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2naSalit

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6. Please note

Reply to Baclava (Reply #5)

Mon Dec 15, 2014, 11:34 AM

Dec 2014

that I made no connection with viruses and antibiotics other than the concept that vaccines against viruses may be going the way of antibiotics presently.

And I did not equate Mumps with infectious disease or having been bacterial as we often define such maladies.

In trying to separate the two thoughts expressed, I made two separate paragraphs.

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Mumps- yes, the mumps. NHL (hockey) has a league wide Mumps outbreak [View all] underpants Dec 2014 OP

I hear the mumps are dangerous to your, uh, hockey stick. n/t leftofcool Dec 2014 #1

During college, I attended a geology field camp in Wyoming. Are_grits_groceries Dec 2014 #2

Drug resistance? 2naSalit Dec 2014 #3

I was wondering that too underpants Dec 2014 #4

I doubt that there is any 2naSalit Dec 2014 #7

Most vaccines aren't 100% effective. Gormy Cuss Dec 2014 #14

Mumps is caused by a virus - antibiotics work against bacteria, not viruses Baclava Dec 2014 #5

Please note 2naSalit Dec 2014 #6

Your "concept" is false, equating vaccines to antibiotics - does not work Baclava Dec 2014 #8

Hmmm... 2naSalit Dec 2014 #9

Again - viruses don't become "resistant" to vaccines like bacteria do to antibiotics Baclava Dec 2014 #10

Another swing and another miss. n/t 2naSalit Dec 2014 #11

The league is considering an expansion team in Vegas KamaAina Dec 2014 #12

My son had mumps when he was about 4 or 5 years old. RebelOne Dec 2014 #13