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pnwmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-25-09 02:10 PM
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62. How many in the U.S. or in developed countries with sanitation systems?
It's not an important vaccine in the U.S.
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  -What ever happened to small pox,polio and tb? Swede  Oct-25-09 12:44 PM   #0 
  - no smallpox but ive seen the other two, TB quite recently...  vadawg   Oct-25-09 12:45 PM   #1 
  - Actually, there is still a lot of tb. n/t  pnwmom   Oct-25-09 12:45 PM   #2 
  - Yes, it seems almost to be coming back. n/t  barb162   Oct-25-09 01:12 PM   #28 
  - The new TB strain is quite strong and frequent.  jwirr   Oct-25-09 02:06 PM   #58 
  - TB is making a comeback in the US  JonQ   Oct-25-09 04:42 PM   #87 
  - That's the problem. Most people DON'T remember...  trotsky   Oct-25-09 12:45 PM   #3 
  - Those two vaccines were certainly important.  pnwmom   Oct-25-09 12:46 PM   #5 
  - In your humble opinion.  trotsky   Oct-25-09 12:48 PM   #6 
     - +1  Liberal Veteran   Oct-25-09 12:51 PM   #10 
     - ...  La Lioness Priyanka   Oct-25-09 01:03 PM   #17 
     - You think ALL vaccines are EQUALLY valuable?  pnwmom   Oct-25-09 01:38 PM   #40 
     - Indeed. nt  blondeatlast   Oct-25-09 01:11 PM   #24 
     - +1.  Statistical   Oct-25-09 01:11 PM   #27 
     - I'd have to be an idiot to think otherwise.  pnwmom   Oct-25-09 01:28 PM   #34 
     - Misinformation, fearmongering, spamming.  trotsky   Oct-25-09 01:31 PM   #36 
     - You obviously didn't read a single word. These are the official recommendations  pnwmom   Oct-25-09 01:35 PM   #39 
     - You stick with your vet, then.  trotsky   Oct-25-09 01:38 PM   #41 
        - One of the reasons for the thalidomide tragedy was that data from dog studies  pnwmom   Oct-25-09 01:45 PM   #46 
           - Good luck with your vet!  trotsky   Oct-25-09 01:46 PM   #47 
     - Funny how you don't refute the points she made  Chemisse   Oct-25-09 04:56 PM   #88 
        - Don't need to.  trotsky   Oct-25-09 05:46 PM   #92 
           - And yet you always feel compulsed to make a snide comment.  Chemisse   Oct-25-09 06:42 PM   #93 
              - Just like you did - elsewhere on this thread with your turd.  trotsky   Oct-25-09 06:44 PM   #96 
     - there is a different standard for human and animal  mrs_p   Oct-25-09 01:42 PM   #43 
     - Like these educated professionals?  girl gone mad   Oct-26-09 12:11 AM   #103 
  - indeed. those of us who have witnessed polio victims understand the importance of vaccines  La Lioness Priyanka   Oct-25-09 01:02 PM   #16 
  - During my elementary school years, and into high school, there  Obamanaut   Oct-25-09 01:34 PM   #37 
  - Who is disputing the importance of the polio vaccine?  pnwmom   Oct-25-09 01:40 PM   #42 
     - not everything is about you. i responded to the person who commented that people  La Lioness Priyanka   Oct-25-09 01:47 PM   #48 
     - (snicker)  Robb   Oct-25-09 02:08 PM   #59 
     - And what were you responding to in post #17? n/t  pnwmom   Oct-25-09 02:09 PM   #61 
        - that i trust epidemiologist more than you? i know that must be shocking for you  La Lioness Priyanka   Oct-25-09 02:20 PM   #70 
     - Half a million rotavirus deaths worldwide in 2004.  trotsky   Oct-25-09 01:56 PM   #53 
        - How many in the U.S. or in developed countries with sanitation systems?  pnwmom   Oct-25-09 02:10 PM   #62 
           - And now the qualifiers come. Goalposts in motion!  trotsky   Oct-25-09 02:23 PM   #73 
           - A parent who lost a child to the virus might disagree  Euromutt   Oct-27-09 01:24 AM   #104 
