Where have you seen that offers the H1N1 shot? There are lots of places that offer the regular flu shot but I haven't seen H1N1 anywhere.

That's not quite what the statistics say. The statistic being reported is that 6% of the US swine flu deaths have been pregnant women, while pregnant women make up only 1% of the general population. While that means 6 times as many as one would expect have died, it doesn't mean they're 6 times more likely to die than someone who isn't pregnant. To know that you'd have to know infection rates and some other numbers.

Not that the statistic isn't cause for concern. Even if it is simply indicating that pregnant women are more likely to contract H1N1 and therefore even dying at the same rate as the general population they'll account for a disproportionate number of deaths, that's a good enough reason to take the precaution of the shot. But "6 times more likely" isn't quite an accurate picture.

This interested me, GD, so I googled. CDC sez (in spoiler box because I don't know how many details CP and GD want. When I was expecting, I preferred to not think of these things.) :

Source is here.

After having heard a program about the really disgusting and patently unsafe methods of preparing vaccines, I'm never getting one again.

(Not that I have in forever anyway.)


No, I can't relate to you what I learned. I forgot everything but the taste.

I could be wrong, but I thought I saw it at CVS and Target.

Dude, that was the "Jungle" and they were talking about meat packing plants...

(just kidding).


Can you link to a source?

This is what I meant. Sorry for the poor choice of words, thanks for the clarification.

Not at CVS in CA

I'm not seeing anything on Target's website, and they
aren't listed on the CA page.

Nope. My sources are not internet. (That's not to say there isn't copious material about the harm from, and shoddy manufacturing and safety approval practices of vaccinations on the internet. Google is your friend.)

Sorry! :(

Most of which is b.s.

eta: just one fact (found in 30 seconds) to back up my statement - at least 44,000 people have already been vaccinated in China with reports of only 14 adverse cases — and it’s not certain that those adverse outcomes are even linked to the vaccine.