Comments on: When Pigs Fly… http://doctormaller.com/2009/05/02/when-pigs-fly/ From the intersection of Vanowen and Cyberspace Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:28:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lisa Spicer http://doctormaller.com/2009/05/02/when-pigs-fly/comment-page-1/#comment-113 Lisa Spicer Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:42:02 +0000 http://doctormaller.com/?p=61#comment-113 So, its been a couple of months now since the postings above...with the typical ebb and flow of the dialogue in the media about the vaccine. As always, your valuable opinion is wanted! So, under what circumstances are vaccines warranted for kids? Should we be concerned by or grateful for (or both) the rush to market of the H1N1? For us, given that both kids are in group care settings now, I feel it is a foregone conclusion that one of them will get it and spread it to...well...me. Unacceptable given hubby is on assignment out of state for the next three months. So, bottomline, what are your recommendations on the H1N1 vaccine? Will it offer any protection against the garden-variety seasonal flu? If not, can it be given in conjunction with the seasonal vaccine? So, its been a couple of months now since the postings above…with the typical ebb and flow of the dialogue in the media about the vaccine. As always, your valuable opinion is wanted! So, under what circumstances are vaccines warranted for kids? Should we be concerned by or grateful for (or both) the rush to market of the H1N1? For us, given that both kids are in group care settings now, I feel it is a foregone conclusion that one of them will get it and spread it to…well…me. Unacceptable given hubby is on assignment out of state for the next three months. So, bottomline, what are your recommendations on the H1N1 vaccine? Will it offer any protection against the garden-variety seasonal flu? If not, can it be given in conjunction with the seasonal vaccine?

]]> By: Dr. Harry Maller http://doctormaller.com/2009/05/02/when-pigs-fly/comment-page-1/#comment-98 Dr. Harry Maller Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:14:09 +0000 http://doctormaller.com/?p=61#comment-98 Since posting the blog entry on swine flu two and a half months ago, enough has happened to occasion an update. The offending agent isn't going away. In fact its behavior is odd in that it hasn't taken the summer off as influenza normally does. Epidemics are occurring worldwide and in every part of America. Deaths have been uncommon and almost all have been in otherwise unhealthy individuals, but pneumonia seems to be more common than with the familiar strains. Perhaps the most unsettling news is that this H1N1 strain resembles the 1918 virus that killed tens of millions. A vaccine may be developed by autumn but not quickly enough to be combined with the 2009-10 seasonal one, creating a huge logistical challenge. People who survived the 1918 pandemic seem to be immune, so if you're over 91 you're OK, but then you're probably not reading this blog. Since posting the blog entry on swine flu two and a half months ago, enough has happened to occasion an update.

The offending agent isn’t going away. In fact its behavior is odd in that it hasn’t taken the summer off as influenza normally does. Epidemics are occurring worldwide and in every part of America. Deaths have been uncommon and almost all have been in otherwise unhealthy individuals, but pneumonia seems to be more common than with the familiar strains.

Perhaps the most unsettling news is that this H1N1 strain resembles the 1918 virus that killed tens of millions. A vaccine may be developed by autumn but not quickly enough to be combined with the 2009-10 seasonal one, creating a huge logistical challenge. People who survived the 1918 pandemic seem to be immune, so if you’re over 91 you’re OK, but then you’re probably not reading this blog.

]]> By: Rachael http://doctormaller.com/2009/05/02/when-pigs-fly/comment-page-1/#comment-96 Rachael Wed, 20 May 2009 06:55:59 +0000 http://doctormaller.com/?p=61#comment-96 I thought the same thing about this sudden "epidemic". VEry suspicious... I thought the same thing about this sudden “epidemic”. VEry suspicious…

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