Thursday, October 8, 2009

Some Parents Sceptical...........

Registered Nurse Tracy Myers holds a dose of the H1N1 swine ...
Some parents say they are concerned about side effects from the new vaccine, even though nothing serious has turned up in tests so far, while others say swine flu doesn't amount to any greater health threat than seasonal flu.

The AP poll found that 38 percent of parents said they were unlikely to give permission for their kids to be vaccinated at school. The belief that the new vaccine could be risky is one federal health officials have been fighting from the start, and they plan an unprecedented system of monitoring for side effects.