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In my opinion, I don't think that it would be in my best interest to get the swine flu shot. First off I think the whole swine flu issue is has been blown way out of proportion. I know someone who had the swine flu and from what he said, there is not much of a difference from the regular flu. Over half of the children who died from this flu were already in a state of bad health or had previous medical conditions. This leads me to believe that the priority of shots should be given to people who are not healthy to begin with because they are much more likely to recover from the virus.

I also have heard reports of the swine flu vaccine having very bad side effects. The last time there was an outbreak, quite a few people were paralyzed and even killed by the vaccine itself. Why would I risk that, just to get a shot to protect me from a flu that I honestly don't think my body would have a hard time handling? I just think the cons for me outweigh the pros, but for everyone I suppose its different.

Health workers and people exposed to a lot of bacteria in their daily lives should also have priority to choose over regular healthy people. Mostly because they are much more likely to catch the flu and be injured by it. For me though, I don't think the shot is necessary.