http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/161853.phpgood article.. does anyone know if pregnany women can have the vaccine?From WebMD
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July 29, 2009 - If swine flu vaccine is in short supply -- nationally or in local areas -- pregnant women and people caring for or living with infants will go to the front of the line, the main U.S. vaccine advisory committee today recommended.
Next would come health care workers and first responders who have direct contact with patients, children 6 months to 4 years old, and kids 4 to 19 years old with medical conditions that put them at risk of severe flu disease. There are about 42 million Americans in these groups.[/quote]
However, this recommendation is not without controversy. Washington Post
[quote]Pregnant Women in D.C. Area Cautious About Flu Shot
Wendy Lubell, 36, who is expecting her second child, says she will not get the H1N1 vaccination.
By Annie Gowen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, August 20, 2009
They are usually urged not to drink coffee, sip wine or pop aspirin. But now pregnant women find themselves high atop the federal government's priority list for those who ought to receive the new swine flu vaccine -- a prospect that some mothers-to-be are greeting with caution.
Although the vaccine is in clinical trials and won't be available until fall, expectant moms in the region are starting to ask their doctors, and each other, whether the H1N1 vaccine is safe for them and their babies. Swine flu questions now mingle with sale notices for strollers and nanny postings on local community e-mail lists.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists are recommending that all pregnant women be vaccinated against swine flu after a study in the Lancet medical journal last month showed that pregnant women are four times more likely to be hospitalized from the disease than people in general. Fifteen swine flu patients in the United States were expectant mothers -- about 6 percent of all swine flu deaths reported to the CDC. Pregnant women make up 1 percent of the U.S. population. [/quote]