Comments on: Why will h1n1 vaccinations not be mandatory in schools?

By: The Informer

The Informer — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:24:28 +0000

I think it will be…but I think people need to REALLY research the whole swine flu thing, and also look up the swine flu outbreak of 1976, and research what happened when the gave people UNTESTED h1n1 vaccines, like they are going to do this time. It is very scary, and maybe you might think twice about this issue.There is a lot of good information out there. Please don’t believe everything you see on mainstream media.

By: The Doctor

The Doctor — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:56:15 +0000

It’s not mandatory because it’s not important. Firstly, H1N1 has been documented since around 1915. This isn’t new.

Second, it’s insignificant to the general population. The WHO reports around 185,000 confirmed cases worldwide, with around 1400 deaths. Compare this to the rest of the Influenza A group, at 340,000,000 – 1,000,000,000 infections per year, and 250,000 – 500,000 deaths worldwide per year. That means H1N1 has less than .02% of the deaths per year globally than Influenza A, which the general population basically ignores. In the end, the numbers speak for themselves…the media is just stirring the pot because there’s nothing better to scare people with right now.

By: chaos

chaos — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:32:40 +0000

Well they maybe, but there is no vaccination yet. It usually takes quite a few months to make them.The government said they will be testing a new vaccination this month (August) and hopefully have one to everyone by October.

I agree this swine flu is over stated. The only reason there is so many cases is becuse they are tracking it. The swin flu kills maybe 1% or less of the people that get it and the regular flu kills around 6-7% of the people that get it.

They are worried though that the H1N1 may mutate to something more deadly though; however the virus has a smaller probability/rate of mutating than a regular flu virus that mutates many times a year.