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Can you buy flu vaccine over the counter?
You can get seasonal flu shots from a Pharmacist at a drug store without a physician's prescription in the US. The vaccine is not available in quantity to individuals over the counter. There is no vaccine yet for the 2009 Swine Flu (Influenza A, Novel H1N1) available. The drug manufacturers who usually make vaccines now have some of the virus sent to them by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and have begun the process of developing vaccines for this strain of the virus. They anticipate having this available for use in the US by the next seasonal flu season. It may also be available for use in the Southern Hemisphere during their flu season this summer. The Federal Drug Administration (FDA) will be working with the manufacturers to approve the safety and efficacy of the vaccines once developed and put into human trials.
Is the Swine Flu over?
Yes and no. The pandemic that began in 2009 has been declared over by the World Health Organization (WHO), and we are now in the Post Pandemic Phase of the WHO's defined levels of pandemics. But that does not mean there are no longer any cases of the swine flu anywhere in the world and it does not mean that the risk of getting this flu is over. It is still important to get the seasonal flu vaccination for the 2011-2012 flu season (now in the Northern Hemisphere), which contains the H1N1/09 vaccine, since there are still regional outbreaks in some locations.
Is the swine fly shot a good idea?
The H1N1 virus is probably seriously over rated, as most media enjoys making mountains out of mole hills. The vaccine is still not a bad idea.
Is the Swine Flu slowing down?
Yes. The pandemic has been declared over. There remain some isolated outbreaks from time to time and place to place, however, so if you have not received a vaccination for it yet, you should. The swine flu vaccine is included in the seasonal flu vaccination in the 2011-2012 flu season in the Northern Hemisphere.
How can you use the word swine as the subject of a sentence?
The swine ran over the cliff into the lake. His swine were inspected for traces of the influenza virus.
What was Jonas Salk's job?
Jonas salk was a scientist that invented the polio vaccine.
How many people are still terrified of the swine flu?
An actual count would be impossible. But there is much less fear of the infection now that a vaccine has been developed with widespread use, education about prevention has been ongoing, and the pandemic spread is over.
Has Justin Bieber had the Swine Flu?
No, he hasn't had the swine flu. If he had the swine flu it would have been all over the news since he is so popular.
When is Swine Flu season over in Ohio?
The swine flu is no longer a pandemic. Outbreaks are still occurring in some places of the world. It really didn't involve only the flu "season" but also was spreading in spring and summer, not typically times for the flu. At present (spring 2011), the northern hemisphere is in the flu season which is usually defined as the period from October until April in the northern areas. One of the types of flu that was anticipated and that has been active during this flu season is the H1N1/09 Swine Flu. That is why this year's flu season vaccine incorporated the swine flu vaccine as one of the three in the seasonal trivalent flu vaccination for 2010-2011's flu season. Ohio is included in this flu season of October to April, so since it is currently mid March 2011, the flu season will be over in Ohio in a few weeks. However, just because the season is over, does not mean you can not still get the flu, especially since we know that the swine flu began in spring 2009. Most people do not get a flu vaccination after the end of March, however, since the time to become immune from the response to the vaccine is longer than the season usually lasts from that point. There is still some risk, so some doctors continue to give the vaccine through the end of March. It is important to get the seasonal flu vaccination each year in the early fall in the Northern Hemisphere to prevent the flu.
What are vaccine stabilizers?
Vaccine stabilizers are chemicals that are added to vaccines to inactivate a virus or bacteria and stabilize the vaccine, helping to preserve the vaccine and prevent it from losing its potency over time.
How any people have the Swine Flu?
Over 8,000,000
What are the ongoing specific studies to discover a swine flu vaccine?
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have collected the necessary material from the virus samples and have provided it to selected Drug Manufacturers that have the facilities to produce the vaccine as quickly as possible and who are already in the process of making the vaccine. It is expected that they will have the vaccine ready by this summer (2009) which will be in time for the Northern Hemisphere's next flu season, and perhaps also in time for the Southern Hemisphere before the flu season there is over. The WHO and CDC are working together with the drug companies and with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to assure the most rapid course of trials and then approval processes of the vaccine drugs once they are developed, so that production can begin on an emergency time schedule.
