The Swine Flu Shot a Waste of Time!

[Eden]

.....I don't think that mass vaccination for something that's basically minor, is a good idea. Protect the ones for whom it could become a major illness; vaccinate against devastating (and non-fast-mutating) diseases like polio.

The problem is for many people flu isn't minor and that is is basically minor for you isn't the issue. It's about the health of the overall community.
If you don't protect the healthy people the sickest people suffer.

........But I'm very, very hesitant to get two vaccines in quick succession.

You shouldn't get two doses of Flu Mist on the same day - because its live attenuated virus (In injectable flu vaccines the virus is flat out dead. Flu mist is deactivated virus, but is still alive. No- it won't give you the flu, but it can cause some mild symptoms). Otherwise its perfectly safe to get many vaccinations at the same time. Normal season flu vaccine always carries several strains.

There's a really good article in the November issue of Wired (and yeah! its online http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/10/ff_waronscience ) that talks about vaccines and the myths surrounding them.