Currently fewer than 50% of parents are giving consent for the vaccine, with individual school numbers ranging from 5 to 50% giving consent.

In the meantime, Wired Magazine's cover story this month focuses on people's fear of vaccines, where these fears came from and their history. The most interesting part of the piece was the statement that in order for vaccines to be effective it is important for the entire population to get vaccinated. Because they are not 100% effective, it is important to block the diseases out of the population otherwise you can have an outbreak even among vaccinated people. I guess when it comes to preventing disease it really does take a village. Vaccinating our children is something we do not only to protect them, but to protect all the people in our community.

WIred also reports on a mumps outbreak in Brooklyn which illustrates how even a vaccinated population can get infected. And, in a third article, address some of the most common fears about the H1N1 vaccine.

There has also been some uproar about two children who got vaccinated in school even though their parents did not give consent. Although there were no ill effects, the city is looking into the protocols of the vaccination program to insure the incidents are not repeated.

FInally, in the video below, learn the five steps in rap to help prevent the spread of H1N1