I have a question for those refusing to vaccinate their kids
ooOoOoOAnaOoOoOoo wrote:
Raptor wrote:
I don't know where the notion came from that there are anti-vaxxers on this forum, let alone enough to poll.

Why would you think there are none when this thread has already determined there is? Logic. Please.
Who?? In three pages I haven't seen anyone come out as an anti-vaxxer. Voicing an opinion on personal freedom or stating that vaccinations, in some cases for some, people bring risks that may outweigh the benefits does not make one an anti-vaxxer.
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ooOoOoOAnaOoOoOoo wrote:
What really upsets me and I do tend to take these issues more seriously than the average person, is the fact there are millions of people around the world very ill who were never immunized and they pay for it every day. It's such a lie that living in bacteria and viruses makes people healthy. The life expectancy is lower. Battling illness after illness takes it toll.
Mmm hmm, and last week, according to you, the sky was going to fall because republican congressmen arent environmentally sensitive enough. A week before that the sky was going to fall from 2 year olds shooting people.
Can we have a preview of what next week's imaginary crisis will be?
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Now we are seeing the results of not inoculating, I worry it is only a matter of time before Mumps rears its ugly head.
No one really understands what that one illness, Mumps, can do, unless they know one of the Mumps afflicted. I know two and have one in my family that grew up with my mom. Although I haven't met her, that I can remember, she's my mom's cousin, I have heard plenty about her. She had Mumps as a kid and it left her mentally ret*d. All three of these people have the same story; No immunizations-Mumps-high fever-mental retardation and they all live in poverty, can't find work, need government assistance. Their ability to care for themselves has been diminished considerably all because of one really high fever that permanently damaged their brains.
So I cannot understand why people would risk it. Germs are everywhere and it is so easy to pick up an illness like Mumps.
No one really understands what that one illness, Mumps, can do, unless they know one of the Mumps afflicted. I know two and have one in my family that grew up with my mom. Although I haven't met her, that I can remember, she's my mom's cousin, I have heard plenty about her. She had Mumps as a kid and it left her mentally ret*d. All three of these people have the same story; No immunizations-Mumps-high fever-mental retardation and they all live in poverty, can't find work, need government assistance. Their ability to care for themselves has been diminished considerably all because of one really high fever that permanently damaged their brains.
So I cannot understand why people would risk it. Germs are everywhere and it is so easy to pick up an illness like Mumps.
The number of people in this country not vaccinated for mumps is negligible.
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Rand Paul is completely irresponsible and let me guess - he is against government spending yet he is encouraging people to not immunize their kids which will end up costing the government billions of dollars.
Give people some credit for thinking on their own and not every one of them taking every politician's word as gospel. I'm not even going to take the time to look into what Rand Paul's actual stand on the subject is because it's irrelevant to me.
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Raptor wrote:
The number of people in this country not vaccinated for mumps is negligible.
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It isn't negligible. It is worryingly large and growing.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6341a1.htm
The above CDC link gives the vaccination rates of incoming kindergarteners starting kindy in 2013. The table is broken down by state and then by vaccine. The MMR (which includes mumps) has a vaccination rate which hovers around the mid to low 90's percentage, dipping down to an alarming 85.3% vaccination rate in Pennsylvania. That's 15% of their incoming kindergarteners not being vaccinated for mumps among other things, not negligible.
Mississippi is an admirable outlier with a >99.7 vaccination rate, a standout among U.S. states. Good for them!
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Median vaccination coverage was 94.7% for 2 doses of measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine
