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Message: <blockquote data-quote="C_M2008" data-source="post: 5031284" data-attributes="member: 65375">This comes across as typical American ignorance towards Canada (Yes most Americans don't act this way, but enough that there is a stereotype; any heresay horse***t story they hear about Canada must be true). Recent Vaccination estimates were about 30% had gotten the vaccine(which would be ~10M people). This would be a major, major news story if it were true that 1K people were paralyzed. Yet I have heard nothing about it. Being someone that watches the news frequently (in various media forms) I don't think I would have missed such a story. In any event, 1/1,000,000 is damn insignificant, I think most people would find it to be an acceptable risk if they were in a high-risk group or had a family member in a high-risk group. I was also asked about which allergies I had before the shot was administered , I assume if there was a possibility of a reaction I wouldn't have been allowed to get the shot.  Fever and "sickness" are possible side-effects of any shot where a virus(living or dead) is injected into your body, your body's response is the reason for those symptoms and the immunity that develops(the whole point of getting a shot). Having flu symptoms is not something to complain about, the possibility should be expected, it certainly doesn't mean the vaccine doesn't work or isn't safe. Of course having caring medical staff that explain things to the uninformed also helps.</blockquote>

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