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As the first stage of swine flu or H1N1 vaccine crosses the country, more than a third of parents don't want their children get vaccinated, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll. They are quite afraid about the new vaccine's side effects — nothing serious has turned up in tests so far though — while others say swine flu doesn't amount to any greater health threat than seasonal flu. "I will not be first in line in October to get my son vaccinated," a mother said in an interview last month. "We're talking about putting an unknown into him. I can't do that." She said the vaccine is too new and too untested. The AP poll learned that 38 percent of parents said they were unlikely to give permission for their children to be vaccinated at school. The belief that the new vaccine could be risky is one federal health officials have been fighting from the start, and they plan an unprecedented system of monitoring for side effects. They note that swine flu vaccine is... details >>>