Posts by pers

Quote: Originally Posted by Mirzam  From documents just obtained, it has been known for over 30 years that the single measles vaccine can cause SSPE (Subacute Sclerosing Panecephalitis). However, it was also revealed...

Quote: Originally Posted by Cynthia Mosher    Posting about herd immunity is not really suited for this forum nor is a discussion of how vaccine strain measles is milder, how outbreaks in vaccinated...

Quote: Originally Posted by Mirzam  Distemper and measles are similar, as you say. However, the problem is neither of the two viruses have ever been islolated, purified and characterized* to really compare viruses....

Quote: Originally Posted by Storm Bride  What is this belief based on?   I expect I'm going to end up getting the varicella vax for my kids, because they haven't, despite repeated attempts, caught...

Grilled cheese sandwiches + lentil vegetable soup.   Was just going to be grilled cheese + steamed veggies since it's a busy night, but it's raining and bleak here too, so soup is a necessity and I will find time to make it.

Quote: Originally Posted by Mirzam  I remember reading somewhere that the remainder of the teens were vaccinated, they just hadn't had the two doses, so this outbreak occured in a 100% vaccinated...

Quote: Originally Posted by kathymuggle  Pers - do you have a source for the statement that Quebec has a lower measles vaccination rate than the rest of Canada?   I went looking but could not find...

Quote: Originally Posted by Turquesa  But are vaccine-avoidable diseases--measles, for example-- significantly more rampant in Canada (and other single-payer nations without compulsory...

Quote: Originally Posted by kathymuggle  The Republicans do not believe in the state interfering in peoples lives.  This means no social programs (blech!) but it also means they do not interfere overly in...

The chickenpox vaccine may increase the risk of shingles.  It did not, however, create the problem of shingles.  Shingles has always been around.  The population for which the shingles vaccine is recommended has always...