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hedgehog

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103. Amen to that! My grandma got the flu vaccine every year, and got sick every year.

Mon Sep 15, 2014, 01:20 PM

Sep 2014

Her experience watching so many die in the 1918-1919 epidemics had something to do with her resolve to stick with the vaccines!

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Measles is back: A mother's story, from today's LA Times: [View all] CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2014 OP

I am a survivor HockeyMom Sep 2014 #1

That's great. CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2014 #2

Why, if she can do it sans vaccine, then today's babies need to toughen up, by gumption! X_Digger Sep 2014 #65

Ha! CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2014 #66

Thank you. Been biting my tongue. Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2014 #79

She is an anti-vaxxer. That is her point. longship Sep 2014 #88

I have had all of them including whooping cough. Born 1941 and had most of them before I started jwirr Sep 2014 #3

What has that got to do with getting vaccinations? I run a website shraby Sep 2014 #4

I am a genealogist too HockeyMom Sep 2014 #6

Are you advocating people not get vaccinated? abelenkpe Sep 2014 #11

Yup. That's her schtick. An anti-vaxxer. nt longship Sep 2014 #89

The real point Feral Child Sep 2014 #22

Lived in NYC HockeyMom Sep 2014 #45

What? Feral Child Sep 2014 #72

my great-grandfather i think, had 8 kids + all survived to adulthood. i actually KNEW pansypoo53219 Sep 2014 #58

If it is your point that vaccination leads to overpopulation, then the hedgehog Sep 2014 #100

It worked. We need to show those not getting vaccinations that it did work. As far as autism is jwirr Sep 2014 #12

I remember them living us up in school for those vax HockeyMom Sep 2014 #16

My dad had polio as a kid passiveporcupine Sep 2014 #41

yes, I am an anti-vaxer HockeyMom Sep 2014 #47

well bless your heart elehhhhna Sep 2014 #78

Because you won the lottery, everyone else should play Russian Roulette? Jeff Murdoch Sep 2014 #87

Your position has a body count. longship Sep 2014 #90

Point of fact, the one known link to autism is pre-natal exposure to hedgehog Sep 2014 #101

i was born in '41 too. i was not vaccinated for chicken pox, DesertFlower Sep 2014 #9

How many of your generation didn't survive? KitSileya Sep 2014 #5

I'm not sure I get your post either. Laffy Kat Sep 2014 #18

Measles is no joke. Neither is rubella. Warpy Sep 2014 #27

Neither is chicken pox, for that matter. GoCubsGo Sep 2014 #42

even with insurance, the shingles shot is very expensive. eom ellenfl Sep 2014 #63

One of my mom's cousins died of chicken pox in 1946. nt. Mariana Sep 2014 #64

Chicken pox is even worse for people who didn't have it as children and weren't vaccinated... Spider Jerusalem Sep 2014 #108

And - unlike vaccines - maternal rubella really does increase the risk of autism for the offspring LeftishBrit Sep 2014 #94

Great. But those who didn't survive are not here to post about it! LeftishBrit Sep 2014 #43

Thank you for your sanctimonious dependence on our appreciation. Lost In America Sep 2014 #71

Measles can be an extremely serious disease in an adult still_one Sep 2014 #77

Yeah I'll THINK about that BlindTiresias Sep 2014 #91

Good for you. You survived! longship Sep 2014 #93

So did I and the rest of my sibs - shall we discuss the terrible eczema and asthma my brother hedgehog Sep 2014 #99

But don't forget the ones who AREN'T here today, because AleksS Sep 2014 #104

I was a baby boomer too and had all the same things - non eventfully karynnj Sep 2014 #109

These vaccinations are available without thimerisol abelenkpe Sep 2014 #7

How frightening. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #8

What are those two counties with greater than 20% exemptions? KitSileya Sep 2014 #14

Trinity to the west, Yuba and Sierra counties together toward the East. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #17

I worked 1:1 with a Kinder kid not vax in South Florida HockeyMom Sep 2014 #19

The vax is not for people who are already immune passiveporcupine Sep 2014 #48

Yes, Natural Immunity HockeyMom Sep 2014 #50

So, how about all the kids who died passiveporcupine Sep 2014 #70

Not always. People have occasionally had the diseases more than once. LeftishBrit Sep 2014 #95

du rec. xchrom Sep 2014 #10

i've come across some recent threads about vaccines. DesertFlower Sep 2014 #13

PBS "Frontline" had a great episode on vaccines last week. GoCubsGo Sep 2014 #39

How Vaccine Fears Fueled The Resurgence Of Preventable Diseases etherealtruth Sep 2014 #15

