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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-05-08 02:14 PM Original message |
Quelling a Killer: The Case For the Meningococcal Vaccine |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-05-08 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
1. A college buddy of mine died in Basic Training because of that |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-05-08 02:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. How horrible. And how shocking this must have been for you |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-05-08 05:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Yeah - it was not good |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-05-08 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
2. Waiting for the anti-vaccine contingent to show up and |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-05-08 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
3. so approximately 280 people die of this a year, yet you are scared to death |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-05-08 02:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
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Beregond2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-05-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. If your child turned out to be one of the 280, |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-05-08 07:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. The key word in your post is of course "sensible." |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-05-08 11:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. my child can weigh the risks and decide for himself when he becomes an adult |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-05-08 11:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Threefer Madness! |
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Heddi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 01:07 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Have you ever seen someone with Meningitis? |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 09:36 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. My boss' twelve year old niece took a nap because she had a headache |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 09:37 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. yes, in fact, I have |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 12:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. Your analogy is nonsensical |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 01:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. Viral meningitis and bacterial meningitis are completely different |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 02:38 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Now I'm cheap, stupid and caught up in dogma |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Um...isn't the reason that the illness is so rare BECAUSE of vaccination? |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 03:29 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. uh, no |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 03:52 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. You guys need to get a goverment that pays for this stuff. I didn't have to pay for my shot. |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 01:18 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. Thank you for your first hand description |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 06:47 AM Response to Reply #3 |
14. You can be thankful that you and your children benefit from the rest of us |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 09:38 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Oh what? I'm not a leech today? |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 09:59 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Yeah, I know it's a tough concept for you libertarians to grasp. |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 10:05 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. there you go with the name calling again. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 10:26 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. "Libertarian" isn't a name |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 10:41 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. you accused me of being a libertarian and not a democrat |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 11:46 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. You're a free rider. |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 12:39 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. as was yours calling me a leech |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 01:06 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. But it's not just 280 deaths. |
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ajh60 (40 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-07-08 06:28 AM Response to Reply #3 |
33. Profit for Big Pharma |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-05-08 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
4. I have two "tweens" |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-05-08 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
10. I asked my doctor today if I should bring my high school senior in |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
28. I got the shot when I was in high school. It was mandatory. |
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