I attended a flu forum late last week as part of my job. The presenter offered all of the latest CDC recommendations for flu (seasonal and H1N1) for this fall. And much to my dismay, they are encouraging parents to get all children aged 6 mos. to 4 years old both the season flu shot and the soon-to-be released H1N1 vaccination. In fact, children in this age group are on the priority vaccination list. Call me paranoid, but I'm not enthusiastic about subjecting both my kids to a drug that has been hastily formulated and produced in mass quantities. It just seems way too risky.
Am I being ridiculously over-protective?
Also, for children, the H1N1 vaccination requires two shots. This is in addition to the two flu shots they're recommending for children being vaccinated for seasonal flu for the very first time. That means a total of four flu shots per kid. That's torture.
I think we'll take every precaution to prevent exposing our kids to the flu rather than injecting them with a strange drug.
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