Posted by Terminus at 10:53am Aug 5 '09I wasn't aware there was an H1N1 vaccine either, but I do have a couple of points:
1) There are thimerosal-free flu vaccines.. your Pediatrician may already have and use them as a standard rule, or you may have to special-request it from your Ped and have them order it for you in advance. Also, unless something has changed recently, a baby has to at least be 6 months old to get a flu vaccine (and they usually have them get two vaccines a month apart, but only during the first year that they get one).
2) For [private], is the H1N1 vaccine separate from the regular flu vaccine? I'm assuming it is--honestly I would go for the regular flu vaccine, hope that swine flu isn't too big of a deal this year, and wait and see how the first rounds of the swine flu vaccine go over (on other people). Once more people have had it, and more studies have been done, it's a lot easier to make that judgement.
1) There are thimerosal-free flu vaccines.. your Pediatrician may already have and use them as a standard rule, or you may have to special-request it from your Ped and have them order it for you in advance. Also, unless something has changed recently, a baby has to at least be 6 months old to get a flu vaccine (and they usually have them get two vaccines a month apart, but only during the first year that they get one).
2) For [private], is the H1N1 vaccine separate from the regular flu vaccine? I'm assuming it is--honestly I would go for the regular flu vaccine, hope that swine flu isn't too big of a deal this year, and wait and see how the first rounds of the swine flu vaccine go over (on other people). Once more people have had it, and more studies have been done, it's a lot easier to make that judgement.
Re: I wasn't aware there was even an H1N1 vaccine - Terminus