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Human trials began earlier in the month for an H1N1 vaccination, but McVay admits it may be December or January before vaccine recipients get the full benefit of immunization. "It takes two weeks to make antibodies, so you're just as vulnerable the day after as you were the day...
And then there are those who just don't like the idea of vaccinations. Teresa Kendrick, a mother of three in Tuscaloosa, says she's decided against it. "We've never had any flu vaccine, and swine flu doesn't seem to be any more serious than any other flu...
The reason for the wait is biological. The first volunteers to test the new vaccine were inoculated in August, and because most people will not have any existing immunity to H1N1, it will require two shots, spaced three weeks apart, to educate the immune system to recognize H1N1, and another...
Such predictions are also a way for public health officials to get a handle on how infectious a new influenza like H1N1 might be, how it spreads, and how quickly. That helps them know how much vaccine might be needed, how to distribute it, and when to expect a surge...
"We can't yet predict what proportion of the population will be infected," says Varmus. "But it is very likely that something upward of 50% will be affected. All of us have a responsibility to blunt the epidemic by decreasing the spread of virus. If people understand that they can...