H1N1 Vaccine Debate Shows Engaged Patients Cut Both Ways

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Singles bremen of 8:55AM March 29, 2010

Our doctor welcomed our questions and concerns...
My daughter has Cystic Fibrosis. Her doctor says that she should NEVER get a "live, attenuated" vaccine (especially H1N1), and she should avoid those who do because they are contagious for a period after they receive it.
The "live" FluMist H1N1 vaccine is the ONLY one available in our area; Stanford hospital is waiting for the "dead" vaccine to arrive some time in November.
In the meantime, the "live" vaccine is putting our most vulnerable populations at risk.

Darcy of CA 1:52AM October 29, 2009

My dad reminded me as a sophomore in college that the origin of the word “sophomore” actually comes from the Greek “sophos”, wisdom, and “more” or “moron”, fool. At age 19 with a year of college academics under my belt, I was indeed the “wise-fool”. In the process of becoming informed we must learn what we don’t know, as much as understand what we do.
This “wise-fool” stage is what I’m afraid the engaged patient will experience. Buoyed first by the heady empowerment of readily available health care information, we devour the content shared online by institutions, professionals and peers. We dig and read until we have the sense that we’ve consumed most of what is available, making us self-educated experts. And then we apply it to ourselves and our families as the in-house medical research librarian. What we lack is the foundation of knowledge accumulated through years of schooling and practice that puts our sliver of expertise into perspective.

Gale Wilson-Steele of CA 3:59PM October 23, 2009

Government 'Healthcare' will surely diminish the individual's incentive to care for his/her own health. The more we hear about government taking over so many things, the more each individual will say "The government will take care of me." All of this power in the government will undermine American individual initiative - even in terms of individual health behaviors.
Does the writer above think that doctors should work for nothing?
Does he also think that Insurance agencies should just give money away - as a hobby?
Lawyers - they, too, need money to live. However, tort reform is needed. Limits are needed on medical liabilities.

susan Demidovich of FL 10:44AM October 21, 2009

What country are you from?. Here in America we get rich off the sick and let them die if we cannot Thats why it is called health industry not health care. Here in America we have what I call the caveman mentality except its about money. Whoever is the smartest and greediest are the ones who have the support of the health industry. .doctors have no need for medical school because the lawyers, hospitals and insurance companies tell them what drugs the pharmaceutical companies need to test on the people. Yes America is test rats for the pharmaceutical companies so other countries can have decent health care. What are other countries going to do for test rats if we get health care?
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Don D. Brock of AZ 9:59PM October 20, 2009