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H1N1 Question

thready
thready CSN Member Posts: 474
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
My son is getting the H1N1 mist vaccine today. I have read that there is a slight chance that the virus can be spread after getting the mist because it is live. My onc said that I can not get H1N1 vaccine because it is live.
Does anyone know if I can get H1N1 from someone who has been vaccinated, or if my 3 week old grandson can get it from him? (My son does not live with us, he is married and a brand new daddy.)

any info is appreciated.
Jan
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  • dorookie
    dorookie CSN Member Posts: 1,731 Member
    #2
    I got the shot
    for H1n1 at my doctors office, I asked the nurse before she gave me the shot it it was going to make me sick and she said no, because it was a dead virus, whatever that means. I took it at it was not a live active virus in the shot they gave me. Might want to ask your doctor about this.

    Beth
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  • Patteee
    Patteee CSN Member Posts: 945
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    My understanding is the mist
    My understanding is the mist vaccine is a weakened live virus and the chance of getting the flu from someone who has had the mist vaccine is very very low, think I read somewhere like 2 percent?
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  • thready
    thready CSN Member Posts: 474
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    Patteee said:

    My understanding is the mist
    My understanding is the mist vaccine is a weakened live virus and the chance of getting the flu from someone who has had the mist vaccine is very very low, think I read somewhere like 2 percent?

    Thank you
    Thank you, I think it is o.k., 2% is not a large amount. My son did tell me tonight that the pediatrician suggested he and his wife get the mist vaccine.

    All is well
    jan
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  • Shayenne
    Shayenne CSN Member Posts: 2,342
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    thready said:

    Thank you
    Thank you, I think it is o.k., 2% is not a large amount. My son did tell me tonight that the pediatrician suggested he and his wife get the mist vaccine.

    All is well
    jan

    There
    was a couple kids in my daughter's 7th grade class who got the mist, and ended up getting the swine flu anyway. I don't trust those shots.

    Hugsss!
    ~Donna
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  • lmliess
    lmliess CSN Member Posts: 329
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    Shayenne said:

    There
    was a couple kids in my daughter's 7th grade class who got the mist, and ended up getting the swine flu anyway. I don't trust those shots.

    Hugsss!
    ~Donna

    Amen
    I don't trust that shot. Nor the flu shot to be honest. Haven't gotten either one. I had my NaturalPath put me on alot of supplements though. Rather do those than the shots.
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