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nice friend:
Manal,
wishing and praying the same for you and your kidz :grin ... hope that it will b cleared up to your country bfore opening the schoolz  Ameen .. :)

Best Regards
Umair

Sharmin:
We were told in Oakland that a vaccine is available - I am looking into it for lil A before school starts (don't know if it is available yet...).  This year the flu shot will include one normal flu shot plus two shots for H1N1.  Please get your shots - all family members should get the flu shot in order to protect the family member with thalassemia or any other illness. 

Be safe,

Sharmin

jade:
Thank you for your duas.

Sharmin,

I don't know if the vaccines for H1N1 have been tested and found effective for the flu.  But I would like to tell u that once before a vaccine was prepared in a hurry and injected to part of the population and it was detrimental to their health instead of curing.  So have a look around whether others have taken the shots and are ok. 

Manal
May Allah keep us all safe. Ameen.
Talk to the children about the precautions to be taken.

Take care
Jade

Manal:
Jade,

I heard the same thing about an old vaccine that caused serious side effects like paralysis and death. I don't know if the vaccine they have been talking about in the media is the same or another version :huh :dunno :dunno

Thanks for the advice dear, i keep saying and saying and i am sure you can expect what's the outcome :mad

manal

Andy Battaglia:
God, I hope they know what they're doing with this vaccine. There is absolutely no indication that the CDC has learned anything though, since the 1976 flu vaccination program that saw over 25 deaths and over 550 cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome among vaccine recipients. The CDC still will not acknowledge a connection. I am actually quite nervous about this vaccine to be given in two doses because it will not be tested sufficiently before being used on the public. The subject of vaccinations is one where I disagree with much of the medical profession, as many vaccines have been linked to autism and many are quite frankly, completely unnecessary and have many side effects (Gardisil is one that is making tons of money for some of the local Rochester doctors, but is extremely hard to justify. I see its widespread use as more of a success of a public relations campaign rather than because of some true need, but of course, this is my opinion). There is going to be tremendous pressure put on the public to comply with vaccination for this flu and much talk about it being made compulsory. I really wish that this was slowed down enough to ensure that this vaccine is both safe and effective.

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