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| From | amdx <nojunk@knology.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | sci.electronics.design |
| Subject | Re: Vaccinations |
| Date | 2017-02-09 09:15 -0600 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <o7i0un$jpt$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | (5 earlier) <o7f09l$gra$1@dont-email.me> <o7fmc5$k8$3@dont-email.me> <o7g5r4$3l8$1@dont-email.me> <o7hebv$8bo$1@dont-email.me> <o7hght$fja$1@dont-email.me> |
On 2/9/2017 4:35 AM, rickman wrote:
> On 2/9/2017 4:58 AM, David Brown wrote:
>> On 08/02/17 23:26, rickman wrote:
>>> On 2/8/2017 1:00 PM, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 08 Feb 2017 12:45:35 +0100, David Brown wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Chicken pox is almost always mild if you get it as a kid - the younger
>>>>> the better (but not babies - you need to have a more developed immune
>>>>> system). The people who suffer badly from chicken pox are usually
>>>>> teenagers or adults. It is common that when a kindergarten kid gets
>>>>> chicken pox, the parents hold a "chicken pox party" so that lots of
>>>>> other kindergarten kids can come and get it at an early age where all
>>>>> they get is a few spots and possibly a night of mild fever.
>>>>
>>>> In the good old days when sanity reined, yes. But I would imagine that
>>>> today Big Pharma and the CDC would have something to say about such
>>>> practices.
>>>
>>> Chickenpox is not always innocuous, being downright dangerous to others
>>> around the infected child such as a pregnant woman, and a vaccine is
>>> available. Why on earth would anyone want to be infected with a disease
>>> rather than take a vaccine? Being vaccinated against chickenpox also
>>> helps to protect you from shingles later in life.
>>>
>>
>> Chickenpox is very rarely a serious problem, and usually high-risk
>> people (such as pregnant women who have not had it themselves, or
>> parents with very young babies, or older or otherwise high-risk people
>> who have not already had it) are aware of that. Certainly in Norway
>> people are informed about that. So if kids in a kindergarten have
>> chickenpox, the kindergarten puts up notices warning people.
>
> That caution. Exposing children to a disease which can have serious
> effects is reckless. It is amazing that some people fear vaccines more
> than they fear disease. "Rare" is not non-existent. Pregnant women
> often don't know they are pregnant for some time. The fetus is *very*
> vulnerable to infections when it is very young. This is no different
> than drinking alcohol which no responsible adult will do when there is a
> chance of being pregnant.
>
>
>> Chickenpox is not in the same category as diseases like measles, or
>> mumps. In the vast majority of cases, it has extremely low risk of
>> complications, serious lasting effects, or even much discomfort.
>
> "Vast majority"... yet the serious side effects exist.
>
>
>> The chickenpox vaccine is relatively recent, or at least it is
>> relatively recent that it has become widespread. My kids have all had
>> chickenpox, and the vaccine was never an option when they were young.
>>
>> Because chickenpox is only a serious risk for a few people - the very
>> young, and the small percentage of the adult population who did not have
>> it as a kid - chicken pox parties work well as a method of herd
>> immunization.
>
> If a vaccine harms one person in 100,000 it is considered dangerous.
> This is from the CDC web page...
>
> Before the vaccine, about 100 people died each year as a result of
> chickenpox in the United States.
I would like to know how many of that 100 were under 9 years old.
> So you are ok with that many deaths from Chickenpox?
Death is usually, best avoided, and in most cases as long as possible.
Although, I think what some call life, is a waste of the caregivers
mental, physical and financial resources. But that's another topic.
