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In reply to the discussion: I've Got Whooping Cough. Thanks a Lot, Jenny McCarthy. [View all]AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)40. Being vaccinated is not a 100% guarantee that you won't catch the illness.
Your immune system can still be overwhelmed, even if it holds the roadmap to attacking and killing the invasion. All it takes is some stress and even a robust healthy immune system can get trampled.
The vaccine just teaches your immune system what to kill. Doesn't do anything else.
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Sure, there were a few, but McCarthy spewed her ignorance and made it mainstream.
cleanhippie
Nov 2013
#76
The problem with stupid people is that they refuse to acknowledgr and accept their
Drahthaardogs
Nov 2013
#55
Being vaccinated is not a 100% guarantee that you won't catch the illness.
AtheistCrusader
Nov 2013
#40
While you were hospitalized they should have advised you that adults can be vaccinated anytime Tdap
lunasun
Nov 2013
#4
See post #14 and you're responding to an article posted, not the poster of said article.
Moonwalk
Nov 2013
#16
Yes, you can get shingles as an adult if you had chickenpox as a kid. n/t
winter is coming
Nov 2013
#105
Yeah. One of my kid's teachers just got revaccinated because one of her children came down with
winter is coming
Nov 2013
#13
The newest Tetanus booster (DTaP) shot (every 10 years) has whooping cough included.
NutmegYankee
Nov 2013
#123
This is exactly how I got my poster for Whooping cough, just 2 years ago. n/t
Sheepshank
Nov 2013
#137
What's scary is how many people will believe anti-science craziness is 'mainstream'
geek tragedy
Nov 2013
#25
Getting a 'booster' isn't the point here... non-vaccination creates a vector that makes EVERYONE
JCMach1
Nov 2013
#31
More here. I regard this material as factual (see extensive footnotes), neutral, essential reading.
proverbialwisdom
Nov 2013
#36
The National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) is a public charity anti-vaccination advocacy group.
idwiyo
Nov 2013
#93
Interesting perspective. Certainly those who act in accordance with the advice of a medical
geek tragedy
Nov 2013
#57
You read it correctly, the post title is the same as the article title. nt
geek tragedy
Nov 2013
#75
Please carefully check out the Mumper study, noting the publication source and the article content.
proverbialwisdom
Nov 2013
#66
1) I am not the author; 2) most people don't realize that their childhood vaccines
geek tragedy
Nov 2013
#73
Hard to guess. I would ask the provider, or see what your current Dr. says. n/t
jtuck004
Nov 2013
#140
It's amazing how many people in this country ignore science and listen to idiots.
Vashta Nerada
Nov 2013
#96
I got a booster after a couple babies died of it in CA a couple years ago.
Warren DeMontague
Nov 2013
#112
All 5 cases in our area last week were in people who were up-to-date on their vaccines. Why so many?
Liberty Belle
Nov 2013
#121
there is no connection between vaccine/vaccine schedules and autism
La Lioness Priyanka
Nov 2013
#133
anti-vaccine nuts are dangers and insanely selfish. i really cannot stand people who wont vaccinate
La Lioness Priyanka
Nov 2013
#132