Posted on 08/14/2010 9:15:14 PM PDT by markomalley
California is in the midst of its worst outbreak of whooping cough in a half-century. More than 2,700 cases have been reported so far this year — eight times last year's number at this point. Seven of the victims, all infants, have died.
And here's what really worries pediatricians like UCLA's Harvey Karp: Doctors thought they wiped out whooping cough when they developed vaccines decades ago.
The disease hits young children hardest, especially ones who are not vaccinated or who have not yet built up full immunity. The prescribed vaccination regimen begins with a shot at two months and continues until children are 5 years old. For many children, it can take that long for complete immunity to develop — and until then, they're vulnerable.
The California epidemic has raised plenty of questions about the role of vaccination and the increasing numbers of parents who decide not to vaccinate their children. California's Department of Public Health cites three schools in the state where 80 percent of parents have signed a "personal belief exemption" to keep their children from being vaccinated.
That's part of what's behind this epidemic, Dr. Karp tells NPR's Guy Raz. "And it's in part because the immunity of people who were immunized earlier has waned," he adds.
In fact, Karp estimates that 75 percent to 90 percent of whooping cough cases occur in teenagers and adults, for whom it is not deadly. Most adults may experience only a lingering cough. The danger occurs when adults and teenagers — whose immunity wanes around 12 years old — contract whooping cough and unwittingly give it to infants.
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A Lie.
Big Medicine, in order to protect their profits from that fiendish "surgery" and "chemotherapy", has been concealing this information from the public for years.
Not a lie. Unless you like to believe the lies of the FDA and the PharmaNazis. Your saying it is a lie does not make it one. But glad you are so well educated and dedicated to the truth /s
Where is your /s tag on your comment about bandaids?
They have brought TB with them, also.
Whooping cough, bed bug infestations, rampant government corruption, hedonism for the masses....isn’t living though the collapse of an empire grand?
You said: “Our family chooses not to vaccinate. Live with it.”
I was born before the polio vaccine and got polio. My sister was born after, was vaccinated and didn’t.
When you watch one of your progeny suffer from you position remember your words and suffer. I have no pity for you.
“If one of your kids contracts a serious illness and transmits it to a classmate, then I guess we’ll see what the rest of your community thinks of your “principled stance”.”
By that logic, can I sue the parents of a child who had a reaction to the shot and came into contact with my child?
What a maroon. I had all of the childhood diseases, including ruebella. My grandchildren had the mildest case of measles their pediatrician has ever seen.
You live your life...I’ll live mine.
To the extent that it is true, that's why booster shots or multiple vaccinations are made available. But from a health policy standpoint, a population's immunity does not fade due to vaccinations.
"Pharmanazis"? Congratulations - your position is indistinguishable from that of Michael Moore.
IOW, no matter what the facts might be, you're determined to remain ignorant of the true risk/benefit. That's your right, but ethically you should remain from spreading things you and I both know are false.
I'm not aware of any adverse events to a vaccine that are communicable. Do you know of any?
You live your life...I’ll live mine.
Unfortunately, your life choices might severely impact my kids. You may be within your rights to make those choices, but don't expect others not to highlight your selfishness and irresponsibility.
I know the truth, I doubt you do from your posts. Take your own advice and stop spreading falsehoods.
And by the way, they are Pharma Nazis. Same companies that supported Hitler in Germany that have no serious regulation from the FDA. The FDA protects them, not us.
No matter what settled science might say.
Willful ignorance is a terrible thing. I feel sorry for you...hopefully one day you'll see the error of your ways. And until you do, hopefully your (in)actions won't hurt anyone you love.
Are you a medical doctor? Are you in any way connected to a pharmaceutical company? Are you in any other way a health care provider, such as hospital administrator or other hospital connections or connected to a health insurance company? Do you have credentials for the position you have been taking in your posts?
My credentials are that I'm informed of the facts. Evidently you can't say the same.
Your information is factually faulty. But that is to be expected coming from Spector country...?
May I be the first to say that this was 'unexpectorated'.
sorry...
Post your “facts” then.
Nice little trap there, GG.
If the answer is "Yes I do have credentials" (for example, I -am- a hospital administrator and have run outpatient clinics) then obviously I am one of the Nazis who iss trying to kill der kinder vith Zyklon B.... oops, whooping cough vaccine.
And if NittanyLion answers that he does not have credentials, then obviously his opinion is no more valuable than the bug-f--k insane opinion that vaccines cause autism.
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