I will get the vaccination and am also taking the recommended precautions.
Picture this scenario:
1) Too many people are scared of the vaccine because they trust the dubious anti-vaccine movement more than the highest ranking health officials and medical advisers.
2) Winter is approaching in the northern hemisphere. Immune systems are getting a little weaker. H1N1 is still highly contagious. More and more hosts, some treated with Tamiflu etc.
3) Even more hosts to try out new evolutionary possibilities.
4) A cosmic accident: a significant mutation occurs but vaccinated people are protected. The virus keeps spreading.
5) The mortality rate triples. People get scared. Many change their minds and want the vaccine. But there are long waiting lists.
6) The mutated virus is spreading to many countries. The problem gets very serious. In some countries there’s panic.
7) Is it 1918 all over again?
Still too worried about side effects? Yes, there are some. But it’s a matter of comparing risks and benefits. Try to understand what’s at stake here. We are talking H1N1.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_flu_pandemic