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LessinSF 09-28-2009 08:06 PM
Re: General discussion - Mom and Dad Esq.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by viet_mom (Post 401523)
Thanks for the input, all. And for the laughs -- well shaken water sold by Dr. Moneypenny. I think I'm going to have Vietbabe get both - apparently mid October is when the schools are going to be given a big stash and they'll be demanding we all bring our kids there to drink the Kool Aid. I forget which of the shots (regular flu or H1N1) requires 2 shots at different times, but that means a total of 3 shots for Viet Babe. Probably at 3 different appointments. Will suck. Too bad I can't get her drunk first.
Don't these shots cause autism? That's what Jenny McCarthy told me.

Icky Thump 09-28-2009 08:07 PM
Re: H1N1 Virus Flu Shots
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by 1436 (Post 401451)
Because there is no increased efficacy through multiple exposures.
No, really? That's also why a flu shot has a limited possibility of being effective. Shot covers strain A. Someone on the train near you with strain Z sneezes. You get the flu.

Fugee 09-29-2009 08:25 AM
Re: H1N1 Virus Flu Shots
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Icky Thump (Post 401525)
No, really? That's also why a flu shot has a limited possibility of being effective. Shot covers strain A. Someone on the train near you with strain Z sneezes. You get the flu.
True. But at least I'll be covered for all the people sneezing on me with Type A virus. Better some coverage than none.

The other reason I always get the flu shot is that the first time I got one the doctor told me studies had shown people who got the flu shot also got 30% fewer upper resp. infections. I have always been susceptible to those so even that would be a huge benefit for me.

viet_mom 09-29-2009 08:49 AM
Re: General discussion - Mom and Dad Esq.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by LessinSF (Post 401524)
Don't these shots cause autism? That's what Jenny McCarthy told me.
Amanda Peet told me the opposite.

1436 09-29-2009 10:05 AM
Re: H1N1 Virus Flu Shots
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Icky Thump (Post 401525)
No, really? That's also why a flu shot has a limited possibility of being effective. Shot covers strain A. Someone on the train near you with strain Z sneezes. You get the flu.
Yeah, that's why they update it every year. They try to cover the most prevalent strains.

Your hypo is like advising teenagers not to wear condoms because they won't protect them from lung cancer. Brilliant.

1436 09-29-2009 10:09 AM
Re: General discussion - Mom and Dad Esq.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by viet_mom (Post 401523)
Thanks for the input, all. And for the laughs -- well shaken water sold by Dr. Moneypenny. I think I'm going to have Vietbabe get both - apparently mid October is when the schools are going to be given a big stash and they'll be demanding we all bring our kids there to drink the Kool Aid. I forget which of the shots (regular flu or H1N1) requires 2 shots at different times, but that means a total of 3 shots for Viet Babe. Probably at 3 different appointments. Will suck. Too bad I can't get her drunk first.
The H1N1 requires two shots because it is quite a bit different from previous strains. Your autoimmune system is good, but not that good.

At least you can have a drink.

1436 09-29-2009 10:10 AM
Re: General discussion - Mom and Dad Esq.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by viet_mom (Post 401550)
Amanda Peet told me the opposite.
But Jenny McCarthy has Jim Carey backing her up. Who can Amanda Peet call into the fray?

Icky Thump 09-29-2009 10:25 AM
Re: H1N1 Virus Flu Shots
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by 1436 (Post 401553)
Yeah, that's why they update it every year. They try to cover the most prevalent strains.

Your hypo is like advising teenagers not to wear condoms because they won't protect them from lung cancer. Brilliant.
Wrong. I suggest you do some analogy prep here. There are no side effects, disputed or not, from condom use.

1436 09-29-2009 10:38 AM
Re: H1N1 Virus Flu Shots
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Icky Thump (Post 401557)
Wrong. I suggest you do some analogy prep here. There are no side effects, disputed or not, from condom use.
Wrong. I've suffered more side effects from condom use than Jenny McCarthy's kid has from vaccines. Those things ruin the whole moment for me. And always gave women a chance to think twice about what was about to happen. That's never been good for me.

And I once dated a girl who was allergic to latex. At least that is what she told me. Do you think she was lying?

And really, do you want me to come up with a better analogy?

dtb 09-29-2009 11:26 AM
Re: H1N1 Virus Flu Shots
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by taxwonk (Post 401354)
Perhaps your quandary can be eased by the fact that the H1N1 vaccine won't be available until around February and even then, there will be very limited availability.
It will be available in October. I am getting the H1N1, and have already gotten the seasonal flu shot. If I weren't pregnant, I might not get the H1N1, but the population with the highest DEATH rate from H1N1 is pregnant women, so I'll be getting it.

Still not sure whether I'll have the kids get H1N1 vaccine, but they will be getting the seasonal one.

Atticus Grinch 09-29-2009 01:03 PM
Re: H1N1 Virus Flu Shots
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by dtb (Post 401564)
If I weren't pregnant
Saywhatnow?

viet_mom 09-29-2009 01:08 PM
Re: H1N1 Virus Flu Shots
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by dtb (Post 401564)
I ....pregnant
:):):):)

Greedy,Greedy,Greedy 09-29-2009 01:09 PM
Re: H1N1 Virus Flu Shots
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch (Post 401587)
Saywhatnow?
Atticus, you are behind the times. Dtb got knocked up by some car racing nut in a dirty wife-beater, and is going to have a shotgun wedding. She hasn't said whether he has a mullet or not, and we aren't pressing her on it. We also haven't heard whether she'll wear white or not, but I understand the entire Connecticut Appalachain region is abuzz over the question.

I've put a five-spot on "dusky peach". Gatti's making book.

Atticus Grinch 09-29-2009 01:38 PM
Re: H1N1 Virus Flu Shots
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy (Post 401590)
Atticus, you are behind the times. Dtb got knocked up by some car racing nut in a dirty wife-beater, and is going to have a shotgun wedding. She hasn't said whether he has a mullet or not, and we aren't pressing her on it. We also haven't heard whether she'll wear white or not, but I understand the entire Connecticut Appalachain region is abuzz over the question.

I've put a five-spot on "dusky peach". Gatti's making book.
I knew about the wedding. I just thought the references to the shotgun were facetious. I shouldn't have let my subscription to Westport Magazine lapse.

Or my monthly membership in sepharticbumppicoftheday.com.

Sparklehorse 10-13-2009 11:01 AM
Underparenting with Tom Socca
 
In case you have been too busy with your spawn to read The Awl, I commend to you Tom Socca's column called Underparenting:

Link to all of his articles, including Underparenting.

A small excerpt:

Quote:
But child car seats are miserable. ... After your sixth or seventh hour locked in a five-point harness, unable to look over your shoulder, propped up so you can't sleep without your head lolling awkwardly over—you'd start screaming too.

The safety seat is ruining American family life and the automotive experience. I was horrified when vehicles started coming equipped with DVD players—individual ones, even. God forbid that children should ever be deprived of constant, demographically-targeted amusements. ...

But when I was little and bored in the car, I wasn't strapped down and immobile. I had, at most, a little booster seat that went under the lap belt, with a tubular metal roll bar that probably would have impaled me in the event of an accident. A fair amount of the time, I was crawling around loose in the cargo space, or on top of rear seats folded flat. Even with a seat belt on, I could work through the dull hours by rolling Matchbox cars around the back seat, or craning my head around to watch the scenery, or sucker-punching my brother in the floating ribs. There were options.


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