RE: Abstaining from Vaccination should NOT be a right
February 25, 2012 at 7:19 pm
(This post was last modified: February 25, 2012 at 7:27 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
The only disease we eradicated was through strongly coerced vaccinations (the governments of the time might have laughed at the idea of even needing to write a mandate to force these vaccinations (which they did). Mandates weren't a huge issue here because most of us have brains in our heads. They snuck the damn vaccine into some people without even telling them what it was in many places.
Again, it isn't my opinion that vaccination against pathogens is a good idea, or that immunization works best when it is complete, or that our government legislates such matters. So please stop framing it as such.
It's a tenous connection until someone is litigating a carrier because their little girl died or was severely injured. Then you can expect precedents to be trotted out daily until the issue is resolved.
"Myth: Vaccines cause the illnesses they’re supposed to prevent.
Fact: This myth almost always surfaces during flu season because other respiratory illnesses are common at this time. In regards to the influenza vaccines, neither the inactivated influenza vaccine (the flu shot) nor the live attenuated influenza vaccine (nasal spray) can cause a person to develop influenza.
In regards to the other vaccines on the schedule approved by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Family Physicians, the chance of contracting the disease a vaccine has been proven to protect against is minimal to impossible. For vaccines that contain live weakened viruses, such as the chickenpox or MMR, a patient may develop a very mild illness that would be much less severe if the person did not receive the vaccination and contracted the disease.. "
http://www.texaschildrens.org/carecenter...myths.aspx
Come again?
Nope, it's medical reasons that lead me to suggest vaccinations, and if you have medical reasons for not getting them then what can be done? Not even close to the same issue.
Again, it isn't my opinion that vaccination against pathogens is a good idea, or that immunization works best when it is complete, or that our government legislates such matters. So please stop framing it as such.
It's a tenous connection until someone is litigating a carrier because their little girl died or was severely injured. Then you can expect precedents to be trotted out daily until the issue is resolved.
"Myth: Vaccines cause the illnesses they’re supposed to prevent.
Fact: This myth almost always surfaces during flu season because other respiratory illnesses are common at this time. In regards to the influenza vaccines, neither the inactivated influenza vaccine (the flu shot) nor the live attenuated influenza vaccine (nasal spray) can cause a person to develop influenza.
In regards to the other vaccines on the schedule approved by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Family Physicians, the chance of contracting the disease a vaccine has been proven to protect against is minimal to impossible. For vaccines that contain live weakened viruses, such as the chickenpox or MMR, a patient may develop a very mild illness that would be much less severe if the person did not receive the vaccination and contracted the disease.. "
http://www.texaschildrens.org/carecenter...myths.aspx
Come again?
Nope, it's medical reasons that lead me to suggest vaccinations, and if you have medical reasons for not getting them then what can be done? Not even close to the same issue.
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