Are you getting the H1N1 vaccine? If your like me and a little concerned with getting a brand new vaccine injected into you, you should know that it is completely safe. Or so they say.
Should you get the vaccine? “Definitely,” Eleanor Hynes, the assistant town nurse says. “I think it is important for mothers to have their kids get the shots and pregnant women as well.” It seems like those two groups need the vaccine the most. “Pregnant women and young kids are dying from this flu.” Nobody knows for sure why pregnant women are dying from the illness but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have a theory that its because the baby is pressing on the mothers lungs. And also they think its because the baby and mother are sharing the same immune system. “I feel very strongly that those target groups, people under 24 and pregnant women should definitely get the shot,” Hynes says. They also have a theory as to why young children are targets for the swine flu. Its because kids have never been subjected to any types of the flu. They have no immunity to the virus and their immune systems are sharp so it over reacts to the virus. Even though there are many people skeptical about getting the vaccine she says that the H1N1 shots are made the same way as the seasonal flu shot and insists that it wont hurt anyone. But if your planning on getting one you need to get on the list. Children and pregnant women get first priority on the new vaccine. Elderly people may have to wait for their swine flu shots. There is only a limited amount of H1N1 vaccines available at this time. Last week a clinic was held at the Somerset High School so the teachers could get their shots since there around kids all day.
People can contact their doctor or town nurse's office for more information regarding the vaccine. We can all stay healthy this winter by taking care of ourselves, eating healthy and getting plenty of rest.
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Hi Sherri:
ReplyDeleteYou have a topical subject, although you really need to place it somewhere in your lead. I'd locate this concern in a specified town,school, that sort of thing. Remember that the story needed to be both newsworthy and local.
Check out my comments on your opening and closing, below.
No post write?
No name of a newspaper?
No headline?
Typo? If your like
Who are "they"? Or so they say. Are you implying that we should distrust what "they" say?
typo? since there around
You use "we" at the end. Why?
I noticed that I had not specified the area I was talking about so I mentioned "Somerset High School" so I was talking about the H1N1 vaccines in Somerset. But I will add that in at the beginning.
ReplyDeleteName of newspaper? Like a real one?
When I said "Or so they say" I was talking about what all the doctors and nurses and the news say about the vaccine. Most of the time you hear that its safe. I don't believe its safe and I know that there are people out there that feel the same way. They say that its safe but is it really?
The "we" at the end was talking about people in general. To prevent getting sick this winter people can eat healthy and get lots of rest.
As for the typos I will correct them in the post write.
Thanks for the Talk Back, Sherri. Yes, I'd like to see the name of a real paper.
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