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2naSalit

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7. I doubt that there is any

Mon Dec 15, 2014, 11:40 AM

Dec 2014

vaccine that can be deemed 100% effective. I was surprised there was one with an 80-90% rating. IIRC, many of the flu vaccines aren't set up to deal with all flu viruses and need to be restructured (?) every year and is more of a detriment than a health aid for some.

That being said, my whole family had the mumps when I was in grade school. We had many children in the family and some of us had everything twice... mumps, measles, chickenpox....

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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