After the wake of the A(H1N1) scare sometime this year, almost the whole worldwide population have been waiting eagerly for a prevention against the deadly disease.
There have been so many stories on the A(H1N1) disease that I have heard about so far – some from the media, some from friends and some from my family members.
The two story versions are:-
No. 1 - A(H1N1) is just another type of seasonal flu and that even normal flu can cause deaths if the flu patient has already had health complications before he/she contracted the disease. Hence, the A(H1N1) disease was just hyped up because it was a new disease and not really because it was really ‘that’ deadly.
No. 2- A(H1N1) is a deadly disease and that there is no 100% cure for the disease. There was even an apparent forecast stating that the A(H1N1) disease is expected to mutate and hence, may develop a more dangerous strain of the A(H1N1) disease in future.
So the question now is - how do we really prevent the A(H1N1) disease?
People living in developed countries have started going through their national immunization programmes – i.e. getting vaccinated against the A(H1N1) disease. This is a really good step if you want to prevent yourself against contracting the disease…or is that really so?
Being a new vaccine, very often many questions goes in my head – i.e. Does the vaccine really help me prevent A(H1N1)? Is the vaccine safe for usage or only safe for ‘really’ healthy people? Does the vaccine cause side effects?
As an avid traveller, I have to admit that I have been toying with the idea on whether or not I should get vaccinated against A(H1N1). However, for a person who loathes the presence of injection needles, naturally, I have not gotten vaccinated yet. 
So the thought continues…
Cheers,
Caroline
In spite of different opinions spreading around, I’ve already got vaccinated a month ago.