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nolabels

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74. What does that really mean "Educate yourself"

Tue Feb 3, 2015, 02:59 PM

Feb 2015

Does in mean that i should do as you or they say? I am not too much Anti-anything but having been vaccinated for it all after I all ready mostly had all three didn't and doesn't make much sense to me. Other than the smallpox vaccine, all these vaccines sound like a big waste of time. Oh yea, they also gave me a bunch of vaccinations for the same crap while in the service but telling the military you already had yours is like talking to a wall.

So this year, after my employer supplied health insurance requested that my PCP gave me a annual physical, he was then sure i need to get a flu shot. I never really got a flu shot before but i went along with it. Six days later, surprise, surprise, came down with the flu.

I lived through all their bullshit, i am sure i can live through yours too

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Congratulations anti vac-ers! Well done! [View all] Warren Stupidity Feb 2015 OP

To be fair, 600 of them were in the NHL. Renew Deal Feb 2015 #1

That was edhopper Feb 2015 #11

Sometimes I feel like we're slowly slipping back into the early Middle Ages CanonRay Feb 2015 #2

Life imitates art. Refer to the movie Idiocracy. nt. Warren Stupidity Feb 2015 #3

Soon that movie will be a documentary. MynameisBlarney Feb 2015 #4

What you mean, soon? hobbit709 Feb 2015 #5

It is by design. Enthusiast Feb 2015 #14

The next thing you know, we will... 3catwoman3 Feb 2015 #36

644 cases in a country of 300 million.. Jesus Malverde Feb 2015 #6

I think you're confusing "dramatic increase" with "epidemic." LanternWaste Feb 2015 #7

Can one K&R a reply! BlueMTexpat Feb 2015 #8

uh huh Jesus Malverde Feb 2015 #9

Good answer. Nowhere does the OP use the word "epidemic" mountain grammy Feb 2015 #25

You do understand that measles was at or near zero incidents per year for several decades, right? Warren Stupidity Feb 2015 #10

OMG your right. Jesus Malverde Feb 2015 #13

Got it. You think it is a fucking joke. Warren Stupidity Feb 2015 #16

Maybe more to your liking... Jesus Malverde Feb 2015 #17

Besides the deaths, you must think the associated damage such as Arugula Latte Feb 2015 #40

That means more trolls. Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2015 #89

do you have kids? snooper2 Feb 2015 #12

Holy fuck... SidDithers Feb 2015 #21

Be afraid of some statistically insignificant numbers. Jesus Malverde Feb 2015 #22

Ignorance is a terrible thing... SidDithers Feb 2015 #23

Inevitable Jesus Malverde Feb 2015 #24

Hey, measles only killed 145,000 people last year... SidDithers Feb 2015 #26

If all of marin were vaccinated we wouldn't have a problem in the third world. Jesus Malverde Feb 2015 #32

And since the introduction of the measles vaccine NuclearDem Feb 2015 #46

Hilarious bordering on hair-pulling frustration. NuclearDem Feb 2015 #45

Statistics is hard. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2015 #29

Somehow you left 300 million out of your equation Jesus Malverde Feb 2015 #37

Because the 300 million isn't part of the question. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2015 #42

"We're not talking about how measles is affecting the overall population" Jesus Malverde Feb 2015 #44

Math is hard. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2015 #48

This might help you Jesus Malverde Feb 2015 #52

This is science, not Scrabble. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2015 #71

Zero to X>0 is Treant Feb 2015 #56

If you are one of the parents whose... 3catwoman3 Feb 2015 #43

Unless it's your child who dies because of dumbass hysterical ignorance... Augiedog Feb 2015 #49

Maybe you'll be 645. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2015 #30

644 cases in a country that 15 years ago had zero cases. NuclearDem Feb 2015 #31

You might be confusing "voter fraud" and Republicans. KansDem Feb 2015 #57

I like you! Jesus Malverde Feb 2015 #60

How many people in the US had AIDS in 1980? LadyHawkAZ Feb 2015 #80

This has suddenly become the big thing on DU LittleBlue Feb 2015 #90

not sure you're getting what is happening Skittles Feb 2015 #91

In my experience those who are skeptical about vaccines Jesus Malverde Feb 2015 #93