  - unless of course,  katkat   Oct-25-09 01:09 PM   #22 
  - what were teh numbers of people who got polio from the vaccine  La Lioness Priyanka   Oct-25-09 01:11 PM   #25 
  - id give it up, you will never win with the flat earthers  vadawg   Oct-25-09 01:14 PM   #29 
  - yes, i have always thought people should travel to countries where you  La Lioness Priyanka   Oct-25-09 01:17 PM   #32 
  - Don't make them have to think.  trotsky   Oct-25-09 01:15 PM   #30 
  - The killed-virus polio shot can't give anyone the disease.  AlienGirl   Oct-25-09 02:08 PM   #60 
  - As mentioned above, not all vacs are equal, neither is the threat of all illnesses  Better Today   Oct-25-09 01:58 PM   #54 
     - "Comparing the flu to smallpox or tb or polio is entirely f'd up."  trotsky   Oct-25-09 02:05 PM   #57 
        - I believe the OP is doing that. By suggesting that vacs will EVER rid us of the flu in a very  Better Today   Oct-25-09 02:13 PM   #64 
           - Ah, so you're completely making something up...  trotsky   Oct-25-09 02:22 PM   #71 
           - So then what do you propose was the point of the OP? Strawman my ass.  Better Today   Oct-25-09 02:28 PM   #75 
              - Why don't you ask him, instead of making shit up?  trotsky   Oct-25-09 02:33 PM   #78 
                 - Your saying is isn't is more speculative than mine saying it is. So perhaps you're the strawman  Better Today   Oct-25-09 02:46 PM   #79 
                    - You'll stick with your strawman no matter what.  trotsky   Oct-25-09 02:47 PM   #80 
                       - And you're afraid to attempt to prove it's a strawman, go figure.  Better Today   Oct-25-09 02:52 PM   #82 
                       - You're the one with the burden of proof.  trotsky   Oct-25-09 02:57 PM   #83 
                          - ROFLMAO! Have a lovely Sunday.  Better Today   Oct-25-09 03:18 PM   #85 
                             - Too bad you don't have the spine to back up what you say.  trotsky   Oct-25-09 03:34 PM   #86 
                       - And you are just so flexible - lol  Chemisse   Oct-25-09 05:01 PM   #89 
                          - Wouldn't be a good vaccination thread...  trotsky   Oct-25-09 05:45 PM   #91 
                             - Haha - you couldn't disagree with me  Chemisse   Oct-25-09 06:43 PM   #94 
                                - Coming from you, that's a fine compliment!  trotsky   Oct-25-09 06:44 PM   #95 
                                   - So you admit you are inflexible  Chemisse   Oct-25-09 06:52 PM   #97 
                                      - Inflexible when it comes to affording pseudo-science, anecdotal evidence...  trotsky   Oct-25-09 06:58 PM   #98 
                                         - I'm not an anti-vaxer, as it happens  Chemisse   Oct-25-09 07:05 PM   #100 
                                            - Didn't call you one.  trotsky   Oct-25-09 08:02 PM   #102 
           - Until we get a vaccine that addresses mutation that is.  Hansel   Oct-25-09 02:26 PM   #74 
              - And there is already very interesting work being done on this.  trotsky   Oct-25-09 07:02 PM   #99 
  - vaccines except for tb - and you should respect it - drug resistance is rampant overseas  stray cat   Oct-25-09 12:46 PM   #4 
  - Perhaps you have forgotten the BCG vaccine for tb.  Swede   Oct-25-09 12:49 PM   #9 
     - I got a scar on my upper left arm but it is from small pox vac.  Statistical   Oct-25-09 01:16 PM   #31 
     - the scar one which is it, bcg or small pox???? i got one in thearmy  vadawg   Oct-25-09 01:49 PM   #51 
        - My scar is from smallpox (it is actually the scar from a "pox") but BCG may scar also.  Statistical   Oct-25-09 01:55 PM   #52 
