October 08,2009.....Just released today by Dr. Steven Chang of the Daily Dose column, the World Health Organization just reported the number of cases of H1N1 influenza has increased by at least 24,000 in just the past two weeks. With the new H1N1 vaccine just recently being distributed to the public, the CDC (Center for Disease Control) is reaffirming the current vaccination guidelines. The groups most at risk, and therefore should be vaccinated are:Pregnant women
People who live with or care for chidren yonger than 6 months of age
Health care and emergency medical services personnel
Persons between the ages of 6 months through 24 years of age
People from ages 25 through 64 years who are at higher risk for novel H1N1 because of chronic health disorders or compromised immune systems
Also to be noted is that the H1N1 vaccine is not intended to replace the seasonal flu vaccine. The seasonal flu and H1N1 vaccines may be administered on the same day.
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What scares me is that there is relatively little research on it out there. I do happen to be a bit paranoid, though.
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ReplyDeleteI think a lot of people out there are just as paranoid. I was speaking with a doctor yesterday who was in medical school in 1976 during the last swine flu outbreak. In the hospital where he was doing rotation 2 patients contracted Guillan-Barre syndrome right after getting the vaccine. I have a client now who has had that disease and was told outright to stay away from this vaccine. So you have cause to think carefully about this.
Related, the CDC recently issued a statement clarifying why seniors are not recommended as one of the priority groups for the vaccine. See my post:
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