True, but by not vaccinating, if you become infected, you become a vector. (Reply #9)

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9. True, but by not vaccinating, if you become infected, you become a vector.

I hope we have not lost our respect for public health, the public at large and each other when we fail to vaccinate. We certainly put each other at risk.

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43 replies	Author	Time	Post
CDC Statistics Show What Happens When You Don't Vaccinate [View all]	baldguy	Sep 2014	OP
This article fails to mention that people who are vaccinated can still get the disease, and can also	DesertDiamond	Sep 2014	#1
Thank you for that! nt	kelliekat44	Sep 2014	#3
You fail to take into account that this has always been a (very small) risk	baldguy	Sep 2014	#5
+1000	sybylla	Sep 2014	#10
The following graphic makes clear how current official recommended schedules are varied by country.	proverbialwisdom	Sep 2014	#16
People in the USA are waking up to the idea that vaccinating babies under the age of one	truedelphi	Sep 2014	#29
The following graphic makes clear how the US schedule has changed since the 1980's.	proverbialwisdom	Sep 2014	#17
Update.	proverbialwisdom	Sep 2014	#22
Watch them all, please. It's clear there's a public health issue here, but not the one you describe.	proverbialwisdom	Sep 2014	#19
Thank you for these videos.	truedelphi	Sep 2014	#30
thank you Ms. McCarthy	Skittles	Sep 2014	#11
uhhhh...because it is the fault of anti-vax nut jobs.	Strat54	Sep 2014	#14
That's exactly right.	Mariana	Sep 2014	#24
Google herd immunity and you'll discover why that's a bad reason to stop vaccinating. (nt)	jeff47	Sep 2014	#25
I just want to understand vaccination a little better.	kelliekat44	Sep 2014	#2
But you're not dead, are you?	baldguy	Sep 2014	#6
Every disease is deadly to some extent.	laundry_queen	Sep 2014	#15
I don't know. I never "broke-out" with measles of any sort, even though my	japple	Sep 2014	#7
There was no vaccine for measles or chicken pox then (IDK about the others)	Gormy Cuss	Sep 2014	#13
Year each vaccine was developed	csziggy	Sep 2014	#18
The vaccines available at that time were: diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (DTP) and smallpox	REP	Sep 2014	#36
Just maybe the diseases developed immunity or resistence to our current vaccinations or	kelliekat44	Sep 2014	#4
If that were the case, the disease rate would be the same among	jeff47	Sep 2014	#35
When I grew up in California (70's), vaccination was pretty universal	bhikkhu	Sep 2014	#8
Chickenpox vaccine wasn't available in the US until 1995.	jeff47	Sep 2014	#34
True, but by not vaccinating, if you become infected, you become a vector.	littlemissmartypants	Sep 2014	#9
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Sep 2014	#12
We were very glad to take our polio shots in the fifties as we had kids crippled by it.	freshwest	Sep 2014	#20
Re: Flu	jeff47	Sep 2014	#27
du rec.	xchrom	Sep 2014	#21
So are both stories correct? Does vaccination also increase autism rates?	Trillo	Sep 2014	#23
Nope. There is zero evidence of vaccinations increasing autism rates.	jeff47	Sep 2014	#26
Here's some important reading to start with. Sorry about any cognitive dissonance it may cause.	proverbialwisdom	Sep 2014	#32
If your argument involves "cognitive dissonance"	jeff47	Sep 2014	#33
The “Hear This Well: Breaking the Silence..." YouTube Channel testimonials prove otherwise.	proverbialwisdom	Sep 2014	#39
Ooooo. Youtube. That's where I go for the best science!!	jeff47	Sep 2014	#40
An informative read for you with a very cogent & well-supported argument, plus #hearthiswell video.	proverbialwisdom	Sep 2014	#41
Continuing to spew bullshit doesn't make it true.	jeff47	Sep 2014	#42
That's a fearmongering talking point and nothing else. Please review the table in post #16 (above).	proverbialwisdom	Sep 2014	#43
Yes, zero evidence. Just a whole bunch of bullshit.	REP	Sep 2014	#37
Autism begins in the womb	bhikkhu	Sep 2014	#38
k&r	Liberal_in_LA	Sep 2014	#28
DU rec...	SidDithers	Sep 2014	#31

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