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Quote: Originally Posted by SilverMoon010  Exactly. Shingles is on the rise, which is why there is now a vaccine for it.  Adults receive natural boosting of their defenses against shingles from contact with...

  Quote: Originally Posted by Calm    One of the problems with the correlation of smallpox with vaccines is that so few were vaccinated for smallpox.  All other diseases, (as contagious as smallpox...

     Quote: Originally Posted by Calm      In studying disease eradication, we need to look at other aspects.  Diseases naturally eradicate themselves.  Belief in...

Quote: Originally Posted by Bokonon  Smallpox and polio were "around and killing long before anybody was vaccinating either people or cows" too, but that doesn't mean that the vaccines never caused the disease....

Quote: Originally Posted by JMJ   Yes, I have no clue why they are still vaccinating people against a disease that no longer exists using a disease that exists only because of the vaccine.   Because while...

Quote: Originally Posted by caned & able  Smallpox has been wiped out? Someone needs to tell the CDC!   http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/17/4/730.htm   Apparently the best way to...

Yes, absolutely.  The vaccine played a huge role in eradicating smallpox.  Polio is gone from the US thanks to vaccination, and measles has pretty much been eradicated, only imported cases from countries where they still have...

Quote: Originally Posted by Bokonon  Yes, in undeveloped countries.  The vast majority of measles cases in the U.S. are in vaccinated individuals.   No, in the US.  At least in...

  Quote: Originally Posted by Turquesa  In some outbreaks, MOST of the people are vaxed, which calls "herd immunity" into question.  I have more examples, but here's two to...

Panelle/Chickpea Fries dipped in tomato sauce.    So surprisingly yummy :)