Vaccination against the H1N1 pandemic flu is now available and free in Switzerland. Priority is still given to people at high risk but you can be vaccinated at various centres if you so wish. Check the website www.pandemia.ch for details of the vaccination centres in your canton.
On Friday evening, Fulfilled Husband and I decided to take the whole family to the Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève to be vaccinated. The cantonal hospital, also known as HUG (fab acronym!) offers the jab without appointment Monday to Friday from 12pm to 7pm.
Expect to wait between 30 and 45 minutes but since no appointment is needed it's well worth it. Once you arrive at the vaccination centre you are handed out a questionnaire to fill in and sign. You then sit down and wait to be called by one of the 2 nurses administering the jabs.
Funnily enough, husband and I had quite a few side effects from it (really sore arm, tiredness, headaches) and spent the Saturday muttering between out teeth 'what the hell were we thinking', but the children didn't seem to feel any side effects at all and were hopping around as usual within minutes.
So one vaccination definitely worth doing for them !
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