I have always taken a flu shot in the past. I am 53 with parents who are 82 with COPD and 78 (Their mother and father survived the "Spanish Flu", my understanding is they should be immune to the Swine Flu and not have to have this in their shots) with chronic bronchitis. Kind of weird that they got a flu shot with the H1N1 this year. So far this is the only year (yet) that I have not gotten my flu shot. I am still trying to get "just"" the flu shot and not anything else added into the mix. I do want to protect my grandchildren (1 with Aspergers, and 1 with severe Autism (who I must brag is soooooo smart and really starting to speak and will initiate a conversation and just blossoming after celation (sp?) therapy) and elderly parents, co-worker with a husband who has serious heart problems who can't take the flu shot, just the general population in general, but I do not want the combo with H1N1 mixed in. I think the government pushed too hard, too fast with this one. I don't want to be an experiment.
Never had any "normal" childhood diseases. The only childhood disease I got was the Chicken Pox when I was in my middle 30's, and only had 5 "pox", so I can possibly get it again since I had such a mild case. Lucky Me!! Those darn children and nieces and nephews that visited me. Overall I am a healthy individual, please LORD, keep me so. I try to do the healthy eating, vitamins, and in general try to stay away from anyone doing the coughing, sneezing thing. I even stay away from crowds at the stores, malls. I am one that says, "If you are sick, think you may be sick, STAY HOME!" I will donate a sick day to you. Thanks for reading, off of the Soapbox now.