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hollysmom

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4. I am 70 and have yet to have shingles, I

Fri Feb 6, 2015, 03:19 AM

Feb 2015

believe I have a good reason to avoid the vaccine - 2 out of 3 people don't get shingles - why should I expose myself to potentially getting Chickenpox again, and it has happened when people got the vaccine, when I can get this vaccine in the middle of a shingle attack to reduce the pain and length of the attack, should I get one, although the odds look small for me at this age. Especially when the vaccine only cuts the risk by 50%. Not for me, good for someone else.

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How Collapsing Social Infrastructure Led to Everyone Becoming an Internet Medical Expert [View all] daredtowork Feb 2015 OP

before I was an internet medical expert - I was a book medical expert ha ha hollysmom Feb 2015 #1

lol, I guess the Internet didn't invent the Active Patient daredtowork Feb 2015 #2

I am 70 and have yet to have shingles, I hollysmom Feb 2015 #4

If you are playing the odds daredtowork Feb 2015 #6

If indeed the doctors of my youth were right and I was one oaf the few who did not hollysmom Feb 2015 #11

well I hope you don't get it now! D: nt daredtowork Feb 2015 #15

Just so you know . . . pnwmom Feb 2015 #9

I had restless leg syndrome, some one helped though hollysmom Feb 2015 #12

Restless leg syndrome is often connected with periodic limb movement disorder (leg jerks). pnwmom Feb 2015 #13

Great op Jesus Malverde Feb 2015 #3

Thanks! daredtowork Feb 2015 #5

I'm struggling to understand if it's just a grand self-parody project, or closeupready Feb 2015 #41

My father was an "American doctor" Blue_Tires Feb 2015 #30

You guys are predictable - you dish it out, but you can't take it. closeupready Feb 2015 #60

and who are "you guys"? Blue_Tires Feb 2015 #61

Doubtful. Anyway, done bickering. closeupready Feb 2015 #62

Thanks for your very thoughtful post. I hope many people here read it and let its truths sink in. n/t pnwmom Feb 2015 #7

Thanks for supporting it! nt daredtowork Feb 2015 #16

Your explanation breaks down because anti-vax positions are a largely affluent phenomenon. LeftyMom Feb 2015 #8

It's common among home-schooled children not to be vaccinated, since half of states pnwmom Feb 2015 #10

This is how I think the worm will turn in California daredtowork Feb 2015 #21

I hope you're wrong. pnwmom Feb 2015 #25

me, too. :/ nt daredtowork Feb 2015 #27

The vax requirements in CA are the same for public, private and homeschooled students. LeftyMom Feb 2015 #35

The larger argument is daredtowork Feb 2015 #18

When I was talking with my doctor about something I found on the internet he suggested that if jwirr Feb 2015 #48

That's a very hypocritical and self serving position. Look at this thread, readers, and note who is Bluenorthwest Feb 2015 #55

When I saw the fix-it-yourself cavity kits at Walmart... Bonobo Feb 2015 #14

lol, please tell me this was an ad on The Onion. nt daredtowork Feb 2015 #19

No, they are very very real. nt Bonobo Feb 2015 #22

omg you weren't kidding daredtowork Feb 2015 #23

The brutal reality is that there are probably millions Bonobo Feb 2015 #24

One of the reasons I'm clinging to the Bay Area daredtowork Feb 2015 #26

Wait, I've used those and not what you think cally Feb 2015 #33

"People cannot be reasoned out of what they were never reasoned into" Prism Feb 2015 #17

I'm the first to agree ignorance gets exploited by conmen daredtowork Feb 2015 #20

We need more public clinics for a start Prism Feb 2015 #28

Of course we do, but Canada and the Netherlands have great medical systems and also have major Bluenorthwest Feb 2015 #52

Absolutely 100% agreed Prism Feb 2015 #63

Great OP. Thanks for writing a thoughtful piece designed to spark discussion riderinthestorm Feb 2015 #29

You're very welcome. :D nt daredtowork Feb 2015 #36

Shorter OP: "Quit mocking the willfully ignorant for being willfully ignorant" Blue_Tires Feb 2015 #31

I take it you blame people for their poverty? nt daredtowork Feb 2015 #38

Are you saying that it is the poor who are not getting their children vaccinated? Most of us have jwirr Feb 2015 #49

I take it you think we should be nicer to those who blame poor people for their poverty kcr Feb 2015 #50

Gee, you lecture in the OP about being nice and respectful.... Bluenorthwest Feb 2015 #57

While I disagree with the anti-vaxxers... sendero Feb 2015 #32

We definitely need to work on that trust angle daredtowork Feb 2015 #39

Since the late 70s we have had TV preachers, politicians and Rs telling us we cannot trust anyone. jwirr Feb 2015 #51

Excellent post and needs wider distribution cally Feb 2015 #34

Understanding is the start of a conversation! :D nt daredtowork Feb 2015 #40

DU is filled with university medical center-affiliated medical experts, shaming 'fucking stupid closeupready Feb 2015 #37

lol, I understand daredtowork Feb 2015 #42

I actually changed my mind - I think this is a good discussion, so I'm going closeupready Feb 2015 #44

Ah, American Exceptionalism again. This theory does not hold up to global realities. Bluenorthwest Feb 2015 #43

Not everyone on the internet pretends to be an expert on everything. Do you? closeupready Feb 2015 #45

It's the title of the OP, I commented on that but I also commented on the international outbreaks Bluenorthwest Feb 2015 #47

You are an expert on absolutely everything, lol. closeupready Feb 2015 #53

Another personal attack, devoid of content, designed to avoid the facts and global realities Bluenorthwest Feb 2015 #54

Anti-vaxxers deserve all the vitriol liberalhistorian Feb 2015 #46

I'd love to write a long reply to you, shortish will have to do. Trillo Feb 2015 #56

I agree cally Feb 2015 #59

The other thought I had is, the medical experts here are worth what they're charging us. closeupready Feb 2015 #58