccine. Just wash your hands and keep yourself clean. If u have flu symptoms, go to the doctor immediately.

[Aernaroth]

Originally Posted by C_Shewins

If u have listened to the news..... I rather not, cuz u can die from the vaccine. Just wash your hands and keep yourself clean. If u have flu symptoms, go to the doctor immediately.

If you listened to the news, you'd know there's no risk of death in the vaccine that every other vaccine doesn't also have. That is, allergic reactions with people who shouldn't take it in the first place, and complications with an astronomically small chance of occurring.

And if you have flu symptoms, doctors are not encouraging you to see them, since then the hospitals would be jam packed with people who may not even have H1N1, but if they did, would be exposing others at the hospital to it. I was told by doctors when I had it that unless my fever became very serious or my symptoms persisted for over a week, that I should just stay home and rest.

[Pascal]

Oddly enough, my cousin got the shot and her arm stayed paralyzed for a little more than a day, she had a migraine, swelling, etc. She's back to normal now though. I guess she was the oddball bad case.

[JLvatron]

Originally Posted by Aernaroth

That is, allergic reactions with people who shouldn't take it in the first place, and complications with an astronomically small chance of occurring.

Astronomical?

Well, since I dream of being an astronaut in space 1 day, I better stay away from this vaccine then!!!!

[Phalanx]

Originally Posted by Pascal

Oddly enough, my cousin got the shot and her arm stayed paralyzed for a little more than a day, she had a migraine, swelling, etc. She's back to normal now though. I guess she was the oddball bad case.

Getting a shot is like getting punched in (or, more appropriately, inside) the arm - there's often some internal bruising and swelling (hence the pain for a couple of days afterward). Could have caused some pressure on a nerve, maybe? Dunno. Random guess.

[Aernaroth]

Originally Posted by JLvatron

Astronomical?

Well, since I dream of being an astronaut in space 1 day, I better stay away from this vaccine then!!!!

you know how like the nearest star is a hundred million km away from the earth? Your chances of dying from the vaccine are like saying you could walk that distance.


And yeah, my arm was a bit sore for a couple of days after getting the vaccine, but that's the only difference I can think of between the H1N1 and seasonal flu vaccines. I imagine that has something to do with the actual fluid the vaccine uses as a medium, rather than the vaccine itself.