Ask someone who survived all those childhood diseases whether we would recommend a vaccine. They weren’t around yet when I was a child so I got to ‘enjoy’ mumps, measles (2x) and chicken pox. I also watched my mother go through shingles and when I became elegible for that vaccine I got it as well as the anti-pneumonia one. If there is a safe and effective vaccine, get it for your kids. Otherwise it’s maltreatment of your children, IMHO.
I had Chicken Pox as a child. I was MISERABLE for a month. One of my nieces had it to, and suffered permanent damage to one of her eyes. Vaccinate your children!!
I also went through all those “childhood diseases” and I survived, BUT some didn’t. I get my yearly flu shots because I care about the people around me.
We had gone to the cemetery to visit a friend’s grave, and our four- year-old granddaughter saw a very ornate stone. I explained to A. that is was for a little girl who had been exactly her age when she died. A. looked at the stone for a few moments, and then asked me to take her picture. “I’ll put it on my dresser, so when Mum has to take me to the doctor for shots, I’ll remember it’s so I won’t get sick and die, too.”
Given the overuse of antibiotics today that compromises our ability to deal with infections, vaccines that mobilize the body’s own defenses to disease are the most effective way we have to deal with prevention of massive epidemics in the future. To claim that production of such vaccines is “unregulated” is a very bad joke at best.
I had many neighbors and school mates who contracted Polio before the vaccine gained widespread use.
We had a one-handed shortstop on our Little League team who caught and threw with the same hand and batted one handed because his other arm was limp and useless due to Polio, and I still have a neighbor who was wheel chair bound all his life. It’s much easier for him now with electric scooters and wheelchairs, but boy did he havbe strong arms as a youth.
… and yes I had Measels and Mumps and all those childhood, nothing in comparison.
Yeah, let’s bring those days back because “Vaccines are bad!” My snowflake might get a fever as a side effect.
The percentage of children who have died due to being vaccinated is even smaller than the number of illegal votes due to not having photo I.D.s – a lot smaller! Anti-vaxers are exactly like neo- nazis on a molecular level – they and any offspring they ‘drop’ should be “allowed” their opinion but should also be quarantined! Free speech must be allowed but the ‘sane’ parts of Society must also be protected from stupidity that is not readily evident but is deadly to others, nonetheless.
Like the rest of the old-timers hanging around and sounding off, I had the full complement of I had the full complement of “childhood diseases”. Oh and where they fun. Got to stay home from school and everything. Pulleaseee!!! I got my son vaccinated against every possible does childhood disease that they came out with. Anti-vaxxers should be charged with child abuse. And they’re the ones that run their children to the emergency room for every little sniffle for antibiotics so that every little disease becomes antibiotic-resistant.. they should have their heads examined. They can’t decide whether they want scientific Solutions or not.
As a pre-vaccine Boomer, I remember the Bad Old Days, too. The fear of polio during the summers, the terror of pregnant women that they might be exposed to a child with German measles which would leave their unborn child blind, deaf, mentally handicapped, so no, I have no patience with anti-vaxxers. I was lucky to live during the time the first polio vaccines came out and wound up vaccinated with both the killed virus (delivered on a sugar cube) and the weakened live virus (a shot-young me wasn’t happy that it wasn’t another sugar cube.) I wish I could have had the measles shots (I would have avoided the pneumonia that followed it) and would have cheerfully lived without mumps, chicken pox, etc. if I’d had the choice. I’m sure my little sister would have appreciated not getting chicken pox, too. Most schools require children to have all their shots before allowing them to register. Vaccines should be SOP, for the children’s sake and for the sakes of all those people with compromised immune systems. I’d hate to see German measles make a comeback and cripple a generation of kids.
wiatr over 6 years ago
Ask someone who survived all those childhood diseases whether we would recommend a vaccine. They weren’t around yet when I was a child so I got to ‘enjoy’ mumps, measles (2x) and chicken pox. I also watched my mother go through shingles and when I became elegible for that vaccine I got it as well as the anti-pneumonia one. If there is a safe and effective vaccine, get it for your kids. Otherwise it’s maltreatment of your children, IMHO.
rbmumsie over 6 years ago
I had Chicken Pox as a child. I was MISERABLE for a month. One of my nieces had it to, and suffered permanent damage to one of her eyes. Vaccinate your children!!
