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"At the risk of sounding like a zealot here I&amp;#039;m going to once again mention the importance of taking preventative steps against the flu (swine and seasonal) this year. Reading this harrowing story of 27-year-old pregnant Aubrey Opdyke who was hospitalized, went into a coma and lost her baby is what&amp;#039;s driving me to get on the &amp;quot;get-your-flu-shot and-stay-home-if-you-feel-sick-PLEASE&amp;quot; soapbox today. It made my blood boil to read that the physical therapist who&amp;#039;s helping Aubrey recover from her ordeal is opposed to flu shots, even in the face of the tragedy the illness can cause.  I understand being wary of vaccines. In past years I haven&amp;#039;t gotten the flu shot because I&amp;#039;m not so keen on getting a vaccine every single year of my life. But this just isn&amp;#039;t the time to skip it. Another thing: STAY HOME if you start feeling sick. I know we&amp;#039;re all used to dragging ourselves into work or school with a cough and sniffles (myself included), but it&amp;#039;s crucial to really pay attention to how you&amp;#039;re feeling and not wait until you&amp;#039;re achy and faint to stay home. By then you&amp;#039;ve probably already infected a ton of people. The big deal this year is that so most of us have NO immunity to the H1N1 virus and so many of us are at higher risk for serious complications from it. Don&amp;#039;t panic, just be smart.  -Amy Brightfield, Health Director "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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