are you afraid of the swine flu

[scorpiogirl32]

i was watching the news this morning and it said that 6% of all the deaths from the swine flu were pregnante the first american who died was a mother in the late stage of pregnancy(she went into a coma and thay deliverd her baby girl c section) im totaly freaking out i know 6% is small but segnifigant. some countrys are saying to hold off getting pregnante tell after the pandemic. well its to late for me. is anyone else scared?will you take the vaccine if its offerd to you? back in 1976 500 people got sick from the vaccine and 26 died. im not tring to scare no one just wondering what my peers will do in this situation and if anyone is scared like me? in my city the peek of the normal flu season is not tell about feb to april im due january so im hopeing to be deliverd befor this all hits home. what are your thought on all this or am i just going crazy lol

[chantal21]

I don't think there is much you can do about. Also the woman who died from swine flu had many other complications and was in the hospital for some time for other reasons and then got swine flu and passed away. I am not really scared. At first when it all started I freaked out, but then I realized, what can you really do? Just wash your hands all the time and becareful. There is always some sort of virus going around. Maybe I'm crazy for not freaking out anymore? lol.

[spade22]

This statistic means that 94% of deaths from swine flu were in non-pregnant people.

[Vanni713]

Yeah but pregnant women only make up 1% of the US population so for pregnant women making up 6% of swine flu deaths it's pretty significant

[JoyRenee]

No, not worried about it. Again- more people have died from seasonal flu than from H1N1! Also, you need to look at WHO exactly is dying from the flu. The information I've read/seen shows that people with compromised immune systems (cancer patients, elderly, etc.) are the ones who are most likely to die from this. A healthy, normal pregnant woman may get flu symptoms and that's about it. Doesn't mean you'll die.