Say What Now‽ Premium Member over 6 years ago
I also went through all those “childhood diseases” and I survived, BUT some didn’t. I get my yearly flu shots because I care about the people around me.
Dani Rice over 6 years ago
We had gone to the cemetery to visit a friend’s grave, and our four- year-old granddaughter saw a very ornate stone. I explained to A. that is was for a little girl who had been exactly her age when she died. A. looked at the stone for a few moments, and then asked me to take her picture. “I’ll put it on my dresser, so when Mum has to take me to the doctor for shots, I’ll remember it’s so I won’t get sick and die, too.”
Smarter than a lot of adults.
martens over 6 years ago
Given the overuse of antibiotics today that compromises our ability to deal with infections, vaccines that mobilize the body’s own defenses to disease are the most effective way we have to deal with prevention of massive epidemics in the future. To claim that production of such vaccines is “unregulated” is a very bad joke at best.
genome_project Premium Member over 6 years ago
I had many neighbors and school mates who contracted Polio before the vaccine gained widespread use.
We had a one-handed shortstop on our Little League team who caught and threw with the same hand and batted one handed because his other arm was limp and useless due to Polio, and I still have a neighbor who was wheel chair bound all his life. It’s much easier for him now with electric scooters and wheelchairs, but boy did he havbe strong arms as a youth.
… and yes I had Measels and Mumps and all those childhood, nothing in comparison.
Yeah, let’s bring those days back because “Vaccines are bad!” My snowflake might get a fever as a side effect.
Masterskrain Premium Member over 6 years ago
Anti-Vaxxers need to be charged with felony child endangerment.
wellis1947 Premium Member over 6 years ago
The percentage of children who have died due to being vaccinated is even smaller than the number of illegal votes due to not having photo I.D.s – a lot smaller! Anti-vaxers are exactly like neo- nazis on a molecular level – they and any offspring they ‘drop’ should be “allowed” their opinion but should also be quarantined! Free speech must be allowed but the ‘sane’ parts of Society must also be protected from stupidity that is not readily evident but is deadly to others, nonetheless.
Sadandconfused9 over 6 years ago
Like the rest of the old-timers hanging around and sounding off, I had the full complement of I had the full complement of “childhood diseases”. Oh and where they fun. Got to stay home from school and everything. Pulleaseee!!! I got my son vaccinated against every possible does childhood disease that they came out with. Anti-vaxxers should be charged with child abuse. And they’re the ones that run their children to the emergency room for every little sniffle for antibiotics so that every little disease becomes antibiotic-resistant.. they should have their heads examined. They can’t decide whether they want scientific Solutions or not.
Mr. Blawt over 6 years ago
Diseases love it when you don’t get vaccinated. That is why minority and poor communities have been targeted with this BS
Wendy Emlinger Premium Member over 6 years ago
As a pre-vaccine Boomer, I remember the Bad Old Days, too. The fear of polio during the summers, the terror of pregnant women that they might be exposed to a child with German measles which would leave their unborn child blind, deaf, mentally handicapped, so no, I have no patience with anti-vaxxers. I was lucky to live during the time the first polio vaccines came out and wound up vaccinated with both the killed virus (delivered on a sugar cube) and the weakened live virus (a shot-young me wasn’t happy that it wasn’t another sugar cube.) I wish I could have had the measles shots (I would have avoided the pneumonia that followed it) and would have cheerfully lived without mumps, chicken pox, etc. if I’d had the choice. I’m sure my little sister would have appreciated not getting chicken pox, too. Most schools require children to have all their shots before allowing them to register. Vaccines should be SOP, for the children’s sake and for the sakes of all those people with compromised immune systems. I’d hate to see German measles make a comeback and cripple a generation of kids.