H1N1: Facts and advice from Dr. Howard Heller, MIT

Dr. Howard M. Heller, MD, MPH, Chief of Medicine at MIT Medical, talks about the H1N1 flu, the importance of getting a flu shot, other precautions to take, and what MIT students and other community members should do if they think they have the flu. Transcript available.

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[error4385]

It disgusts me to see people not wash their hands.

[EtherTrogg8]

deaths by h1n1 last season:17,000 worldwide

deaths by seasonal flu every season: 250,000 worldwide

hell of a pandemic! they are not the same, h1n1 is a man made scare tactic to get people to take a shot filled with the most mercury to date in a vaccine and who knows what else. h1n1 shot comprimises your immune system, makes you more likely to catch the seasonal flu, and can have some very negative side effects. dont let them inject you! you can fight the flu naturally with good nutrition.

[sssssjjjj1]

don't take the vaccines you ignorant gullible masses. No wreckage at pentagon..duh? But Bush says the "tearist" not terrorists, but "tearists" are out to kill us. hahahhahaha. He is the only one out to do that. He and cheney and obama and clinton and the rest of the government taking marching orders from the evil elite. They'll do anything, ANYTHING to get re-elected. They are psychopaths like no others.

[valdezmiguel2]

I shower like 2-3 times a week. I havent come down with the flu yet. QED

[625warveteran]

and also, if you call everyone and "idiot," wouldn't you know that there are limited resources for vaccines and is only an essential for children and pregnant women?

Also, shouldn't you know that if everyone is vaccinated, then the H1N1 virus will just adapt to it?

Hmm?

[hboy007]

As Mr. Heller said, the threat potential of H1N1 is not dramatically higher than that of a seasonal flu. It appears to me that you are not aware of the legal implications. If you as a free person want to be treated without being left with the choice, emigrate and find yourself a totalitary regime. Are you sure you really want that?

[boston65boston65]

every idiot should get vaccinated, it will improve quality of the human race