The Swine Flu is a lightning rod for such over confident talk, but, fortunately, since I study at a university I have a colleague who is a biologist and he sent me some information on the H1N1 virus. He lectures on advanced biology and is working hard at fighting cancer.
This chart doesn't apply to you.
He let me in on some research that I didn't know about. This year, 4,600 people were studied after receiving the Swine Flu vaccine and absolutely none of them suffered side effects of any kind. I know that we have all heard rumors that it can make you sick or give you another disease, but these are only rumors and have no evidence behind them. For some reason, our society is very quick to throw out science and, instead, seek alternative medicine ("Just clean your colon..."), chiropractors ("If I adjust your neck you won't be sick, anymore...), and so-called natural cures ("I'm sure that some echinacea will cure that broken arm...").
THIS chart applies to you; although, the symptoms are pretty much the same. That's flattering.Don't be swayed by the hype of popular celebrities; they might be pretty, but they don't work in labs. My colleague also informed me that this strain of the flu is much more serious than I originally thought and is a subtype of the infamous Spanish Flu. (Did you know that Spanish Flu was also H1N1? I didn't.) This is no place for amateur scientists - let's let the professionals help us out.
4 comments:
As with most things, it's never completely cut-and-dry, and there are scientists on both sides.
But I thought this article was most fair.
Your first link is to a famous English tabloid paper and the second is to a place where scientists discuss their lives. Actually, both of those sources have let me down in the past, but I'm not going to listen to a tabloid newspaper about this stuff.
Well, you know, 1st-degree information is remarkably short in supply in the internet age.
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