Am I the only one not worried about the swine flu?

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  • ladysavage
  on Nov. 4, 2009 at 4:14 PM

• Now my daughter is 2, I'm definitely ready for her to start strengthening her immune system by fighting off sicknesses naturally, so nope - not scared.

  Actually, my dad *might* have it, he'd never go to the docs to check - but me and my sister think it could be H1N1 - and that's not stopping me from going around to cheer him up.

  To be honest I'd rather have it and fight it off so I could just say - look, it's the flu, it's not the fricking plague.

  
  

  
  

  "It is quiet. It is dark. It is night. Somewhere a baby whimpers. His mother stirs and pulls her infant toward her. He begins to nurse and both Babe and Mom fall back to sleep. Somewhere in his dreams Papa knows all is well. All are asleep." - Tine Thevenin, 'The Family Bed'.

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  • autumnsmommy02
  on Nov. 4, 2009 at 4:25 PM

• Not afraid of it here. I think it's all WAY overdone and nothing more than a money maker for big pharma and it's partners.

   

  

  
  

  

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  • caemommy
  on Nov. 4, 2009 at 5:06 PM

• I'm not worried either. Every day at kindergarten drop off and pick up though, it seems that's all anyone can talk about! (Yet, when we went to a birthday party this weekend with those same people, everyone was flabbergasted that I was using hand sanitizer on all of the kids hands before they ate lunch. They were all like "Oh! What a great idea!" Honestly, people! You're all willing to drive to the ends of the earth to shoot your kids up with the vaccine, but can't be bothered to consider basic hygiene?!?!) I had some flu last month, maybe it was H1N1. It stunk to be sick, but oh well. I don't look forward to anyone in my family being ill, but I'm not going to lose sleep over it. We'll just keep taking preventative care of ourselves the same way we do every day of the year!

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  • Precious333
  on Nov. 4, 2009 at 6:00 PM

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  Quoting caemommy:
  
  

  I'm not worried either. Every day at kindergarten drop off and pick up though, it seems that's all anyone can talk about! (Yet, when we went to a birthday party this weekend with those same people, everyone was flabbergasted that I was using hand sanitizer on all of the kids hands before they ate lunch. They were all like "Oh! What a great idea!" Honestly, people! You're all willing to drive to the ends of the earth to shoot your kids up with the vaccine, but can't be bothered to consider basic hygiene?!?!) I had some flu last month, maybe it was H1N1. It stunk to be sick, but oh well. I don't look forward to anyone in my family being ill, but I'm not going to lose sleep over it. We'll just keep taking preventative care of ourselves the same way we do every day of the year!

  thats true and I think I need to be more on top of  that too. The only problem is that hand sanitizer isn't good for young kids, but just in general having antibacterial soap isn't the best either because it does break down the immune system, just something to consider.
  

  
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  • buzymamaof3
  on Nov. 4, 2009 at 7:40 PM

• I buy organic :) 
  

  thats true and I think I need to be more on top of  that too. The only problem is that hand sanitizer isn't good for young kids, but just in general having antibacterial soap isn't the best either because it does break down the immune system, just something to consider.
  

  
  

    
  

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  • SuperMommy486
  on Nov. 4, 2009 at 8:06 PM

• No not really. Every once in a while I start to worry just cause my youngest  is only 10 months but she is still BF'ed and in great health. :)
  

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  • hatcherbee
  on Nov. 4, 2009 at 8:19 PM

• Nope, you are not the only one. We arent worried either.

   
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  • CurvyMommato1
  on Nov. 4, 2009 at 8:28 PM

• I worry, I have a 7 month old, and he is not breastfeed and never was.....and how many stories I have heard about young children dying...I worry bc at this young age, i cant be sure that my child does not have asthma or won't develop it.....so he could have problems I do not even know about.

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  • coolestmomeva
  on Nov. 4, 2009 at 8:30 PM

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  Quoting autumnsmommy02:
  
  

  Not afraid of it here. I think it's all WAY overdone and nothing more than a money maker for big pharma and it's partners.

   

  
  same here....i cant believe people are freaking out soooo bad...

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  • ready_for2
  on Nov. 4, 2009 at 8:32 PM

• im not worried. my fiance had it about a month ago. he was sick for a week, got tamiflu and then immediatly got better. we have a one year old son. neither me or my son got it. my son was slightly sick, a low fever but only lasted two days so it wasnt the same thing my fiance had (high fever 103+). im hoping that both my son and i have a high tolerance or something to it, or that now that we have been exposed, we have built some immunity (though i think we must have had some in the first place). im not worried, just as i wasnt before. we would never get a vaccine for something like that
  

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