Physicians Are Talking About: Is It Worth Getting the H1N1Vaccine?

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http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/711159?src=rss" ... However, other physicians are equally adamant about not getting the H1N1 vaccine. "I don't want to be a lab rat," says an internist."No way I or my family will receive the vaccine. Not a chance!" comments another internist."Emphatically no to both vaccines," says a family medicine physician. "I agree with Dr. Joseph Mercola's take on the swine flu and this and the prior round of vaccinations for it. I believe, based on all I've read to date, that vaccinations cause a body more harm than good.""I remember the last vaccine rushed to production. People died and some developed paralysis," says another family medicine physician. "I prefer to take my chances."Several physicians wonder about the advisability of vaccinating segments of the population already exposed to influenza. An emergency medicine physician, who saw H1N1 cases throughout September, comments, "If the epidemiology here mirrors the Southern Hemisphere flu season, by the time H1N1 vaccine is available the virus probably will be done circulating through my community."An anesthesiologist in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, area commented that his community experienced a flu outbreak in September: "I'm not very enthused about giving my son the swine flu shot considering [that] he's likely had the disease already."