Thread: Measles

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This is without doing actual research like I have done before. When I had cancer and had a kidney removed the doctors told me, "from now on get the flu shot." Previous to that I did not typically get it. Because of the high risk of overloading my remaining kidney with all the NSAIDs for such a long period of time to keep from dying from the flu now I get it every year. The chances of you having a serious reaction to just about any vaccine is really very low compared to the chances of you getting and dying from the illness it is made to prevent. Just look at the statistics...from reputable sources not the tin foil hat crowd.
It goes beyond even this though. If you want to get liquored up and drive around on your private property then you have the right to kill yourself if you want to. As soon as you drive down my street you give up that right. You do not have the right to endanger me with your reckless behavior. The same applies for vaccinating children. The second you stick your non-vaccinated child in a classroom next to mine you have violated my rights.

Just as a filler:
I did not get a flue shot last spring. After an Ambulance ride, I spent two days in ICU starting with 105 degree F fever.
Then, because the cure for the flu screwed up my INR, Another two days in ICU and a week in recovery.
and cost my insurance company " a lot "

Ain't nothing to screw 'round with!

~geezer

As far as getting a mild form of an illness from a vaccine versus the possible outcome of getting a disease for which vaccines are available and produced with good quality control, I’d rather be a little sick than a lot dead.

Originally Posted by Geezer

Just as a filler:
I did not get a flue shot last spring. After an Ambulance ride, I spent two days in ICU starting with 105 degree F fever.
Then, because the cure for the flu screwed up my INR, Another two days in ICU and a week in recovery.
and cost my insurance company " a lot "

Ain't nothing to screw 'round with!

~geezer

Amen to that my friend. Very often people have a bad cold And think it is the flu or maybe they have type B which is nowhere near as bad. If you've ever had type A especially any of the avian varieties you know that the flu is nothing to play around with. That is a very very serious illness and a lot of people die with it every year. I just posted something about that in another thread: about two and a half to three years ago I had type A flu, the H1N1 strain and I really seriously thought I was going to die with it at one point. I think I've only been that sick a time or two in my life. The only other time I can remember being that sick is when I had type A hepatitis when I was 2 years old. People are so cavalier talking about diseases and vaccines and things like that. Get a really serious illness one time and wind up in the ICU and then tell me the same thing again.

The one that I have been dealing with and concerned about lately is Norovirus.

No vaccine for that one yet..........

Originally Posted by 32t

The one that I have been dealing with and concerned about lately is Norovirus.

No vaccine for that one yet..........

Yup, there is not a vaccine for everything. Just hope they can keep any future outbreaks of Ebola isolated to Africa because there is not a lot of vaccines out there for that one too. With the speed of international travel these days isolating it is not a sure thing.

Bob

don't worry, they are working on at least 120 new ones right now. As far as changing your mind about vaccines once you get sick, the same would be true if you got sick from a vaccine.

Originally Posted by 32t

The one that I have been dealing with and concerned about lately is Norovirus.

No vaccine for that one yet..........

That's because there are a hundred or so varieties of the bug. Once you get one you are immune to it and only that one. So any vaccine for that has to match them all and they change over time.

Originally Posted by 32t

The one that I have been dealing with and concerned about lately is Norovirus.

No vaccine for that one yet..........

A school here shut down today after numerous kids and staff got sick.

They suspect norovirus!