http://incaseofemergencyblog.com/2009/11/02/using-the-shared-responsibility-approach-for-convincing-americans-to-get-the-h1n1-vaccine/ A Citizen’s Eye View of Public Preparedness Mon, 16 Feb 2026 13:57:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://incaseofemergencyblog.com/2009/11/02/using-the-shared-responsibility-approach-for-convincing-americans-to-get-the-h1n1-vaccine/comment-page-1/#comment-47088 Joel Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:54:06 +0000 http://incaseofemergencyblog.com/?p=6349#comment-47088 In discussing the vaccination at work (emergency management agency) and with other people who also have public health backgrounds (I have an MPH) we kept coming back to the lack of 'herd immunity' in any of the discussions of vaccination. There are a lot of people I work with who aren't big fans of getting flu shots (seasonal or H1N1) but after talking about herd immunity they see the value of the shot, even if they "never" get the flu. I really feel that HHS especially have missed an opportunity to encourage wider uptake of the vaccine (ignoring the supply issues) by not pushing this specific aspect of shared responsibility. In discussing the vaccination at work (emergency management agency) and with other people who also have public health backgrounds (I have an MPH) we kept coming back to the lack of ‘herd immunity’ in any of the discussions of vaccination. There are a lot of people I work with who aren’t big fans of getting flu shots (seasonal or H1N1) but after talking about herd immunity they see the value of the shot, even if they “never” get the flu. I really feel that HHS especially have missed an opportunity to encourage wider uptake of the vaccine (ignoring the supply issues) by not pushing this specific aspect of shared responsibility.

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