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SheilaT

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3. If a child already has whooping cough,

Reply to HuckleB (Original post)

Fri Dec 11, 2015, 11:35 AM

Dec 2015

isn't it a bit late to vaccinate?

Although after the child recovers, she should be getting the boosters on a regular schedule.

I got an adult dpt about six years ago. Need to remember to get another in a few more years.

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Why �Tolerating� Anti-Vaxxers Is a Losing Strategy [View all] HuckleB Dec 2015 OP

The are dangerous and stupid. onecaliberal Dec 2015 #1

"It's a difference of opinion" is what I always hear. Dr Hobbitstein Dec 2015 #2

Actually, if someone says SheilaT Dec 2015 #4

It's amazing. There is such a disconnect with the real world. HuckleB Dec 2015 #10

If a child already has whooping cough, SheilaT Dec 2015 #3

If the dipshit mother had gotten the vaccine for her child in the first place Dr Hobbitstein Dec 2015 #5

The story notes that it would likely improve long-term immunity. HuckleB Dec 2015 #7

until kids start going blind, deaf and become paralyzed (among other things) like the old days... Javaman Dec 2015 #6

I'm afraid you might be right. HuckleB Dec 2015 #9

Home Schoolers, Anti-GMO, Climate Deniers and Anti-Vaxxers are extremist loons... 951-Riverside Dec 2015 #8

LBN thread on this topic. HuckleB Dec 2015 #11

And of course, DU's resident anti-vax asshat is on that thread. Dr Hobbitstein Dec 2015 #12

I guess it's inevitable. HuckleB Dec 2015 #13