I am probably going to sound really naive but I can't be the only parent on this board feeling like this.
What makes the swine flu so dangerous? Do symptoms come on faster? If I do give DS the vaccination does that guarantee that he will NOT get the swine flu? With the regular flu shot there is a chance of catching a strand that the vaccination doesn't protect you against so you end up getting it anyway.

I swear I don't live under a rock but I just don't understand why there is so much talk about it on the news. Maybe I feel like this because my DD can't receive either flu shot due to an egg allergy, I don't know I just have a hard time wrapping my head around it. DS did get the regular flu shot and that is only because he needed to for school (we are in NJ).