Next month is the month of the swine flu vaccination in Spain. Medical personnel are the first ones to receive the vaccine followed by pregnant women and chronically ill patients.

Varios pediatrics do concider it necessary that all minors receive the vaccine against this new virus. The head physician of the "Hospital Virgen del Camino de Pamplona" Enrique Bernaola, said that this is important regarding the fact that children are the ones that contaminate each other the most and the ones who pass on viruses the most. According to Bernaola, the vaccination is important to secure public health.

You can find more info about the swine flu here: http://www.informaciongripea.es/ (website in spanish by the spanish government)

In Sweden they have already started using the new vaccine. Only after the vaccination of 1000 people there were 190 that suffered from strong side-effects such as high fever and trembling and had to go to hospital because of them. In Sweden they've used the vaccine Pandemrix.

Share your opinion with us and comment on this blog. Are you going to get vaccinated because you are pregnant and are your children going to get this new flu jab?