H1N1 - Swine Flu Vaccine

[yankee-in-france]

Is that smallpox vaccination the one that leaves a nasty scar on your arm?

If so my mother didn't want that on me and she told them to do it on my back, and I don't even know where it is because it's gone no scar nothing...

Yes, Hannie ... maybe it's on your bum. ... just teasin .. I know what you mean, it was on my left arm but it was never horrible and I can't even see it anymore.

[yankee-in-france]

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I am a very strong believer in vaccinations. With all of the travelers and immigrants, a strong documented vaccination program should be absolutely mandatory in my view. Silly to drop our guard now. Pandemics have a much greater effect on mankind than carbon footprints or global warming.

Yes, and we should require proof of vaccinations. When Peter and I went to Morocco a few years ago, our doc recommended the Typhus, a renewal of the tetanus, and Hepatitis A vaccines and gave us a Vaccination book that the French use because some countries require proof. The typhus only protects for four years.

TB was at one time eradicated, wasn't it, but now it's on the rise again. I agree with you on vaccines that they are important.

[Hannie]

Yes, Hannie ... maybe it's on your bum. ... just teasin .. I know what you mean, it was on my left arm but it was never horrible and I can't even see it anymore.

Oh is that what it is, I always thought it was cellulite...

[dallas]

NO WAY am I getting that shot. They haven't had time to develop it properly IMO, and it's hard telling what "Big Brother" is putting in those shots.

[Hannie]

I talked again with my mom today about it, and I said the same things you just said, dallas. They are much too vague about it imo. As if all people who will get that vaccin are some kind of guinea pigs.

[resigned]

This guinea pig got one yesterday...

[Eliza]

My mate got one today. Lucky dog got the preservative free version.