           - i wonder what one i got then, also had the anthrax, yellow fever (made me sick)  vadawg   Oct-25-09 02:00 PM   #55 
     - As a microbiologist - I actually know it doesn' work well and is not used in the US  stray cat   Oct-25-09 01:48 PM   #49 
  - Small pox was eradicated by the World Health Organization  lunatica   Oct-25-09 12:48 PM   #7 
  - shows the importance of vaccines.  mzteris   Oct-25-09 12:49 PM   #8 
  - anti-expert sentiment is dangerous in general.  Odin2005   Oct-25-09 01:08 PM   #20 
     - Au contraire!  trotsky   Oct-25-09 01:11 PM   #26 
     - But - but - but - opinions and feelings can't ever be wrong!  Posteritatis   Oct-25-09 01:18 PM   #33 
  - I'm old enough to remember the terror of polio tha was eradicated  old mark   Oct-25-09 12:53 PM   #11 
  - I have a cousin who is profoundly deaf from contracting  shraby   Oct-25-09 12:58 PM   #12 
  - There are anti-vaxers today who think measles is no big deal.  trotsky   Oct-25-09 01:00 PM   #13 
  - Ironically a pregnant mom with measles is at higher risk of having an autistic kid.  Odin2005   Oct-25-09 01:10 PM   #23 
     - My OB tested me for measles antibodies  ctaylors6   Oct-25-09 01:43 PM   #44 
        - Same with me  Dorian Gray   Oct-25-09 07:11 PM   #101 
  - I had a cousin whose testicles were painfully swollen because of mumps.  Swede   Oct-25-09 01:04 PM   #18 
  - Same thing happened to one of my uncles.  trotsky   Oct-25-09 01:07 PM   #19 
     - Fortunately cuz wasn't.  Swede   Oct-25-09 01:30 PM   #35 
  - My dad had a similar (though less catastrophic) result from a bout of Scarlet Fever.  Adsos Letter   Oct-25-09 01:08 PM   #21 
     - Otherwise known as Strep, which isn't vaccinated against, it just that it  Better Today   Oct-25-09 02:49 PM   #81 
  - Vaccines did away with them. Something the anti-vaxers don't get.  Odin2005   Oct-25-09 01:01 PM   #14 
  - Vacs will NEVER get rid of "the flu" in all its forms and mutations, it can't currently be done.  Better Today   Oct-25-09 02:15 PM   #66 
     - They said that airplains and going to the moon couldn't be done, either.  Odin2005   Oct-25-09 02:19 PM   #69 
        - Fair enough, but that day certainly isn't today, and won't be tomorrow either.  Better Today   Oct-25-09 02:29 PM   #76 
  - Here's a video, using WHO data, that compares current TB deaths to incidents of H1N1. . .  Journeyman   Oct-25-09 01:01 PM   #15 
  - My mom almost died of pertussis as a young girl, and I know two people who survived polio  slackmaster   Oct-25-09 01:35 PM   #38 
  - My sister DID die of the pertussis VACCINE when she was a baby.  pnwmom   Oct-25-09 01:48 PM   #50 
  - TB is still terrifying  mrs_p   Oct-25-09 01:45 PM   #45 
  - I hope to God resistant TB doesn't get out of hand.  Odin2005   Oct-25-09 02:04 PM   #56 
  - You mean we don't need to vaccinate against polio  mzmolly   Oct-25-09 02:13 PM   #63 
  - Small pox no longer exists (outside of labs)  tonysam   Oct-25-09 02:14 PM   #65 
  - tuberculosis has been around for 2 million yrs and it`s not going away  madrchsod   Oct-25-09 02:16 PM   #67 
  - Over 14,000 Cases of TB in the US last year.  Grinchie   Oct-25-09 02:17 PM   #68 
     - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Oct-25-09 02:22 PM   #72 
     - My children were born in the 70s and were vaccinated several  Hansel   Oct-25-09 02:31 PM   #77 
     - They happen to be 20 years younger than I am.  Grinchie   Oct-25-09 03:07 PM   #84 
     - My children all had shots at 2, 4, 6 and 12 months  Chemisse   Oct-25-09 05:07 PM   #90 
 

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