Okay…this isn’t exactly fitness related, but I just had to post it because it seems to be everywhere right now.  Besides, if you know me you know that I like to stir the pot to get people to open up and talk about hot topics.  Sometimes something as simple as asking a question doesn’t do it so I like to be a little more dramatic to get people talking.

So the other day I decided to post the following status on Facebook to see where people stood on the whole H1N1 debate:

Mark Young thinks it is funny that many people who are not getting the H1N1 vaccine based on their own “research” wouldn’t know how to read a real research paper if it hit them in the face. (And by the way, reading the abstract doesn’t count)

Almost 60 comments later I still hadn’t heard one piece of convincing scientific argument so I posted this: 

 Ultimately I find it amusing that people state that there isn’t enough research behind the vaccine. It is prepared in exactly the same way as the normal flu vaccine with the exception of a new strain of DEAD virus.

I’d also like to know where people are looking for their research. Which peer reviewed journals are you looking at? Can I find them on Medline or Pubmed?  Or are people using that new highly esteemed “Google Journal”? Or perhaps we’re using the journal of “I never get the flu so I’m not getting the shot”?

Please share your thoughts in the comments section below.