If there's one thing that spreads faster than the flu, it's unfounded rumors. We asked Dr. Dean Blumberg, pediatric infectious disease specialist at the University of California, Davis Medical Center, to debunk a few common myths about the H1N1 vaccine.
Myth: The vaccine isn't safe. The vaccine is functionally identical to the regular seasonal flu vaccine. The chances of dying from it are much smaller than from H1N1 disease.
Parents who've already waited hours for H1N1 vaccine for their young children can't yet resteasy. That's because those with children younger than 10 have to do it all over again.
Responding to an open records request by The Dallas Morning News, the Texas health department on Monday released a list of every medical provider in the state that requested the H1N1 flu vaccine and a list of all shipments ordered as of Thursday.
The Baltimore Health Department will hold a flu clinic this week for the public and will begin school-based vaccination clinics. Seasonal flu shots and H1N1 vaccine will be available free from 10 a.m.
Question: Is the new vaccine for H1N1 (swine) flu safe? I am pregnant and am worried that if I get it, my baby might be harmed. And if I do decide to have the H1N1 vaccine.
Untested? No. Rushed into production? Not really. Full of substances that do harm? Hardly, and especially not compared to the dangers of the H1N1 flu virus. That is the retort of researchers.
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