Who should get the H1N1 vaccine?
Posted on: November 23, 2009
Hysteria has hit the nation this season with the threat of the Swine Flu and people are looking for immunity. But who needs to get the H1N1 vaccine and who doesn’t?
You may think that the elderly or others with a week immune system are the people who need vaccinated, but that’s not true according to Herd Immunity. The theory proposes that “the higher proportion of individuals who are immune, the lower the likelihood that a susceptible person will come into contact with an infected individual.”
In simple terms, to prevent the spread of H1N1 those who work in high-traffic areas (think hospital and school workers) are the ones that should be vaccinated.
The vaccine therefore acts like a firewall, preventing further transmission of the disease to the rest of the population. The goal is to vaccinate the “spreaders” – those likely to give the Swine Flu to others – rather than grandma and grandpa who hardly leave the house. In doing so, when grandma and grandpa decide to leave their house, the grocery store bag boy isn’t giving them H1N1 because he was vaccinated.
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