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CreekDog

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19. some people cannot be vaccinated

Reply to mackerel (Reply #12)

Fri Jan 23, 2015, 02:03 PM

Jan 2015

and their immunity depends on not being surrounded with others who can be vaccinated but choose not to be.

did you know that it takes a village to prevent these kinds of diseases?

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Disneyland workers diagnosed with measles [View all] SunSeeker Jan 2015 OP

Thanks, anti-vaxxers shenmue Jan 2015 #1

I live in Orange County. Control-Z Jan 2015 #2

Make sure you get your booster too. jeff47 Jan 2015 #6

I wasn't aware that a Booster was required after Control-Z Jan 2015 #8

You can have your doctor do a titer to check your immunity for both. LeftyMom Jan 2015 #9

A titer? Control-Z Jan 2015 #10

It's a lab test to check your immunity level. LeftyMom Jan 2015 #11

Alternatively, you could just get the vaccine again. jeff47 Jan 2015 #14

Yep. Every 10 years. jeff47 Jan 2015 #15

cue the idiots to say us boomers all had it so why not everyone else Skittles Jan 2015 #3

Are the ONLY people coming down with measles those who were not vaccinated? SheilaT Jan 2015 #4

No vaccine is 100% effective. jeff47 Jan 2015 #7

Thanks Obama SummerSnow Jan 2015 #5

From what I've read, those that came down with measles were either not mackerel Jan 2015 #12

No, the rest of us are not fine. SunSeeker Jan 2015 #13

They aren't just risking their own health. They're risking health of strangers too. jeff47 Jan 2015 #16

Like I've stated many times, you ought not take unvaccinated children out to large germ mackerel Jan 2015 #17

So...kids who are allergic to vaccine components should never be allowed in public. jeff47 Jan 2015 #18

I think you're trying to make more than one point. mackerel Jan 2015 #20

By having an allergic reaction to earlier vaccines jeff47 Jan 2015 #21

some people cannot be vaccinated CreekDog Jan 2015 #19