Your weekly update. H1N1

[petmoosie]

The southern half of the US has widespread flu. Washington state, Illinois, Minnesota, Maryland and Pennsylvania, to pick out a few that my readers might be interested in, have widespread flu. About 5% of visits to doctors are for flu-like illnesses.

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H1N1 vaccine

[mark7blue.livejournal.com]

I rarely get vaccinated for common bugs, because those administering the vaccines usually don't know if there's anything in them -- like egg proteins -- that I might have an allergic reaction to; and/or they'll respond that I shouldn't risk it. (Egg-based vaccines have been common in the past, from what I understand.)

While I'm curious whether I'm a candidate for the injected H1N1 vaccine or it's contraindicated in my case, I understand that they'll also have another version available: one I might be able to take up the nose.

Yeah. Doesn't that sound like fun.