OK then it's a fucking idiocy issue Skittles Feb 2015 #96

I think the fad is in the over promotion of vaccines. Jesus Malverde Feb 2015 #97

Nailed it. Jesus Malverde Feb 2015 #92

I think Christie and Rand Paul said LittleBlue Feb 2015 #94

Kick & recommended. William769 Feb 2015 #15

Getting children Duval Feb 2015 #18

I must be really dim .. littlewolf Feb 2015 #19

People who did not live through those times are now helicopter parents. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #27

35 years of Bad Deal right wing ideology has convinced people that selfish stupidity is a virtue. nt Warren Stupidity Feb 2015 #76

Just waiting on the return safeinOhio Feb 2015 #20

The area with the biggest outbreak in 2014 is controlled by the Taliban in Pakistan. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #28

Hmmm...sounds like a national security issue to me. haikugal Feb 2015 #33

Vaccinate the kids. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #34

Amazing isn't it? haikugal Feb 2015 #38

You forgot the sarcasm emoticon. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #50

There was no sarcasm in my post whatsoever. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #54

Wow, that would be historic. So close... haikugal Feb 2015 #59

You forgot it again. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #77

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Oops! Thanks for the reminder :0) haikugal Feb 2015 #58

More troublesome, a DUer named "Jeff47" informed me last night that, because polio had KingCharlemagne Feb 2015 #51

The oral vaccine is no longer given in the US. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #65

I told Jeff47 I had rushed in where angels fear to tread and your post merely KingCharlemagne Feb 2015 #67

Whew! Your reply assured me that the multiple dose vax the kids got had polio. freshwest Feb 2015 #69

It may be completely cut out of the regimen by the early 2020s MohRokTah Feb 2015 #70

Considering the outbreak in the Taliban areas, it's not going away, IMO. That's a new generation. freshwest Feb 2015 #72

It's confined enough that it can be controlled and eradicated in the region. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #73

Hope the Taliban do not send an infected kid to Disneyland. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #78

Al-Queda was able to get 20 guys into the country who took pilot lessons here. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #81

You forgot the sarcasm emoticon again. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #84

You forgot the googly eyes again. eom MohRokTah Feb 2015 #85

All because antivaxers are morons. Iggo Feb 2015 #62

Not the caveman debate again. They don't know what the year is. lonestarnot Feb 2015 #35

Let us say if you had 644 cases of Small Pox. gordianot Feb 2015 #39

There are kids who can't get vaccinated, which is why ALL the ones who can need to be. nt. Warren Stupidity Feb 2015 #41

Yes and those who cannot be vaccinated should be accommodated whenever possible. gordianot Feb 2015 #47

There IS an epidemic of stupidity albino65 Feb 2015 #53

this is where heaven05 Feb 2015 #55

America. A Natin of morons n/t broadcaster75201 Feb 2015 #61

A few people being opposed to vaccine does not create an epidemic. Most are vaccinated these days, DesertDiamond Feb 2015 #63

Yes, they do. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #66

What does that really mean "Educate yourself" nolabels Feb 2015 #74

Nice anecdote. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #75

I know the flu shot didn't give me the flu nolabels Feb 2015 #82

Now there's a completely bullshit anti-vaxxer argument. eom MohRokTah Feb 2015 #83

What are trying to say to me exactly? nolabels Feb 2015 #86

you probably were already exposed... handmade34 Feb 2015 #87

Actually I pretty much know who i got it from. nolabels Feb 2015 #88

Do you not understand that, for example, babies can't be vaccinated until they hit certain ages? Arugula Latte Feb 2015 #68

This is sad news Gothmog Feb 2015 #64

A question on the details of those infected: freshwest Feb 2015 #95