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10. You gotta get 'em dip-tet boosters yearly or else they'll develop lockjaw and night vision.

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Wed Dec 10, 2014, 03:42 PM

Dec 2014

I learnt that from Raising Arizona.

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Whooping Cough Back With a Vengeance in California [View all] zappaman Dec 2014 OP

Thanks a lot anti-vax idiots! Arugula Latte Dec 2014 #1

yep - thanks a lot! AtomicKitten Dec 2014 #16

I heard a sound drop on the radio this week ripcord Dec 2014 #62

Absolute idiot. IMO people refusing to vaccinate their kids should be brought up on child neglect RKP5637 Dec 2014 #126

It is getting scary ripcord Dec 2014 #142

Anyone who will be near a newborn should have a TDaP vaccine frazzled Dec 2014 #2

We got ours since our friends just had a girl. zappaman Dec 2014 #5

Maybe informational posters HappyMe Dec 2014 #7

You gotta get 'em dip-tet boosters yearly or else they'll develop lockjaw and night vision. Liberal Veteran Dec 2014 #10

Yup zappaman Dec 2014 #59

It wasn't the woman's fault, but her doctor's. The official guidelines pnwmom Dec 2014 #52

The teacher that lives downstairs HappyMe Dec 2014 #3

You are blaming the Anti-vaxxers for the mom not knowing what the TDaP vaccine was? postulater Dec 2014 #4

There is a video report which goes into detail that the quotes don't. zappaman Dec 2014 #6

A 2009 study showed conclusively that the WC vaccine itself caused the exposure and the illness truedelphi Dec 2014 #8

Yet Krytan11c Dec 2014 #9

No that statement is simply not true - truedelphi Dec 2014 #11

Not sure I understand...are you saying WC is CAUSED by vaccinations for WC? zappaman Dec 2014 #13

I am reporting on what an accepted study proved: truedelphi Dec 2014 #17

What study? n/t zappaman Dec 2014 #18

Oops my cut and paste didn't work out with link truedelphi Dec 2014 #21

LOL! zappaman Dec 2014 #24

No, accepted is a valid state for papers jeff47 Dec 2014 #36

+1, n/t RKP5637 Dec 2014 #127

Here are three citationss - truedelphi Dec 2014 #151

Not quite: I think what they are saying is you could become colonized but not get the disease. Liberal Veteran Dec 2014 #155

WHAT "accepted study?" Archae Dec 2014 #19

Apology for lack of cutting and pasting skills truedelphi Dec 2014 #22

No, you're not. You're reporting a study that was submitted. jeff47 Dec 2014 #30

Also, your "2009" study was submitted in 2013. (nt) jeff47 Dec 2014 #31

Wow...that's a shitty paper. jeff47 Dec 2014 #37

Yes. The paper actually says the old vaccine worked better than the new one Drahthaardogs Dec 2014 #106

Missionaries secure a safe water supply and wash their hands Warpy Dec 2014 #14

Yet do you ever remember hearing of ANYONE contracting the disease? KamaAina Dec 2014 #26

You re taking my post out of context - the entire reason for my truedelphi Dec 2014 #152

Oh, yes, that quack Mercola keeps pumping out that horse shit Warpy Dec 2014 #12

Kinda funny how anti-vax quackery intevitably has a funding stream that leads to quack supplements Major Nikon Dec 2014 #20

Meanwhile, Joe Mercola's huge estate Warpy Dec 2014 #23

Snake oil has always been a huge business Major Nikon Dec 2014 #25

He sells tanning beds as medical devices. ForgoTheConsequence Dec 2014 #27

That's frightening. HappyMe Dec 2014 #28

If you find Mercola's name on the citation I offered, let me know. truedelphi Dec 2014 #34

The bullshit meter is still pegged Major Nikon Dec 2014 #114

Same group of insane nutbags that encourage placenta eating Horse with no Name Dec 2014 #91

That was probably not a bad idea for our protein starved ancestors. Warpy Dec 2014 #121

+1, n/t RKP5637 Dec 2014 #128

Warpy, Mercola does not have any involvement in studies - truedelphi Dec 2014 #150

Which 2009 study?... SidDithers Dec 2014 #15

For Christ sakes, get your vaccines! longship Dec 2014 #29

Wow. that is not at all what that study says, the pnas study... yawnmaster Dec 2014 #32

Truedelphi missed understanding that paper by a wide margin MattBaggins Dec 2014 #145

This is the biggest piece of horseshit I may have ever read on this site. alarimer Dec 2014 #38

