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Are you going to get your kid the swine flu shot?

By Chen May Yee  

Many of us with young onesat home are extra worried about swine flu, and for good reason.  

Today, Dr. Anne Schuchat of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reminded us that H1N1, or swine flu, is “still a younger person’s disease.”  

More than half of those hospitalized since Sept. 1 have been under age 25, as havenearly a fourth of the deaths.  


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Our question for today: As a parent, how worried are you about the flu outbreak? And what are you thinking about the vaccine?  

Post your answer below or send it toMaura Lerner at mlerner@startribune.com . Maura is our medical reporter and she's writing a story on this.  


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