Who Gets the Vaccine?
We recently included several winning Top Question Tuesday selections on an interactive poll. Stay tuned to this blog as we’ll be releasing the results over the next several weeks! And don’t forget to submit your own nominations for Top Question Tuesday using the box on the right of this blog.
One question asked whether respondents planned to be vaccinated against the H1N1 swine flu virus this year. Overall, 1% of the respondents had already been vaccinated, 31% said they planned to be vaccinated, 54% did not plan to be vaccinated, and 15% were not sure.
Groups that were more likely than average to say they planned to be vaccinated were those with a college education or higher (36% planned to be vaccinated), those who live in large cities (36%), liberals (42%), and those over aged 65 years old (38%). However, no demographic subgroup had more than 50% of respondents planning to be vaccinated, and liberals were the only group where those who said they would be vaccinated outnumbered those who said they would not.
Do you plan on being vaccinated this year? What factors are affecting your decision? Why do you think so many people do not plan to be vaccinated?
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I do NOT plan to be vaccinated for the H1N1. From everything I’ve read and heard, as a healthy 58 year old, I’m not in the high risk group. As a matter of fact, it is more likely that I would have problems with the regular seasonal flu.
The last time I had the flu was in 1964. I’ve never had a flu shot, and I worked for 33 years in a school (with sneezing, sniffling, coughing children).
The H1N1 vaccine has not been tested; there’s no proof that the side effects or the after effects will not be more dangerous than the flu itself.
I don’t plan to become a hermit; I continue to go out among people daily. I just plan to wash my hands often, eat chicken soup, and avoid kissing.
From what I understand, this vaccine is produced in the same way the seasonal vaccines are produced. So the only difference is the choice of virus strain. So all the hype about not being tested is what? Media hype.
I have someone at home who is in a high risk group, so as the vaccine becomes more widely available, I will look for a clinic “event”. I have already had my seasonal flu shot.
I’ve had the seasonal shot bur the H1N1 isn’t available to me yet. When it is I’ll have to take since my employer requires it (and pays fot it.)