Virginia Tech will make the H1N1 flu vaccine available to students, faculty, and staff on Wednesday, Nov. 18 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in McComas Gymnasium, according to an E-mail distributed to the campus body.
After months of uncertainty as to when a supply would be established, Intravene Travel Clinic, Tech's H1N1 supplier, received a limited supply of the vaccine for the Tech community.
Intravene informed Schiffert Health Center and the Office of Human Resources of the availability today.
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Step right up, get your lethal injection of thermisol, mercury, antifreeze.. oh yea, and something that *might* keep you from getting the flu. We haven't completed testing of this vaccine yet, but of the people that we have tested, not all have gotten sick or died. But you're scared enough of the flu to take that chance, aren't you?
Don't delete this comment - it's not fiction. It's sarcasm about the truth. Look into it for yourself before you decide to get this shot.
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None of the chemicals you mentioned are even in the US vaccine. It has been shown to be safe and effective against H1N1. The only problems with the vaccine is limited supply (due to a slower rate of growth in chicken eggs) and irrational fear of vaccines by the public.
You are far more at risk from NOT taking the vaccine then taking it.
Check out some of these articles for yourself if you're in doubt about taking the vaccine.
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/10/ff_waronscience_h1n1myths/
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Chances of dying from the Swine Flu are significantly higher than the chances of dying from the vaccine.
Why try to scare people away from something that can save their lives or the lives of someone they may infect?
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Or, alternately, not get the vaccine at all and save your immune system the trouble so you can fight off viruses you might actually get. If I get the 'swine flu' I'm sure my local physician in the hospital can keep me alive.
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But what if you have a convergence of flu viruses? Seasonal and H1N1? I sure don't want to be the one testing our local hospital's skill at dealing with a double whammy.
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Hey Brad,
That's not how your immune system works at all. Your body is contently encountering novel antigens (immune provoking molecules). Getting a vaccine doesn't weaken or improve your ability to fight not influenza infections.
It'll pretty much only help protect you against H1N1, nothing more, and nothing less.
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Yeah, its like those parents who refuse to vaccinate their children for measles (fear it causes autism) then invariably their kids are part of a measles outbreak. It puts their children at higher risk and their classmates.
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