10-13-2009, 08:39 PM
M A V I C wrote:
I probably had it. Wife is pretty sure she got it last year, while pregnant... guess that makes the kid immune to it too.
Not necessarily, "...the virus does not cross the placenta per se..." It can take several years to build up immunities to the different strains. That is part of the reason children are so badly affected by H1N1. The main parts of this virus that the body uses to identify it, has not circulated widely or been part of a vaccinations for several years.