Mikek
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Re: Vaccinations David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-02-08 15:38 +0100
Re: Vaccinations M Philbrook <jamie_ka1lpa@charter.net> - 2017-02-09 19:27 -0500
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Re: Vaccinations bill.sloman@ieee.org - 2017-02-08 06:09 -0800
Re: Vaccinations David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-02-08 15:39 +0100
Re: Vaccinations rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-02-08 17:05 -0500
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Re: Vaccinations Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2017-02-07 08:21 +0000
Re: Vaccinations Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2017-02-07 08:19 +0000
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Re: Vaccinations Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2017-02-07 09:42 +0000
Re: Vaccinations Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2017-02-07 17:57 +0000
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Re: Vaccinations amdx <nojunk@knology.net> - 2017-02-08 07:46 -0600
Re: Vaccinations krw@notreal.com - 2017-02-08 12:45 -0500
Re: Vaccinations dplatt@coop.radagast.org (Dave Platt) - 2017-02-08 11:33 -0800
Re: Vaccinations rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-02-08 17:19 -0500
Re: Vaccinations Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2017-02-08 17:57 +0000
Re: Vaccinations krw@notreal.com - 2017-02-08 13:16 -0500
Re: Vaccinations Martin Brown <|||newspam|||@nezumi.demon.co.uk> - 2017-02-08 18:32 +0000
Re: Vaccinations Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-02-08 12:09 -0700
Re: Vaccinations John Devereux <john@devereux.me.uk> - 2017-02-07 21:08 +0000
Re: Vaccinations David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-02-08 12:45 +0100
Re: Vaccinations Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2017-02-08 18:00 +0000
Re: Vaccinations krw@notreal.com - 2017-02-08 13:16 -0500
Re: Vaccinations Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@On-My-Web-Site.com> - 2017-02-08 11:28 -0700
Re: Vaccinations krw@notreal.com - 2017-02-08 20:33 -0500
Re: Vaccinations rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-02-08 17:26 -0500
Re: Vaccinations Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2017-02-08 23:09 +0000
Re: Vaccinations Lasse Langwadt Christensen <langwadt@fonz.dk> - 2017-02-08 15:33 -0800
Re: Vaccinations bill.sloman@ieee.org - 2017-02-08 15:42 -0800
Re: Vaccinations Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2017-02-08 23:43 +0000
Re: Vaccinations rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-02-08 20:56 -0500
Re: Vaccinations David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-02-09 10:58 +0100
Re: Vaccinations rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-02-09 05:35 -0500
Re: Vaccinations David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-02-09 12:54 +0100
Re: Vaccinations rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-02-09 07:20 -0500
Re: Vaccinations Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2017-02-09 13:38 +0000
Re: Vaccinations David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-02-09 14:56 +0100
Re: Vaccinations rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-02-09 17:47 -0500
Re: Vaccinations bill.sloman@ieee.org - 2017-02-09 17:16 -0800
Re: Vaccinations Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2017-02-09 16:40 +0000
Re: Vaccinations amdx <nojunk@knology.net> - 2017-02-09 11:04 -0600
Re: Vaccinations rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-02-09 17:46 -0500
Re: Vaccinations amdx <nojunk@knology.net> - 2017-02-09 09:15 -0600
Re: Vaccinations Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2017-02-10 16:36 +0000
Re: Vaccinations bill.sloman@ieee.org - 2017-02-10 16:41 -0800
Re: Vaccinations John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-02-08 09:12 -0800
Re: Vaccinations Lasse Langwadt Christensen <langwadt@fonz.dk> - 2017-02-08 09:36 -0800
Re: Vaccinations John Larkin <jjlarkinxyxy@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-02-08 12:40 -0800
Re: Vaccinations Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-02-08 11:51 -0700
Re: Vaccinations John Devereux <john@devereux.me.uk> - 2017-02-09 15:02 +0000
Re: Vaccinations rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-02-09 17:46 -0500
Re: Vaccinations Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2017-02-10 16:52 +0000
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Re: Vaccinations krw@notreal.com - 2017-02-09 21:12 -0500
Re: Vaccinations bill.sloman@ieee.org - 2017-02-09 19:01 -0800
Re: Vaccinations John Devereux <john@devereux.me.uk> - 2017-02-10 08:23 +0000
Re: Vaccinations krw@notreal.com - 2017-02-10 12:23 -0500
Re: Vaccinations John Devereux <john@devereux.me.uk> - 2017-02-10 18:09 +0000
Re: Vaccinations rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-02-07 16:31 -0500
Re: Vaccinations artie <artie.m@gNOSPAMmail.com> - 2017-02-06 17:28 -0800
Re: Vaccinations Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-02-06 19:11 -0700
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