Hi everybody. I haven't been here for awhile. last time I posted I thought I was weeks away from a move to a state that allowed a philosophical exemption. Alas that did not happen.
Yesterday I was surfing and came upon an article discussing vaccines that allowed some blogging. I got in there and started discussing. I'm sharing this here to see what some opinions are. I had gotten the impression from a link provided that vaccine induced immunity was preferable to natural immunity (ie chicken pox for example that many of us had as a kid that is becoming a mandatory vax in some states)
This was an explanation I received to clarify that. The poster does seem to think vaccine induced immunity is "better"
"Moreover, when an immune system is in the process of reacting to one specific pathogen, the entire organism is weakened, especially the immune system's ability to respond to different pathogens. Therefore opportunistic pathogens can multiply, avoid detection by the overworked immune system, and produce a productive infection of their own. 3% of chicken pox cases are fatal not because of varicella virus, but because the immune system's response to VV allows bacterial pathogens, particularly in the inner ear, to colonize, infect, spread (especially to the spine), and kill.

Conversely, vaccines produce a very specific immune reaction. They "inform" cytolitic T-cells as to what a pathogen "looks like", so that these cells, in the future, will be able to recognize that pathogen and destroy it before a full-scale immune system reaction needs to be launched. Thus the fatal "over-reaction" of the immune system is avoided, both by the vaccination and by any further exposure to the disease. The benefits are gained and the risks are avoided."
opinions?
Lisa
Yesterday I was surfing and came upon an article discussing vaccines that allowed some blogging. I got in there and started discussing. I'm sharing this here to see what some opinions are. I had gotten the impression from a link provided that vaccine induced immunity was preferable to natural immunity (ie chicken pox for example that many of us had as a kid that is becoming a mandatory vax in some states)
This was an explanation I received to clarify that. The poster does seem to think vaccine induced immunity is "better"
"Moreover, when an immune system is in the process of reacting to one specific pathogen, the entire organism is weakened, especially the immune system's ability to respond to different pathogens. Therefore opportunistic pathogens can multiply, avoid detection by the overworked immune system, and produce a productive infection of their own. 3% of chicken pox cases are fatal not because of varicella virus, but because the immune system's response to VV allows bacterial pathogens, particularly in the inner ear, to colonize, infect, spread (especially to the spine), and kill.

Conversely, vaccines produce a very specific immune reaction. They "inform" cytolitic T-cells as to what a pathogen "looks like", so that these cells, in the future, will be able to recognize that pathogen and destroy it before a full-scale immune system reaction needs to be launched. Thus the fatal "over-reaction" of the immune system is avoided, both by the vaccination and by any further exposure to the disease. The benefits are gained and the risks are avoided."
opinions?
Lisa
