ok, this h1n1 bs is getting old....

[Slide Panda]

Rog's got the hieney...

Hope you're feeling better - co-worker's wife has got some flu thing going on... Do not want.

And thanks for that uplifting thought Stat...

[Monster Dave]

See here's my thing, I don't know what to think. Should I get vaccinated or not? Are the vaccines doing more good than harm? With all the hype in both directions, I can't decide which decision would best serve my best interests.

[NAKID]

I have heard of no major adverse reactions from this series of H1N1 vaccines.

[Monster Dave]

this series of H1N1 vaccines.

How do you know which series "this" one is though? (as a patient)

[NAKID]

This series as opposed to the one that everyone refers to about the adverse effects (i.e. the stuff from the 80's)...

[Oldfisti]

I was offered a free H1N1 vaccination from my doctor buddy but haven't decided yet whether or not to take it.

[roy-nexus-6]

See here's my thing, I don't know what to think. Should I get vaccinated or not? Are the vaccines doing more good than harm? With all the hype in both directions, I can't decide which decision would best serve my best interests.

from wiki answers. 
The injected vaccine does not contain any live virus material.
However, the inhaled version, called Flumist, contains a live, attenuated virus.

[DarkMonster620]

They found a cat in Iowa infected with A-H1N1, this is how this s*** mutates...

[Scotzman]

Well, my wife and son got the vaccine today, so we'll see if there are any major side effects.

[Oldfisti]

Well, my wife and son got the vaccine today, so we'll see if there are any major side effects.

[krolik]

They found a cat in Iowa infected with A-H1N1, this is how this s*** mutates...

Ferrets can get H1N1 flu also.

[trenner]

Here's an interesting graphic from Flickr:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelpaukner/4052849920/#in/pool-16135094@N00

...with sources cited.

Here's the big version of just the graphic (no sources cited):

http://tinyurl.com/ylm9mk5

Seems we ought to be all up in arms about HIV, TB, and malaria, and really not all that interested in H1N1, which is so far about as deadly as leprosy, and far less nasty for the afflicted living.

Admittedly the numbers are changing as flu season progresses, but the chart's still an interesting one.  Me, I'll take flu over leprosy any day, thanks!

[JEFF_H]

the scariest thing about that cart is the skull graphic

from the CDC website

Every year in the United States, on average:

    * 5% to 20% of the population gets the flu;
    * more than 200,000 people are hospitalized from flu-related complications; and
    * about 36,000 people die from flu-related causes.

[MendoDave]

I know that with all the pressure to get this shot, Ive gotten suspicious and put on my govt conspiracy tin foil hat. I'm running the other way on this.

Besides based on My past experience every time I get a flu shot, I get sick. I don't get sick most years left alone from the shot.

[TiNi]

HR handed out h1n1 pamphlets yesterday at our corporate offices