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In reply to the discussion: Measles is back: A mother's story, from today's LA Times: [View all]HockeyMom
(14,337 posts)50. Yes, Natural Immunity
gives you LIFE LONG Immunity, unlike vax.
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Why, if she can do it sans vaccine, then today's babies need to toughen up, by gumption!
X_Digger
Sep 2014
#65
I have had all of them including whooping cough. Born 1941 and had most of them before I started
jwirr
Sep 2014
#3
my great-grandfather i think, had 8 kids + all survived to adulthood. i actually KNEW
pansypoo53219
Sep 2014
#58
It worked. We need to show those not getting vaccinations that it did work. As far as autism is
jwirr
Sep 2014
#12
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
So did I and the rest of my sibs - shall we discuss the terrible eczema and asthma my brother
hedgehog
Sep 2014
#99
First, Barbara Loe Fisher is the head of NVIC, the biggest anti-vaccination organization in the US..
SidDithers
Sep 2014
#33
You're entitled to your opinion, as misinformed as it might be, you're entitled to it...
SidDithers
Sep 2014
#49
Because if you get sick and the flu multiplies in your body, you will infect more of the public with
DebJ
Sep 2014
#84
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
My mother would arrange it if one of us kids had, say, measles, she made sure we all got it
valerief
Sep 2014
#25
I had all the childhood diseases of yesteryear, including whooping cough. I wouldn't put a child
Shrike47
Sep 2014
#32
I've had classmates who went deaf as a result of measles/mumps if not the vaccine itself. n/t
deafskeptic
Sep 2014
#62