Posts by Rrrrrachel

You're right. Just two people drawing conclusions about what people might think based on a headline. Totally different. Not a bit the same. What was I thinking.

But that's my point. The disease isn't changing. Those strains already existed.

Sure, when there's matters of opinion involved, but you're busting my chops over pointing out vaccines don't cause diseases to mutate when, in fact, they don't.

I guess I think words mean something.

Nether of those are the same as the vaccine causing the virus to mutate.  B.Parapertussis is a bacteria.  Flu is a virus.  Even that aside, the vaccine may be creating an opening that B parapertussis is filling (which is...

I don't believe it's the same as a vaccine causing a virus to mutate.

And that's not actually accurate that vaccines cause diseases to mutate. I know that claim is made, but it's not really the case.

Quote:Originally Posted by kathymuggle Is the vaccine to be used in the event of a human-to-human pandemic (which could very well be justified given the death rate) or is it to be used without a large scale epidemic? If it is used...

Quote:Originally Posted by rachelsmama  Wouldn't it be more appropriate to take steps to stop people from purposefully making the virus more dangerous?  Sure, having a vaccine just in case might be useful to a limited degree, but...

Yes Kathy. I followed that.