Friday, October 9, 2009

Flu Season - Since When Did They Start Naming the Strains Like STAR WARS Characters?


The H1N1 virus - who else could not help but think of R2D2?

Seriously though, I have a lot of concerns this winter about the flu. Case in point: I have a son who is is four years old (RISK) who rides a school bus (RISKY) four days a week to preschool (RISKY RISKY!). I have a daughter who is two going on three, and a baby boy who will be a year in a few weeks. Already, they have all three been down with stuffy and runny noses and a cough.

I have to admit I am getting a little nervous about the upcoming winter season with all the warnings you hear about the flu every year, and the H1N1 has hit Cedar City already. In fact, my babysitter already contracted it and beat it a few weeks ago. Is it as scary as it was 2 years ago when it was all the media spoke about? Or have we had enough time to develop enough vaccines?

I plan on getting the kids vaccinated, but then I heard something about parents being against the H1N1 vaccine, but don't remember where I heard the rumor.

Does anyone else have any information about flu season this year they would like to share? This is a discussion I would really like to pursue to inform all mothers out there what to worry about and what is just babble.

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