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Jenny McCarthy!
It drives me nuts.
Who is stupid enough to get medical advice from an ex- pawrn star?
Take a walk through any old small town Ontario grave yard. Have look at who died especially pre1900. They are dominated by women dying having their last baby and a multitude of children many who died of vaccine preventable illness.
I was born in 58, had to actually go look to see what year they started immunizing for measles, mumps, chickenpox etc, I wasn't as it was before the time they had effective shots for this. I had them all at one point or another when young, Trimmer is bang on when he says parents would expose their kids, this allowed for controlled timing of the illness. Immunizations are far easier, safer than having the disease, and more effective at exposing the population at large, only hiccup is the idiots who refuse to believe the science and put others at risk due to their behavior. I believe the day will come when this is rightfully viewed as being negligent to your children not to have them "protected" from these diseases same as seat belts, helmets etc
I believe the day will come when this is rightfully viewed as being negligent to your children not to have them "protected" from these diseases same as seat belts, helmets etc.
I already view it that way.
What's it matter if the others are vaccinated?Quote:
Originally Posted by TurkeyRookie
Political correctness again.
Right to die - good
Right to kill - ( abortion) good
Right to refuse vaccines for fear of health risks - d#mn thee to hell!
An individual having exercising the option to terminate his or her own life does not affect society as a whole.Quote:
Originally Posted by pmannat
An individual who terminates her pregnancy due to rape, incest or other reasons does not affect society as a whole.
An individual who has no adverse medical reaction to vaccination, yet opts to not get vaccinated increases the risk of transmitting diseases to others who are unable to be vaccinated.
Individuals who exercise an option to terminate their own lives consentually or women who decide to terminate their pregnancies are exercising rights or priviledges granted by society.
An invidual who refuses to vaccinate, is avoiding a social responsibility.
Measles, rubella, whooping cough. OK. Absolutely sensible. The one I do not and will not get is the BS flu shot. I have no use for the flu shot, I can handle a Bout with the flu and the shot doesn't always help anyhow.
On a side note. Many vaccines for children are now available in a mercury free dose. Unfortunately the flu shot is not.
I nor my children have ever had the flu shot and that likely will never change and nock on wood they have never had the flu and I got it once over 20 years ago.
BINGO !!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by TurkeyRookie
Thimerosal is NOT used in single dose flu vaccines and I don't know of any vaccine coming on the western market within the last decade that contains thimerosal.Quote:
Originally Posted by oaknut
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Originally Posted by oaknut
Just to clarify:
Vaccines do not contain elemental mercury. Vaccines (used to) contain ethylmercury, which is a preservative and anti-septic. Ethylmercury is also used in tattoo inks.
When you eat fish, you are ingesting methylmercury which is quite toxic.
When you get a vaccine, the preservative is ethylmercury which has a half life of 7 to 10 days and is nowhere near as toxic.
Basically, if you're willing to eat a whole stealhead from Lake Ontario and you have tattoos, then you should have no fear of getting a flu shot.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_poisoning
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influenza_vaccine#Safety
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiomersal