Posts by Deborah

Considering all the idiotic things people do to destroy their health (I'm guilty too), the hard line on vaccines is just crazy. Doctors make this into a special case. Consider pertussis. Vaccinated people can carry and spread this...

That is sort of bizarrely funny. So much for herd immunity!

First. Relax. You have time. Tell your doctor that you want to delay everything by a few months and you'll let her know if/when you are ready to start again. Then go to your local public library and see what they have on vaccines. If...

Quote: Originally Posted by heathergirl67 You think pharmaceutical companies are paying off the writers/producers of Sid the Science Kid? You think PBS isn't influenced by donors? PBS also gets government...

research "original antigenic sin" and the pertussis vaccine. I think people could get the pertussis vaccine forever and ever without making any difference in the incidence or seriousness of this illness. The vaccine doesn't...

blog on this very topic not U.S., so some of the terminology and names will be unfamiliar, but the problem is the same, I think.

asking for specifics is always good.

Definitely not lifelong immunity. See boosters recommended for measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccines, for an example.

I did the following very rough calculation once, on the chances of a vaccine reaction. Let us suppose, conservatively, that the chance of a serious reaction is 1 per 100,000 doses of all vaccines. If we give 100,000 babies each 1 and...

Okay, that is clearer, thanks. When you have pre-existing conditions, then there is a sort of division of responsibility, in most people's minds. A range of possibilities comes into sight. I'll lay out a few: Child really was...