Views on H1N1 Vaccine...

Valena,

I googled the squalene adjuvant, since I know nothing about it....the link below suggests a differing opinion than yours.  Can you offer more?  Just concerned and asking, not challenging...we have H1N1 in our school building, confirmed.

Laurie

http://www.who.int/vaccine_safety/topics/adjuvants/squalene/questions_and_answers/en/

I just found out I'm pregnant, just barely 4 weeks and I got the seasonal flu shot and am debating about whether to get the H1N1 or not. The only time I've ever gotten a flu shot is when I am pregnant, so this was the 2nd time I've had it. I have no problems or reactions to the seasonal flu shot so I'm considering the swine flu one. I teach high school choir so I have kids breathing on me all day and my 3 year old goes to preschool and gets those germs and then breaths on me too. My mom is a nurse and said she won't be getting the swine flu shot, but if she were me being pregnant that she probably would. So I am concerned too about it. I'd hate to see that it causes problems with the baby's development or with the pregnant mother. So I'm undecided at this point.

I know I replied to this once but in researching I found I an article from the New York Times. I think it might be of interest.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/12/opinion/12offit.html?_r=1