Posts by Rrrrrachel

Why would there be less viruses around than before?

I don't think anyone is blaming Wakefield. I think it's just a critical look at the current climate for publishing material critical of vaccines. I would think more people around here would be supportive of that kind of conversation.

I don't think valuing the advice of a medical professional and doing your own research are mutually exclusive. My doctor is my partner in my families health. That means they don't dictate to me but it also means I don't shut them out of...

Here's some information on the screening and investigation that takes place when an afp case is reported. http://www.npspindia.org/Case%20and%20laboratory%20investigation.asp

Children who develop afp are further screened for polio. That's little comfort to people who think various groups are conspiring to cover up polio diagnosis, of course. I found this article very informative on afp, polio surveillance,...

Not all afp is related to polio. I am highly skeptical of the claims that polio has just been renamed, but they're nothing if not pernicious.

I don't think I'm reading the same threads as the rest of y'all lately . . .

Of course I don't, but I especially don't like being told I'm wrong over and over without any actual documentation that I AM wrong.

Sure. Maybe if you're going to make snarky comments about how I'm wrong and need to google you could either understand that reasonable people can look at the same information and disagree, or be prepared to provide some information to...

I don't think it's unreasonable to ask people for more information when they make a claim. I can do my own research (and I do) but that won't tell me anything about what another poster thinks. There's value in both.