Swine repellent (day 51)

I am aware of H1N1 -- who isn't.  I have so far stayed away from any flu vaccines based on the fact that I don't tend to get sick.  I reason that I should not fix what is not broken.   I have a superstition that if I artificially boost my immune system, I will wreck the naturally strong immune system I've been blessed with.  I have no evidence that this would happen but because nothing bad has happened stemming from this belief, it doesn't matter whether it's true or not.  With the re-appearance of the swine flu, it seems like it's starting to matter.   The word on the street is that it likes young women.  I may be on or past the cusp of not being a young woman but still it gives me pause.  The fact that perfectly healthy young people can be struck down by this virus is perplexing.   The mantra of only the very young, very old, or immunocompromised people needing to worry is suddenly a little too simplistic.

Apparently the H1N1 vaccine will be available within a month and undoubtedly I will offered the vaccine at the school.  The question will be called.  And it seems that it is both an individual  and communal decision.   Anecdotally I hear that mothers are particularly irked and more likely to chastise other mothers bringing their sick toddlers to playgrounds and pay groups.  Would I be the target of a mild communal reprimand if I refused the vaccine?  Is not getting the vaccine an irresponsible act?  I wonder.  I will continue to think on this.  I don't like the idea of something foreign being injected in my body.  But I don't like the idea of worrying about every little sore throat that comes my way. 

A song for this post.
(the song was composed from the dna sequence of the swine flu)