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lermanzo
10/20/09

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my public service announcement of the day: if you live, work, or play with/around people with compromised immune systems (elderly, babies, people with immune deficiencies) PLEASE DO NOT GET THE NASAL SPRAY VACCINES (as shown above). they could make your friend/family member/loved one very ill.

that being said, please DO get the shot-in-the-arm kind.

thanks! #swinefluvaccine
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Brigit
10/20/09

@lermanzo: Why is it different? #swinefluvaccine
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I believe in peace, bitch
10/20/09

@Brigit: The nasal spray is actually a live strain of the virus instead of a dead strain. It offers better protection for those receiving it. My 5 and 3 year old's just had it today. It was so much better than the shot--they barely blinked. CDC says the FluMist strain is live but weakened, and cannot cause the flue virus.
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Vidya108
10/21/09

@I believe in peace, bitch: Unfortunately, the CDC is wrong about the ability of the vaccine to transmit the virus. Live (even if weakened) vaccines can and do transmit the virus to others. It was a major problem with the polio vaccine for decades (into the 21st century) when it was still a live-virus form -- plenty of people caught polio from others who had been vaccinated.

Please, please, please refuse to have anything to do with this flu vaccine. Not only your own life, but those of others around you could depend on it. #swinefluvaccine
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lermanzo
10/22/09

@I believe in peace, bitch: in most people. my recommendation comes from the NIH, the Immune Deficiency Foundation, and the AAAAI. #swinefluvaccine
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sybann
10/20/09

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In my day, we could put dried peas up our noses without any damn help. #swinefluvaccine
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dj_chick
10/20/09

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"Now, just because I'm sticking something up your nose doesn't give you permission to go around sticking things up there, ok?" #swinefluvaccine
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futuremouse
10/20/09

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Doctor nose best. #swinefluvaccine
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BabyJane
10/20/09

@futuremouse: Doctors can be intimidating, but it's best not to deviate and just ac-septum. #swinefluvaccine
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galena11
10/20/09

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ZOMG, for a moment I thought she was getting an injection in her nose and thought, "Why isn't she screaming?!" #swinefluvaccine
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Zombie Ms. Skittles
10/20/09

@galena11: I DID TOO! I am so glad I read the caption. #swinefluvaccine
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labeled
10/20/09

In reply to Up, And At 'Em
Thank Science! (Thanks, whomever I stole that from!)

Also, panicky jerks, this is what socialized medicine looks like. That bad, was it?
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