Posts by ma2two

"Herd immunity" should be fine with a 98% vaccination rate. So the doctor is wasting her time arguing with someone of the "2%".   Also not sure how she could not know any unvaccinated kids, while she has nursed several back to...

http://vitals.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/28/18565779-vaccine-protects-kids-against-hand-foot-and-mouth-disease?lite It was developed for use in Asia, but I wonder when it will be 1) available in the U.S., and 2) added to the the...

You're moving from one of the hardest states for exemptions, to one of the easiest. Right now in California, you just sign the second page of this form, http://www.cdph.ca.gov/pubsforms/forms/CtrldForms/pm286b.pdf and check boxes...

I would rather not get the vaccines, and get pertussis.   Instead, I did get the vaccines (as a child), and I also got pertussis as an adult.   Sodium ascorbate to bowel tolerance is an effective treatment for...

It might help to show the judge that the Tdap vaccine manufacturer admits in their advertisement, "It is unknown whether immunizing adolescents and adults against pertussis will reduce the risk of transmission to...

Quote: Originally Posted by acupuncturemomma  Thanks for the form, ma2two. Funny thing is, they supplied the first page of the form, but not the second (back) where the exemption section is!   At least the...

I have never heard of a preschool in California refusing a vaccine exemption. Doesn't mean it hasn't happened, or couldn't happen. Is the preschool requiring the vaccine paperwork before it accepts your son? That would be unusual. Your...

If I had a 4.5 year old who had never had chickenpox, with a grandparent with shingles, I would rush over there to visit before the blisters crusted over. He won't be able to get chickenpox from the shingles unless he touches the...

Kids who get chickenpox help protect others against shingles, from the natural booster effect.

None of those vaccines shed.  Only live virus vaccines have the potential to shed.   From the package inserts, it appears that this is the order, from most contagious to least contagious. 1)...