Sebelius: Americans must get swine flu vaccination
October 7th, 2009 . by TexasFredWASHINGTON (AP) - Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius appealed anew Wednesday for widespread inoculation against a surging swine flu threat, calling the vaccine “safe and secure.”
Sebelius unconditionally vouched for the safety of the vaccine, saying it “has been made exactly the same way seasonal vaccine has been made, year in and year out.”
Appearing on morning news shows to step up the Obama administration’s campaign for vaccinations, Sebelius said that “the adverse effects are minimal. … We know it’s safe and secure. … This is definitely is a safe vaccine for people to get.”
Sebelius was asked on CNN about surveys showing many parents were wary of getting their children vaccinated for fear the vaccine has been too hastily prepared and wasn’t safe. She replied that it was targeted specifically at the H1N1 virus and was “right on target with an immune response.”
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Sebelius: Americans must get swine flu vaccination
I went and got my annual, seasonal flu shot last week. Several of us were sitting there in the waiting room, waiting to get the vaccination, and the topic of conversation turned to H1N1, The Swine Flu.
Texans, and most folks from the South in general, just strike up spontaneous conversations when we are in a group. We’re a friendly and inquisitive bunch. We discuss a lot of politics here in Texas. It’s a fairly safe topic given that the libs are to afraid to open their mouth if there’s more than 2 Conservatives around, and, most of us that ARE Conservatives have the language skills to actually conduct a conversation without resorting to name calling. Anyway…
We were discussing the Swine Flu vaccine, it’s safety, it’s dangers, the idea that the government may try to force people to take this vaccine, even if they don’t want to, so forth and so on…
I am not going to divulge where I got my annual flu shot, but, the health care professional that was giving the shots fell in on our conversation and stated, with NO reservation, “I won’t take the thing! I don’t believe they have done all the necessary work on it. I don’t believe it’s safe, and I remember the debacle back in the ’70s when this was tried.”
I too remember that debacle. People DIED. And it wasn’t from the flu, it was from the inoculation.
I take the annual vaccine. It has proven to be fairly effective and all things considered, safe too. I took the pneumonia vaccine as well. Those are to protect me and are taken because I want to take them.
The surest way for me to go into FULL rebellion mode is to tell me I must get swine flu vaccination! They have just hit the immovable object!
And I am sure most of you remember the Avian Flu? Bird Flu? Well, there are treatments being tried for that and swine flu as well. They are more of a homeopathic type medicine though.
For Bird Flu, you get a TWEETMENT.
For Swine Flu, you get an OINKMENT. 
