Combatting Swine Flu

I find this swine flu alarm disconcerting. Media has a way of building up the "fear factor," which doesn't help matters. Furthermore, I don't trust vaccines, given things I've read about adverse effects. And, in fact, if it becomes law that children are required to have the vaccine in order to attend school, I think I'll go back to basics and home school my kids. I plan on investigating echinacea as an alternative to a swine vaccine and stick to hand washing and herbal disinfectants. Just using my common sense.