Comments | terraprime: This is what makes me angry

terraprime

This is what makes me angry

Oct 05, 2011 14:10

People who are eligible for vaccines but who choose not to vaccinate, either for themselves or their children.

Just watched a broadcast from my professional society of a panel discussion on the outbreak of pertussis (whooping cough) in California, 2010, and which eventually spread nationwide. You can watch here: ASM videoThis outbreak caused the ( Read more... )

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arya October 5 2011, 19:29:28 UTC

I haven't been vax'd against whooping cough because I had no idea that disease was still around!

terraprime October 5 2011, 20:15:25 UTC

Eh? Pertussis is part of the trio in DTP trio (diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis) so if you have that, then you're covered. Although, you might need booster shots for it.

See the CDC: Scroll down a bit on the vaccine info.

arya October 5 2011, 20:42:25 UTC

...Oh. I keep up with tetanus shots, but I had no idea they bundled anything else along with it. Thanks for the info! :)

blanchemains October 6 2011, 01:49:16 UTC

Remember Davy had it last year? He was seven kinds of miserable for weeks!

arya October 5 2011, 19:32:29 UTC

...Ironically I just realized that pertussis is Bordetella, which I am religious about vax'ing my dog against every six months. :p

_lady_narcissa_ October 5 2011, 19:35:02 UTC

Mind boggling indeed.

I've got a vaccination card that goes all the way back to my first few months and tracks every vaccination I've ever had! I'm probably a bit more obsessed with them than most *grin*

I remember when I was in college there was a big ta do about having to get a measles vaccination - they wouldn't let anyone take classes unless you had proof of it. I wonder how schools deal with special snowflake non vaccinated children these days.

racebannon42 October 5 2011, 20:25:49 UTC

I dont get flu shots.

I mean I understand the autism crowds thought process, but I'm more apt to believe trained medical professionals than Jenny McCarthy.

But hey Polio and Smallpox epidemics are no big deal. Vaccines are bad.

terraprime October 5 2011, 21:26:02 UTC

At least with flu shots, the severity of an epidemic is not as dire. Still, flu shots do help reduce the spread of influenza, although they tend to work best after a few consecutive years of getting the shot (reason being that your shot this year is made with the strains that were common last year, but the flu strains then to cycle through so once you get enough years in it will have a pretty good chance of defending against the right strain).

But yes, I do wonder if these people who oppose vaccination have had contacts with polio victims.

serscot October 7 2011, 10:56:16 UTC

I don't get flu shots either. I don't believe I was vaccinated against Smallpox. I think the vaccine had been discontinued by the time I was born.

mashiara13 October 5 2011, 21:35:12 UTC

The twins had their first vaccination two weeks ago and it seems they will be having one every month for the first year or two. I wouldn't even consider postponing their shots, not having them at all sounds outrageous and stupid. Like Lady N. I still have my vaccination records from when I was a kid, I was even asked to produce them when I was planning on immigrating to States.

There's one vaccination that's always done through the school system, on first graders -I just can't remember which one right now, major brain fart. There are always a couple of parents who don't sign the consent forms. :/

mashiara13 October 5 2011, 21:38:23 UTC

Ok, so I don't do flu shots either. In my defense, I was advised against them ever since I started trying to get pregnant.

blanchemains October 6 2011, 02:00:35 UTC

Your OB advised against a flu shot??? I work in Labor and Delivery at a hospital and the OBs I work with all recommend the flu vaccine for pregnant patients. Not only does it help protect the mom during pregnancy when the immune system is supressed, but it also helps baby by passing on some immunity in the colostrum.

One thing: Our doctors say no to the nasal spray vaccine for pregnant women.

mashiara13 October 6 2011, 03:42:08 UTC

Yes, she said not to get it. Maybe she thought that since I stayed home for almost all of the twins' pregnancy I didn't need it? I spent most of it on the couch.

Before I got pregnant I was trying to conceive for almost 5 years, the last 2 through IVF. I don't remember if I asked my doctors about it or not but my pharmacist told me I shouldn't have it and I trusted her.

I asked the pediatrician the other day and he said he'd have to look it up, to see if it's safe for breastfeeding moms, but probably not.

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