I had a DPT vax in 1949 HockeyMom Sep 2014 #20

Please do get the pertussis booster. PADemD Sep 2014 #31

I had that under 5 HockeyMom Sep 2014 #44

She isn't going to do it. She is an anti-vaxxer. longship Sep 2014 #92

Ok, you seriously seem to be very healthy.. likesmountains 52 Sep 2014 #76

Don't cut yourself gardening. hedgehog Sep 2014 #102

Cannot count the number of times I have cut myself HockeyMom Sep 2014 #106

i've only had 1 flu vaccine and i was sick the next day. DesertFlower Sep 2014 #21

Barbara Loe Fisher... SidDithers Sep 2014 #26

don't know much about dr. Mercola except that he DesertFlower Sep 2014 #28

First, Barbara Loe Fisher is the head of NVIC, the biggest anti-vaccination organization in the US.. SidDithers Sep 2014 #33

i don't know that much about him so i'm DesertFlower Sep 2014 #36

You're entitled to your opinion, as misinformed as it might be, you're entitled to it... SidDithers Sep 2014 #49

your so hung up on Mercola that you DesertFlower Sep 2014 #56

It was because the vaccine was working Warpy Sep 2014 #30

Should an infant be vaccinated if they are born with infections already? cureautismnow Sep 2014 #40

I'd go with a pediatrician's advice. Warpy Sep 2014 #46

These kind of infections suppress the immune system. cureautismnow Sep 2014 #55

This would need the specialist knowledge of the doctor. LeftishBrit Sep 2014 #96

i'll take my chances with the flu. DesertFlower Sep 2014 #57

Sure, if you want to live in the middle of nowhere NuclearDem Sep 2014 #69

just because a person doesn't get flu shots DesertFlower Sep 2014 #74

Well, your anecdotal argument sure has persuaded me. NuclearDem Sep 2014 #75

why are you concerned DesertFlower Sep 2014 #81

Because if you get sick and the flu multiplies in your body, you will infect more of the public with DebJ Sep 2014 #84

sorry about your husband but i'm not getting a DesertFlower Sep 2014 #86

I rolled that dice once too often. HeiressofBickworth Sep 2014 #111

Amen to that! My grandma got the flu vaccine every year, and got sick every year. hedgehog Sep 2014 #103

Since it takes several days for your body to react to the presence of the flu, it wasn't the shot DebJ Sep 2014 #83

Thanks for posting, Peggy. Feral Child Sep 2014 #23

DU rec... SidDithers Sep 2014 #24

My mother would arrange it if one of us kids had, say, measles, she made sure we all got it valerief Sep 2014 #25

That's what mothers did before vaccinations Warpy Sep 2014 #51

TB? Your mother could have killed you with her efforts. LisaL Sep 2014 #67

Nope, never a reaction Warpy Sep 2014 #73

I guess you were lucky. LisaL Sep 2014 #85

As the OP articles illustrates, measles could be deadly. LisaL Sep 2014 #68

I agree, but we had certain expectations in life. We'd all get valerief Sep 2014 #80

Born before most vaccinations, had most of the illnesses. colorado_ufo Sep 2014 #29

I had all the childhood diseases of yesteryear, including whooping cough. I wouldn't put a child Shrike47 Sep 2014 #32

I had them all too dflprincess Sep 2014 #82

the thigh? shanti Sep 2014 #105

According to my mom dflprincess Sep 2014 #110

K&R! Omaha Steve Sep 2014 #34

Thank you, going directly to facebook! mountain grammy Sep 2014 #35

Thanks a lot anti-vaxers..... blackspade Sep 2014 #37

Measles was on its way out in this country too. NuclearDem Sep 2014 #38

Both of my children have received every MrsMatt Sep 2014 #52

It's one thing to have been born onecaliberal Sep 2014 #53

kick and rec Liberal_in_LA Sep 2014 #54

I was born in 1966 b4 the Rubella vaccine deafskeptic Sep 2014 #59

It's rare, but possible to go deaf from the vaccine itself cureautismnow Sep 2014 #61

I've had classmates who went deaf as a result of measles/mumps if not the vaccine itself. n/t deafskeptic Sep 2014 #62

My neighbor is deaf because he had mumps. Mariana Sep 2014 #107

It's much rarer than for the actual diseases, though LeftishBrit Sep 2014 #97

there are MD's and DO's who practice DesertFlower Sep 2014 #60

From your post to my Facebook - many, many thanks! hedgehog Sep 2014 #98