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Originally Posted by Vickie in Phoenix
PLEASE NOTE:
I asked my hubby about the vaccine. My husband works next door to one of two of the national call centers for the Centers for Disease Control here in the US. They have doctors and nurses working there. The word is, the H1N1 vaccine is safe with the following limitations: pick the nasal spray, it's safer. It is a live virus and the recipient might come down with a very mild form of the flu but it is not guaranteed that they will become sick. If they would have a reaction, it would be very mild and completely managable. Second, there is mercury in the vaccine. This is the same as any of the measles, mumps, etc. vaccines that children get routinely in our country. It is not an issue unless the child is allergic to mercury.
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cdc link
http://www.cdc.gov/H1N1flu/vaccination/pregnant_qa.htm
Does the 2009 H1N1 flu shot have mercury in it?
There is no evidence that thimerosal (a mercury preservative in vaccine that comes in multi-dose vials) is harmful to a pregnant woman or a fetus. However, because some women are concerned about thimerosal during pregnancy, vaccine companies are making preservative-free seasonal flu vaccine and 2009 H1N1 flu vaccine in single dose syringes for pregnant women and small children. CDC advises pregnant women to get flu shots either with or without thimerosal.
imo if you can get it with out the thimerosal in it ..safer as mercury at times has been wondered if it can leed to autism.. Wondering why if they can make it with out it they just take that out.
Also nasel one is Not recommened to woman who are pregnet.
"The other type of flu vaccine—a nasal spray—is
not approved for pregnant women. This vaccine is made with live, weakened flu virus. Nasal spray flu vaccine should be used only in healthy people 2-49 years of age who are not pregnant. The nasal spray vaccine is safe for women after they have delivered, even if they are nursing."