I have been hospitalized a couple of time due to complications from the flu. Scared the hell out of my wife, but I was too delirious to notice. My father got his flu shot religiously so after my last bout I started getting them too. I got my last one in 2004. I was paralyzed for a couple of days. For a couple of more months I could not use my left arm or bend my neck. It took almost a year to regain close to full function, but even now I live with a constant ache in my upper arm and have some movement glitches.
The government response was "That can't happen and we can prove it." I couldn't afford the lawsuit.
The point being that there really is not full disclosure. It worked for my father, and for Eamon the benefits outweigh the risks. The swine flu is being over hyped by a media and a government that both thrive on "problems" which only they can solve. That being said, the Spanish flu killed some 20 million people. Jim Henson (Muppets) died from the flu. The danger is real.
The really scary part is trying to decide if you are getting enough information to make a truly informed decision. Who do you trust? What data do you trust?
Let me know when you figure it out.