Yeah, that's probably why they initially proposed that you'd need two shots for full protection. I don't know where you got the 40%, myself I read that 90% of the people who got the shot get such a good immune response for the virus, that a single shot would be enough for almost everyone.
Also don't know where you got the 2 months from, at least here THL (National Institute for Health and Welfare) said that it takes 2 weeks for the vaccine to give you a good protection already, and after 3 weeks you'll be fully protected.
Might be different brands of vaccines or something then. ;X
It'll also protect you from the second wave, having had the disease already does not.
Well, that would mean that the vaccine contains the second strain as well.. which i find very, VERY odd if thats true.
I really do not see what the problem is about. You're free to choose if you want to be really sick for a week or so (possibly twice if you get hit by the second wave too), or if you want your arm to be stiff and aching for about 2 or 3 days and possibly some fever. It's all there is to it really.
Yeah, the only problem i have with it is the hysteria over getting the vaccine.. people really seem to think that H1N1 is the deadliest virus ever, and they get so scared that they take the vaccine thinking that they will die if they get the swineflu, when the truth is that it has a lower lethality rate then the seasonal flu.
The exact same thing happened in the 70's, and its happening again.
Oh, and ~50% of my friends who took the vaccine had to lie in bed for a week because they got so sick from it.
The other half didn't have any issues besides that arm thing that every intramuscular injection causes.
Either way, i never took the vaccine against the seasonal flu.. neither has any of my friends, or my family.
Ive had the regular flu 3 times, the last time i got a fever of 40 degrees Celsius and had some major hallucinations, but i didn't need any real medical attention that time, so why would i take the vaccine against a flu that has a much lower lethality rate?
But yeah, if you feel insecure, take the vaccine!
But i strongly suggest reading up about both the flu and the vaccine before taking it.