I'm not getting the shot, Mess, but I don't fall into the high risk group for H1N1 and I'd rather allow someone that really needs it to have it. I will tell you what a friend told me before vaccinating all 5 of his kids, he said that it is a must for all that fall into the high risk group and that the media is playing up the risk of the vaccination. He said there are risks of side effects with almost all drugs and the risk with this vaccine is no different. His take was there are too many people that are not experts giving half baked opinions about this and that the hype was shameful and disturbing if it frightens people to the extent that they opt not to care for their family. His wife and mother both work in the medical profession and he has long been involved with it and there is no dissent from people they claim to trust on this issue, they are 100% for the vaccination. As I said, all five of his kids got the shot last week.

You have to make your own decision on it but I think you would be safer getting them the shot than doing nothing and waiting to see what happens. I think between this and what Cass was saying there is a pretty consistant slant that getting the vaccination is the better way to go.