I had a regular flue shot with the same reaction I have every year. A stiffness in the arm for a few days. Haven't had the H1N1 shot, so can't comment on that.

I've had my regular flu shot but not the H1N1 shot yet (I'm getting it Saturday hopefully). Here in Nova Scotia they have just made the H1N1 shot available to the general public, before it was only high risk groups. My wife had her's but the only side effect she had was a sore arm (which lasted about a week).

Well, my son was suspicious to have the swine flu a few days ago. Teachers sent him home!
After a checkup by pediatrician everything was ok. Just a normal little flu.

IMHO there is too much panic concerning the swine flu!

Flu shot never take them.
Stay away from humans, the filthy greedy SOBs.
Live vicariously through DVDs.

I'm not sure where you are Corey but there are over 350,000 confirmed/probable cases in the US alone. Approximately 1% are fatal. You can get specific details here.

I've been watching this map for months now. It has grown like the maps they use in movies like Outbreak.  For those of us who do have to worry about some catching something like this it is pretty scary actually. 

I've probably talked to close to a hundred people who have taken the H1N1 vaccine. Other than complaint of mild arm pain, I haven't heard of any other side effects from those who have taken the H1N1 shot.

On the other hand, from Sept. through Oct. upstate New York had more than a dozen deaths, most of them young children, caused by H1N1. It is suspected that another two children died this week from the flu. The most frightening thing about these deaths is that almost all of them were healthy until they died from H1N1.

One might expect based on the above, and the fact that I am a health care professional, that I would get the flu shot...I will not. I have never taken the flu shot and have never gotten the flu. But, I am an extremely healthy person with a strong immune system. 

If circumstances were different, if I were pregnant, had young children, or had chronic illnesses for example, than I would probably get the vaccine. But I would be sure to do a lot of research and discuss the pros and cons of the situation with my doctor.

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Glad to hear your neck of the woods has escaped it so far!

Myself being in Florida have it all around me 

Looking at the CDC website just now, it shows Missouri as "Widespread" so I don't really know what to believe! I haven't heard much about it locally in the news at least...

Indeed. The only difference is that this is a type of virus that only older people have immunity against, so a larger part of the population than normal will be susceptible to it. Which doesn't mean that certain risk groups should not get a vaccine (but then again, that goes for "normal" flu as well).