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In reply to the discussion: Roald Dahl's Heartbreaking Take on Vaccines [View all]AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)25. No, it's worse. They'd risk the death of YOUR child.
A vaccine isn't foolproof. You can voluntarily vaccinate your kid, and your kid can come in contact with the kid of some dumbass that didn't vaccinate, that kid's contagious, and if your child is sufficiently exposed, has a transient weak immune response, falls into the 4% or so that never develop an immune response, had a transplant, had chemo for childhood leukemia, etc, your kid can still catch it.
Worse, a teen can have the antibodies, and still experience what is called a cytokine storm, where their immune system hulks out, kills the invader AND healthy cells, killing the teen.
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As a young man, he had servants in Africa, and watched one die of the bite from a black mamba.
closeupready
Jan 2015
#8
It's easy to "forget" what you weren't taught. Public health issues desperately need to be curricula
Hekate
Jan 2015
#30
What a great post. Dahl was my very favorite author as a child and he remains high on that long
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2015
#9
Of course those with "compromised immune systems" like kids with HIV would have an alternative vx
uppityperson
Jan 2015
#38
Rouald Dahl hosted and wrote for one of the greatest horror series on American TV
aint_no_life_nowhere
Jan 2015
#17
My little sister was phobic about needles, and it's an awful thing. Good Mom for braving the storm.
Hekate
Jan 2015
#55
Not to appear cruel but 20 deaths from 100,000 cases per year? Car wrecks kill more kids...
Hestia
Jan 2015
#36
Those are the deaths, not the kids who grow up permanently damaged from measels.
Arugula Latte
Jan 2015
#53
I have a close firend who bought into the whole vaccine-autism hype and didn't
FourScore
Jan 2015
#41
The anti-vaxxers are too young to remember the horrors previous generations knew.
Vinca
Jan 2015
#44
All schools and pediatricians' offices need a "no tolerance" policy on anti-vaxers.
Arugula Latte
Jan 2015
#54