So why is that baby dead? Hekate Dec 2014 #41

on edit Sheepshank Dec 2014 #54

What a crock of anti-science shit! longship Dec 2014 #55

That thread was thankfully locked. zappaman Dec 2014 #61

I liked you better when you were posting about chemtrails. LeftyMom Dec 2014 #74

The difference is chemtrail nutbaggery doesn't manage to kill anyone Major Nikon Dec 2014 #137

If you mean the one in your now locked thread, no, it didn't. It showed immunity does not happen uppityperson Dec 2014 #77

VACCINES DO NOT WORK THAT WAY. GOOD NIGHT. NuclearDem Dec 2014 #89

Anti-Vax Horseshit. Odin2005 Dec 2014 #157

You need to thank Corp America for this mess-not the parents Stargazer99 Dec 2014 #33

You have a very impressive amount of wrong in one post. jeff47 Dec 2014 #39

Thimerosal made the vaccines cheaper by allowing for multi-use vials pnwmom Dec 2014 #44

OMG! A TYPO!!! jeff47 Dec 2014 #46

Women began to receive flu shots and DTaP during pregnancy, pnwmom Dec 2014 #50

Vaccines are safe and effective. longship Dec 2014 #57

Thimerosal is a form of mercury, which is a toxin. Period. pnwmom Dec 2014 #58

And the anti vaccine idiots proclaimed... longship Dec 2014 #60

My husband is a PhD chemist who doesn't want us to eat tuna, because of the risk pnwmom Dec 2014 #81

Ethyl vs methyl is a huge difference. Ask your PhD chemist husband. uppityperson Dec 2014 #82

Yes, of course they're different. But Thimerosal has been linked to inflammation pnwmom Dec 2014 #103

LOTS of things cause inflammation. Poorly fitting shoes, for instance. uppityperson Dec 2014 #104

Scientists are taking the inflammation theory seriously, and so is the NIH. pnwmom Dec 2014 #105

Well, good. longship Dec 2014 #102

I am a PhD toxicologist, and I eat the shit out of tuna. Drahthaardogs Dec 2014 #107

I'll bite. Why won't you eat organic produce? smirkymonkey Dec 2014 #125

Let me clarify Drahthaardogs Dec 2014 #154

You would not eat the potatoes or peas I grew? Why not? uppityperson Dec 2014 #134

And sodium is a flammable metal; chlorine a toxic gas NickB79 Dec 2014 #79

Oversimplifying a complex part of chemistry. NuclearDem Dec 2014 #99

You still don't fully understand Thiomersal MattBaggins Dec 2014 #146

I understand the difference between ethyl and methyl, if that's what you mean. pnwmom Dec 2014 #149

So my kid got autism, due to the vaccines I took? msanthrope Dec 2014 #64

They don't know what causes autism, but current research pnwmom Dec 2014 #65

I think you are waffling. Did the Thimerosal in the vaccines I took affect my child? nt msanthrope Dec 2014 #66

I'm not waffling. Sorry, but science, especially when concerned with pnwmom Dec 2014 #68

Yes, I did. Since you brought up Thimerosal during pregnancy, why not give a scientific msanthrope Dec 2014 #70

You want a scientific explanation as to how mercury can be toxic? n/t pnwmom Dec 2014 #80

Yes....I really want a scientific, peer-reviewed explanation as to how thimerosal msanthrope Dec 2014 #83

Thimerosal contains mercury, so if you took a vaccine with Thimerosal, pnwmom Dec 2014 #84

Oh Jeebus....you really don't know the difference between msanthrope Dec 2014 #85

Yes, I do, and the FDA reference was specifically to ethyl mercury. Try again. pnwmom Dec 2014 #86

I truly encourage you to start your own OP on what you think your link msanthrope Dec 2014 #88

Thanks for indirectly acknowledging that the FDA reference is to Thimersol pnwmom Dec 2014 #90

Oh God, I had almost forgotten about that thread. NuclearDem Dec 2014 #96

What a great thread that turned out to be. zappaman Dec 2014 #98

I hope these yahoos don't drink beer, wine or spirits MattBaggins Dec 2014 #147

Perfect example....nt msanthrope Dec 2014 #148

Virtually every preservative known to man is toxic at a given exposure level Major Nikon Dec 2014 #93

But when the preservative isn't necessary -- and it isn't when single use vials pnwmom Dec 2014 #95

Preservation is necessary Major Nikon Dec 2014 #108

Thimerosal is NOT necessary in single-use vials of childhood vaccines pnwmom Dec 2014 #109

Which has zero to do with the thimersol risk myth you are trying to perpetuate Major Nikon Dec 2014 #112

It is a fact, not a myth, that before Thimerosal was removed pnwmom Dec 2014 #115

If that's true, then prove it Major Nikon Dec 2014 #116

Prove what? That the FDA recommended that Thimerosal be removed pnwmom Dec 2014 #117

