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Chemisse

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3. I agree with you.

Reply to pnwmom (Original post)

Sun Dec 6, 2015, 08:32 AM

Dec 2015

We are very, very fortunate to have the life-saving vaccines that we do.

But just because some people went off to an anti-vax extreme doesn't mean we have to back into the opposite corner, abandoning all common sense in the process.

Massive amounts of money are involved, and we all know what greed can do. So this: So the decisions regarding the need for a vaccine or a mandate should be driven by the CDC and/or the FDA, not Big Pharma.

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All products created by Big Pharma are not created equal. [View all] pnwmom Dec 2015 OP

Casual contact is not the same as risk of infection. Liberal Veteran Dec 2015 #1

Thanks for your thoughtful contribution. pnwmom Dec 2015 #2

I agree with you. Chemisse Dec 2015 #3

I'm not anti-vax, but... Major Nikon Dec 2015 #4

According to the CDC, most cases of HPV infections go away on their own, without problems. pnwmom Dec 2015 #6

Which is also true for pretty much every other vaccine Major Nikon Dec 2015 #7

Not true. HPV for most people causes so few symptoms that they don't even know pnwmom Dec 2015 #9

WTF are you even talking about? Major Nikon Dec 2015 #11

The flu vaccine isn't mandated. But the flu does cause an illness that most people know they have. pnwmom Dec 2015 #12

It's just not that hard to expose your strawman rhetoric Major Nikon Dec 2015 #19

I get flu vaccines every fall and also got another vaccine this year, pnwmom Dec 2015 #8

Sure Major Nikon Dec 2015 #10

In ten percent of people it persists beyond 2 years. That doesn't mean pnwmom Dec 2015 #13

Nor is that what I said Major Nikon Dec 2015 #14

Nah. n/t pnwmom Dec 2015 #15

I'll do it for you, then Major Nikon Dec 2015 #17

The bodies of most young girls who get HPV spontaneously rid themselves of it. KittyWampus Dec 2015 #16

Good point. We should only market the measles vaccine to people who will die from it Major Nikon Dec 2015 #20

...and the effect is worsened with... CanSocDem Dec 2015 #5

these mandates cross an important line restorefreedom Dec 2015 #18