Swine Flu Parties

dreamseeker · #1 10-23-2009, 12:50 AM

I never had chicken pox. should i be scared? lol

Preston327 · #2 10-23-2009, 01:33 AM

I would think if you got vaccinated or do get vaccinated you'd be fine. I had the chickenpox when I was in Kindergarten and the very next year they brought out the vaccine to the schools. I remember being mad because it made me miss two weeks of school (where all the best toys were).

AKA_Monet · #3 10-23-2009, 02:17 AM

As far as kids testing their immunity limits with "Swine Flu Parties"--good luck with that... Reckless, but okay, whatever. I know several adults who have gotten Swine Flu.

As soon as the vax is available to the general population, I will get it and hope I don't get the flu.

As far as kids not being vax, I thought I heard California includes it in its directive to going to school as with other childhood vaccines. Meaning, a child cannot attend a public school unless they get vaccinated.

xxstardust · #4 10-23-2009, 08:25 PM

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As far as kids testing their immunity limits with "Swine Flu Parties"--good luck with that... Reckless, but okay, whatever. I know several adults who have gotten Swine Flu.

As soon as the vax is available to the general population, I will get it and hope I don't get the flu.

As far as kids not being vax, I thought I heard California includes it in its directive to going to school as with other childhood vaccines. Meaning, a child cannot attend a public school unless they get vaccinated.

The big issue is that many states let students into schools WITHOUT vaccines if they have "religious exemptions" ... meaning parents who are opposed to vaccinations and sign paperwork which states they do not believe in vaccinations, be it because of religious or ideological beliefs or even just beliefs against vaccinations for non-religious beliefs. It's not the same thing but states let it slide as if it is ... if you don't have the rubella or polio vaccine, you can (in most states) go anyway to public school if you have "religious" objections to the vaccine.

Psi U MC Vito · #5 10-23-2009, 08:43 PM

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The big issue is that many states let students into schools WITHOUT vaccines if they have "religious exemptions" ... meaning parents who are opposed to vaccinations and sign paperwork which states they do not believe in vaccinations, be it because of religious or ideological beliefs or even just beliefs against vaccinations for non-religious beliefs. It's not the same thing but states let it slide as if it is ... if you don't have the rubella or polio vaccine, you can (in most states) go anyway to public school if you have "religious" objections to the vaccine.

Not to hijack, but what religions besides Christian Scientist have beliefs against vaccination?

xxstardust · #6 10-23-2009, 10:48 PM

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Not to hijack, but what religions besides Christian Scientist have beliefs against vaccination?

Most don't, as far as I know, but you don't have to prove religious belief against vaccines to claim a religious exemption. In most states, it's just a form requiring a signature from a parent stating that religious beliefs prevent a child from receiving vaccines.

Babypink - I think you're totally right. If you or your children don't have an underlying condition that would prevent it being a hyped-up cold, you shouldn't worry about a vaccine. I look at it exactly the same way you do, despite having an underlying condition. If you're overall a healthy person you shouldn't need the flu shot! My family got it when I lived at home because I've had severe asthma since I was little, and if I get sick I have issues with breathing and end up in the hospital. Now that I don't live at home, they don't bother - if my otherwise healthy little brother gets the flu he's sick for a few days and then is totally fine.

Kevin - my gut instinct would be that because she already has contracted employment (at least, your post seems to imply that?), to impose additional strictures of this type wouldn't be permissable? I could very easily be totally wrong, though.

33girl · #7 10-24-2009, 11:10 AM

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Not to hijack, but what religions besides Christian Scientist have beliefs against vaccination?

Well, my cousin is Christian Missionary Alliance, and he just told me yesterday that he's against them. Then again he also probably thinks Obama is putting something in them to turn us all gay. I love him dearly but we are not on the same side of the political fence, to put it mildly.

I got a flu shot last year and felt awful for 2 days afterwards - everyone did who got them. I haven't this year, because my insurance doesn't cover it and I'm not in big groups of people. I'm snuffling to beat the band right now but I don't think it's pigger wigger flu.

AOII Angel · #8 10-23-2009, 02:20 AM

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I never had chicken pox. should i be scared? lol

There's a vaccine. I had to get it when I started med school. We had to get a Varicella titer to prove we'd had the chicken pox. I tested negative though my mom swears I had it at 4. I had to have 2 shots since I'm an adult. Now if I get exposed to chicken pox, I have to get my titer checked. If I test negative, I can't go to work for 5 days until I see if I get sick. If I do get the chicken pox, it will likely be a mild case because of the vaccine. Adults typically have much more severe cases than children do if they haven't been vaccinated. You can probably get the shots for $10 at the health unit.

Munchkin03 · #9 10-24-2009, 01:22 PM

Ummm...ewww? It's not like getting the swine flu--or any flu--is inevitable. I have to get the vax because I have asthma. I get the seasonal flu vaccine as soon as it's available and now I'm just cooling my heels until the H1N1 vaccine is available.

I wish I would have gotten the chickenpox as a kid or at least the vaccine. My mother worked very hard at making sure me and my sister did NOT get it. Her reasoning wasn't anything other than finding it disgusting. Yes, seriously. So, instead of our getting it when we were in grade school and taking a week off from school when it had no major impact, my sister got it when she was 21 and I got it when I was 15. We were both extremely sick.

Having to take 2 weeks off from school during PSAT time=horrible. Having to take 2 weeks off from college and not being able to work=ridiculous.

alum · #10 10-24-2009, 02:42 PM

384 students out of a total population of 2200 were absent from school yesterday. I'm sure that not everyone was diagnosed with H1N1 (especially when the drs that most of us use didn't even test) but every child my kid knows personally has the exact same symptoms. My son rarely gets sick but this has just wiped him out.

DSTRen13 · #11 10-24-2009, 03:10 PM

Some pediatricians around here are telling parents not to bring their kids to the doctor unless they are *definitely* sick, so they won't catch anything in the waiting room.

christiangirl · #12 10-25-2009, 12:41 AM

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Some pediatricians around here are telling parents not to bring their kids to the doctor unless they are *definitely* sick, so they won't catch anything in the waiting room.

This is exactly the advice that is going around the hospital where I intern. I agree with it--if your kid (or you for that matter) has the sniffles or a cough, tuck into bed with some soup and call the family doctor. If there's no fever or the symptoms aren't severe, why go to an ER full of severely sick people? If you don't have the flu when you come in, chances are you will by the time you leave.