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  • Most Parents Won't Have Kids Get H1N1 Flu Shots, Study Finds

    09/24/2009 6:58:53 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 21 replies · 1,273+ views
    Los Angeles Times ^ | September 25, 2009 | Melissa Healy
    <>A national survey suggests parents are confused about the risks of the virus and its vaccine. Germ-spreading schoolchildren are expected to be the focus of a massive U.S. vaccination campaign against the novel H1N1 flu. But if their parents are hearing the rallying cry to have their kids vaccinated, they're not buying it, says a new national survey. In a poll of 1,678 U.S. parents conducted by the University of Michigan's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, 40% said they would get their children immunized against the H1N1 virus -- even as 54% indicated they will get their kids vaccinated against regular...