Aaaand we're back! As you know, the piggy flu tore through the SparkLife virtual offices last week like a hurricane through a mobile park, felling at least two of our own and potentially more. After huddling like subhuman lumps in our germ-infested beds for a week, we'd like to make a special public service announcement (the more you know...): GET VACCINATED.
Why are we taking to SparkLife to make our PSA? Because even after multiple Facebook status updates urging friends and family to protect themselves against Swine 09, there seems to be some reluctance out there to get the H1N1 vaccine. An incomplete list of the worst excuses:
* But then I won't have a reason to wear this stylish mask.
* The Band-Aid clashes with my Homecoming dress.
* The vaccine is a conspiracy by pharmaceutical companies to implant microchips in consumers.
* The vaccine is a conspiracy by the Obama administration to alter the DNA of the next generation (hence the focus on children and pregnant women), making them all White Sox fans.
* If I get the swine flu, I won't have to take my English exam on Friday.
* I'll be the only one at the swine flu party who had it.
* I'm hoping to lose weight by getting the swine flu.
* I'm hoping the swine flu will turn me into Miss Piggy.
* If I get H1N1, I might be able to pass it on to my really awful Spanish teacher.
* Everyone else is getting the vaccine, so I don't have to.
* "Victim of swine flu" is my Halloween costume, and I'm going for the full effect.
* I want to get it so I can blog about it.
Are you getting vaccinated?
Related post: Surviving the Swine Flu—A Step by Step Guide
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