I've already seen this and it doesn't support your assertion Major Nikon Dec 2014 #118

It came from both agencies. What do you think this means: pnwmom Dec 2014 #119

It means what the previous paragraph says that you convieniently left out Major Nikon Dec 2014 #123

You're ignoring the key sentence: pnwmom Dec 2014 #124

You are ignoring key facts and the very words you posted yourself Major Nikon Dec 2014 #132

You said this: "The FDA nor the CDC (as you originally claimed) didn't change pnwmom Dec 2014 #140

Nonsense Major Nikon Dec 2014 #143

I'm curious: How does one activate the immune system without an inflammatory response? Liberal Veteran Dec 2014 #144

"safe intake of methyl mercury" which is not ethylmercury. You continue to argue that too much of uppityperson Dec 2014 #135

Don't you think the FDA and the CDC know the difference? pnwmom Dec 2014 #139

Not in the US. jeff47 Dec 2014 #71

But other environmental factors have been greatly increasing during the same time period pnwmom Dec 2014 #87

Roundup is increasing, while thimerosal is decreasing, so autism is caused by uppityperson Dec 2014 #92

No, but a number of different triggers, alone or in combination, pnwmom Dec 2014 #94

I am amused by the jump from thimerosal to roundup. I am still waiting to hear back on ethyl vs meth uppityperson Dec 2014 #97

NIH funded researchers now believe that autism is caused by an interaction pnwmom Dec 2014 #141

It's thiomersal. You don't even know how to spell it, which isn't a good sign. LeftyMom Dec 2014 #75

How can you blame anti-vaxxers when the pregnant mom had never heard of the vaccine? pnwmom Dec 2014 #35

Herd immunity jeff47 Dec 2014 #40

A pregnant woman will know if she's been vaccinated or not. pnwmom Dec 2014 #42

A pregnant woman will be getting lots of shots jeff47 Dec 2014 #43

Pregnant women only get TWO shots in an uncomplicated pregnancy. pnwmom Dec 2014 #45

From the lots of shots my wife received. jeff47 Dec 2014 #48

I linked to the CDC recommendation for only two routine shots in pregnancies. pnwmom Dec 2014 #51

And if the doctor said "this is a vaccine for pertussis" jeff47 Dec 2014 #67

The larger reason is that the shots today are only effective for about 5 years, pnwmom Dec 2014 #69

No, actually that's a pretty small reason. jeff47 Dec 2014 #72

Cross-posted to California group KamaAina Dec 2014 #47

I do not speak to anti-vaxxers bluestateguy Dec 2014 #49

The main problem isn't anti-vaxxers, it's that the vaccine's effectiveness pnwmom Dec 2014 #53

Not this Granny HockeyMom Dec 2014 #56

You want your grandkids to get whooping cough? LeftyMom Dec 2014 #76

If they themselves are vaccinated, HockeyMom Dec 2014 #130

Are you staying away from the grandkids until they get the full series? LeftyMom Dec 2014 #156

My DAUGHTER agrees with it HockeyMom Dec 2014 #160

No, the main problem is the vaccination rate is down to the 70s jeff47 Dec 2014 #73

In the State of California, only 13% of kindergartners have exemptions, pnwmom Dec 2014 #78

Don't worry ...I'm sure the repukes will cut back on funding the CDC. L0oniX Dec 2014 #63

It's so depressing to see the quackery Union Scribe Dec 2014 #100

+100 from a nurse 840high Dec 2014 #110

I swear, some people are so fucking kneejerk NuclearDem Dec 2014 #101

Well on some level, Corporate American brought that on themselves laundry_queen Dec 2014 #111

Grrrrrrrrr. Warren DeMontague Dec 2014 #113

I invite all anti-vaxers to come visit me in India. I'll show them my neighborhood. Recursion Dec 2014 #120

ok I admit I may be simple. littlewolf Dec 2014 #122

Good question, I remember much the same. And, it was no BFD ... especially for Polio and RKP5637 Dec 2014 #129

In my opinion, parents have the right to not vaccinate XemaSab Dec 2014 #133

This nonsense needs to stop. Feral Child Dec 2014 #131

FYI & I predict that EVERYONE will draw the line somewhere eventually & acquire the label, even you. proverbialwisdom Dec 2014 #136

Not spam, IMO, although top jpg only has been previously posted elsewhere -will delete upon request. proverbialwisdom Dec 2014 #138

That really isn't a lot of shots. Feron Dec 2014 #153

Nice to meet you, but we'll just have to agree to disagree. proverbialwisdom Dec 2014 #159

All the anti-vaxxers in this thread is sickening. Odin2005 Dec 2014 #158