tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719356366303333951.post432754818314418773..comments2024-01-02T04:55:07.853-05:00Comments on Pieces of Me: Vaccinations and InsanityJLKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05396471022931966499noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719356366303333951.post-76016404907045281812009-11-05T15:53:13.866-05:002009-11-05T15:53:13.866-05:00Amen. I'm getting the vax as soon as my employ...Amen. I'm getting the vax as soon as my employer makes it available to tier II employees (i.e., non-patient-contact, or me). If I ever have kids they will also be getting their childhood vaccines. Because whooping cough sucks ass, can be fatal, autism is caused by something other than vaccines and most importantly, unlike measles, mumps, or rubella, <i>autism</i> is not contagious. All that other shit is. <br /><br />PS - CONGRATS ON THE RASPBERRY!!!Ambivalent Academichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05908454781195782927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719356366303333951.post-33800490595710485902009-11-04T22:50:15.950-05:002009-11-04T22:50:15.950-05:00Agreed. I've also had the H1N1 vaccine to prot...Agreed. I've also had the H1N1 vaccine to protect not only myself but others with whom I come into contact. Pretty much the same reasons why I've had every other vaccine available.Professor in Traininghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10903558307394806532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719356366303333951.post-74898087364548322912009-11-04T13:04:02.691-05:002009-11-04T13:04:02.691-05:001) Pregnancy Police = goatfuckers.
2) Pregnant wo...1) Pregnancy Police = goatfuckers. <br />2) Pregnant women aren't considered a high risk group because of their raspberry babies, but because the immunological changes that occur during pregnancy making the women susceptible. In other words, it's mostly to benefit you. You can still feel virtuous for stopping the spread in the schools you work in though.<br />3) Quibble- it's not H191, it's H1N1 (for hemagglutinin 1, neuraminidase 1)<br />4) On the 'saving your children from getting sick is selfish' thing. First, there are some illnesses that have much more severe long term immunological implications if they are contracted in childhood vs. adulthood (granted, for others it's the reverse, and I doubt most parents think much about the distinction). Moreover, I hope little raspberry never gets sick while you are sick and keeps you up for days at a time with pitiful crying/coughing/sneezles. Even mild respiratory illnesses like colds are pretty miserable in newborns. It's not rational to expect Lysol to solve it all, but I can't blame people for trying. <br />5) Yes, we need mandatory statistics/probability education. But then no one would play the lotto, and the public school funding would suffer in many states, and we'd end up worse off.<br />;-)<br />6) All that notwithstanding, Yay! for getting your vaccine. And BOOO to people who are afraid of it for irrational reasons. The stupid it burns.Beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15356974556397009124noreply@blogger.com