I have multiple sclerosis and as such I am in the "at risk" group but I turned down the chance to have the vaccine last month when it was offered by
my GP for various reasons but primarily because I cannot believe that the vaccine itself is necessary, or for that matter if it's even safe
considering how little testing that has been done.
I'm also a father of two very young children, a girl of 3 and my son is a year and a half old and I find myself in a very difficult situation. They
have the chance to be vaccinated this coming Monday and I really don't know what to do. I don't want to take risks with their lives by not having
them vaccinated against swine flu, and therefore take the risk of them getting sick or worse. But I also don't want to play Russian roulette with
them and have them vaccinated against something that may not even be a real threat with something that we don't know is safe. To say that I'm
confused would be an understatement.
On top of all of that, all 3 of us were sick for a week with flu like symptoms and coughs a couple of weeks back. Both of my children had to take
trips to the emergency room on two seperate occasions because of high temperatures but also because they both came out in a sort of bumpy rash along
with it. Almost like an alergic reaction, which the Doctors told us was a normal response in very young children and can happen with any virus. I was
also sick. Achy, sore closed throat and cough, a bit sweaty but no high temperature. So maybe we've already had it?