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yellowcanine

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58. made by whom and where? And I did not say kids are the problem.
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 08:58 PM
Dec 2012

The problem is adults who don't get vaccinated and increasingly, don't want to vaccinate their kids. If these adults have their way then the percentage of kids getting vaccinated will drop and it will become a problem - but of course it would be a problem caused by adults, not kids.

Hang on, let me grab some AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #1
Popcorn, reading glasses and maybe a pen? proverbialwisdom Dec 2012 #66
OH BOY, an online petition with 600 signatures. AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #67
O snail, climb Mt Fuji, but slowly, slowly. proverbialwisdom Dec 2012 #68
OR we can use vaccines with a known working preservative, and change over if we have a AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #69
Post #57 links to essential reading summarizing the relevant scientific literature. proverbialwisdom Dec 2012 #70
Pediatricians know the stuff is essential where vaccines Warpy Dec 2012 #2
It takes decades for mercury to buildup in the body bucolic_frolic Dec 2012 #9
Uh, children haven't been alive for decades Warpy Dec 2012 #46
You can ridicule with sarcasm all you want bucolic_frolic Dec 2012 #55
I'm allergic to thimerosal lbrtbell Dec 2012 #63
Are you sure HelenWheels Dec 2012 #23
Look it up. I did. Warpy Dec 2012 #47
Public health initiatives should reflect best practices. proverbialwisdom Dec 2012 #60
So, only one substance in the world can act mzmolly Dec 2012 #3
Good one! DCKit Dec 2012 #4
Sorry, but that just is not true. longship Dec 2012 #5
Interesting stuff. truthisfreedom Dec 2012 #6
Excellent response..... paleotn Dec 2012 #8
You and your facts.... Stuckinthebush Dec 2012 #12
The anti-vax crowd is as batshit crazy as the tea party n/t cosmicone Dec 2012 #16
I prefer anti-mercury and anti- mzmolly Dec 2012 #20
There is an anti vaccine contingent. Your snarky response not withstanding. yellowcanine Dec 2012 #33
There is an anti-safety mzmolly Dec 2012 #34
Maybe but if you read those sites they really are anti-vaccine, for whatever reason. yellowcanine Dec 2012 #38
My only assertion is that we haven't taken an honest look at the mzmolly Dec 2012 #43
"potentially vulnerable children should be considered and insulated from the risks" yellowcanine Dec 2012 #45
No they're not. mzmolly Dec 2012 #50
"a single child..." That is not the herd immunity concept. yellowcanine Dec 2012 #53
Actually the claim is made over and over mzmolly Dec 2012 #54
made by whom and where? And I did not say kids are the problem. yellowcanine Dec 2012 #58
Most adults are complying with vaccine recommendations for their children. mzmolly Dec 2012 #62
Many children have complications from vaccinations womanofthehills Dec 2012 #64
I am sorry about your grandson. mzmolly Dec 2012 #65
Dr. Thomas Burbacher mzmolly Dec 2012 #19
Are you competing in a "most dishonest person alive" contest? cthulu2016 Dec 2012 #35
The video I posted is from a presentation in 2008. Four years, renders the research obsolete? mzmolly Dec 2012 #40
Remember, anything is safe if it's mzmolly Dec 2012 #25
Better that thousands of children die annually of whooping cough... Orrex Dec 2012 #15
Read my post again. mzmolly Dec 2012 #18
I've read your posts many times, thanks Orrex Dec 2012 #22
Let me know why you think it's reasonable to believe that mzmolly Dec 2012 #24
Two brief answers: Orrex Dec 2012 #26
1. They have. mzmolly Dec 2012 #27
You continue to make the same mistake of reasoning Orrex Dec 2012 #28
Burbacher is a respected scientist and mercury expert, who helped make the case mzmolly Dec 2012 #29
Studies have been going on for decades Orrex Dec 2012 #30
He and his research team, have conducted several studies on mercury mzmolly Dec 2012 #36
I'll give it a look when I have time tonight Orrex Dec 2012 #42
I appreciate your taking a look at the video. mzmolly Dec 2012 #44
I recall something similar from a few years ago: Orrex Dec 2012 #48
Why the notion that we have to limit choices mzmolly Dec 2012 #49
That's another discussion, but here's a brief answer: Orrex Dec 2012 #51
Silly as this is getting - I don't believe the claims by big peanut and their surrogates. mzmolly Dec 2012 #52
It's less silly than you probably think Orrex Dec 2012 #56
I understand from a public policy stand-point, that we should find cost effective solutions to mass mzmolly Dec 2012 #61
Has it occurred to you that this may be safer than the alternatives? cthulu2016 Dec 2012 #31
It has. Though, given mercury is a known neurotoxin mzmolly Dec 2012 #37
We agree on that cthulu2016 Dec 2012 #39
I agree with you as well on the following. mzmolly Dec 2012 #41
I found out by accident 2 years ago Omaha Steve Dec 2012 #7
And why can't they use colloidal silver? bucolic_frolic Dec 2012 #10
Because colloidal silver is a scam. Zoeisright Dec 2012 #11
On the plus site, it *will* turn you a lovely shade of blue Orrex Dec 2012 #14
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That data has long been refuted n/t cosmicone Dec 2012 #17
Welcome mzmolly Dec 2012 #21
BS... wall to wall. cthulu2016 Dec 2012 #32
Nope, think again starting with any blind defense of Dr. Thorsen's work. proverbialwisdom Dec 2012 #59
Read this carefully please. proverbialwisdom Dec 2012 #57
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