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To protect us from the H1N1/09 virus that was new in 2009. Because it was a strain never before seen, it was anticipated that it could spread rapidly and have many associated deaths, since none of us would have immunity from prior exposure or prior vaccinations. It was also affecting young and healthy adults particularly, which was unusual for most seasonal flu strains.
It did prove to be a very easily spread virus, becoming a true pandemic as it quickly spread across the world. Luckily, however, the symptoms were less severe than expected, so there were not as many deaths as feared (although still very many worldwide).
Not as many seniors (65 and older) caught this flu as would be typical in usual flu seasons. It is thought perhaps due to their having had prior exposure many decades ago to this same strain or to one very similar that provided their immunity to the 2009 H1N1 pandemic flu.
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What does the H1N1 vaccine cover?
Originally in 2009 the vaccine for the pandemic swine flu was a monovalent vaccine, which means it was made to only prevent that one type of flu. Then for the 2010-2011 flu season, a trivalent vaccine was made for the regular flu just like every year. Trivalent means it is made to cover/prevent three different kinds of influenza virus infections. For the most recent flu season in the Northern Hemisphere, the "regular" flu shot contained the vaccine for swine flu and two others. So, the monovalent H1N1 vaccine covered only one type of flu: the pandemic swine flu. But the trivalent seasonal flu vaccines cover three types of flu (one of which, for the 2010 - 2011 flu season, is Swine flu H1N1/09).
Is the swine flu vaccine the same thing as the swine flu shot?
Yes, they are the same thing.
Can animals be cured of Swine Flu?
Most animals are able to fight it off like most people are. There is a vaccine for pigs for one type of swine flu but it is not the same as the pandemic swine flu vaccine.
Who is eligible for the swine flu vaccine?
Anyone
Is the Swine Flu from the government?
No..The vaccine is tho'..
Is the Swine flu vaccine more dangerous than swine flu itself?
no, it is not, remeber, the vaccine is a dead or weakened version, of H1N1I was just given the shot and have had no reaction to this point.
How many people survived the Swine Flu by using taking the shot?
"The shot" is a vaccine for the swine flu. If you get the vaccine, then, in theory, you don't get the swine flu. If you didn't get it, then you didn't "survive" it, because "surviving" it means that you got the disease but didn't die from it. So, zero is the answer. On the other hand, the swine flu is no more deadly than the common flu, so the vast majority of the people who got the swine flu survived it.
Is swine flu vaccine available all over the world?
Yes
Did Taylor Swift get the swine flu vaccine?
No, I don't think so.
Is the Swine Flu vaccine effective against the regular flu?
Each flu vaccine is targeted to specific varieties of the flu virus. Unless another type of flu is very similar to the targeted virus, it will not be prevented with that vaccine. Having said that, since the 2010-2011 flu season through to the current 2011-2012 season, the "regular" seasonal flu vaccine, which always contains three types of flu vaccine (trivalent), has included the swine flu along with the other two varieties to which the vaccine was targeted. So in that sense, at least currently, the swine flu vaccination is effective against the regular flu since vaccines for each type are put together in one vaccination.
Is it easy to get rid of Swine Flu if you get it?
There isn't a way yet to ''get rid of'' swine flu so to make sure u don't get it just get the vaccine for it
Can the Swine Flu vaccine give you cancer?
Each individual may react differently to anything injected into their bodies and a triggering of cancer cell development is not impossible, however it would be very unlikely. Research of the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) tracks the side effects and untoward reactions to the vaccines such as the swine flu vaccine. There are very few reports of problems that have been proven to be due to the vaccine, and none I could find of cancer development. The vaccine for swine flu was made exactly like flu vaccines have been made for decades and they have proven to be very safe. See the link below for the VAERS web page.
