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YOU got a letter, not your children. YOU make the choice for them, it is not a WE event. UNREC. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #1
That's quite a reaction, based apparently misreading the subject line. Ms. Toad Feb 2015 #4
I bet "WE" were vaccinated lame54 Feb 2015 #56
Yes, it is a "we" event, involving 2 parents, who made the medical decision for their daughter. n/t pnwmom Feb 2015 #40
And potentially putting lots of other people at risk. alarimer Feb 2015 #87
Did you get a TB vaccine? Did your children? Her family had no more need of the vaccine than you. nt pnwmom Feb 2015 #97
??? shenmue Feb 2015 #2
That was kind of my reaction too. nt Fla Dem Feb 2015 #106
k&r nt bananas Feb 2015 #3
What else do you refuse - LiberalElite Feb 2015 #5
If you read the post, I told you what I refused KellyW Feb 2015 #11
I'm sure the poster makes considered, informed decisions on all other issues of health care, pnwmom Feb 2015 #41
so does waking up BubbaFett Feb 2015 #60
That was my point - LiberalElite Feb 2015 #74
we weren't built to last BubbaFett Feb 2015 #105
What other medications are compulsory mzmolly Feb 2015 #94
Driving/riding in a car has a higher percentage of risk of death/injury, but I bet Fla Dem Feb 2015 #107
You can decide for your kid all you want. onecaliberal Feb 2015 #6
Such an obvious conclusion, so often ignored... Panich52 Feb 2015 #10
Agree. It's not a decision that affects only the individual or family. onecaliberal Feb 2015 #26
TB vaccine is not given in US as a standard vaccine. LisaL Feb 2015 #15
And when was your (and your kids if you have them) last TB vaccination? Ms. Toad Feb 2015 #18
Spare me your baseless assumption. Enjoy the dust bin. onecaliberal Feb 2015 #25
And your last TB vaccination was when? n/t Ms. Toad Feb 2015 #58
TB is not a recommended or widely used evaccination in the US for good reasons magical thyme Feb 2015 #69
+1 RandySF Feb 2015 #27
"But your kid should then be isolated from society..." So should adults whose vaccines are no longer mzmolly Feb 2015 #95
Yes, the positive test would cause HUGE problems jeff47 Feb 2015 #7
Your comment prompted me to look at my own Swedish vaccination card KellyW Feb 2015 #8
+1 Ms. Toad Feb 2015 #20
I got a TB vaccination when applying to be a substitute teacher in CA, circa 1971 n/t eridani Feb 2015 #35
I suspected it was testing for TB, rather than a vaccination. Ms. Toad Feb 2015 #57
So why not ask for an English version of her card? KitSileya Feb 2015 #47
The card is in Swedish, French and English and printed with the WHO logo KellyW Feb 2015 #99
most health professionals are not vaccinated either, unless they work in high risk fields magical thyme Feb 2015 #68
Your child was not given a TB vaccine. LisaL Feb 2015 #16
The argument made in the OP applies to all vaccines, not specifically TB jeff47 Feb 2015 #80
And when did your children have their TB vaccinations? n/t Ms. Toad Feb 2015 #17
OP's argument is about all vaccines, not only TB. (nt) jeff47 Feb 2015 #83
So which vaccination did the OP NOT have, that you or your child did, that Ms. Toad Feb 2015 #86
Those records would not be very helpful. LisaL Feb 2015 #22
It is true that TB vaccine is not very effective when given to adults. KellyW Feb 2015 #24
the tb vaccine has a very, very poor rate of effectiveness. magical thyme Feb 2015 #53
It still would excuse a positive test. (nt) jeff47 Feb 2015 #81
excuse the positive test from what? magical thyme Feb 2015 #88
actually, no you couldn't present vaccination records to assume a false positive magical thyme Feb 2015 #71
Yes, you really can. I'm absolutely sure you can do so jeff47 Feb 2015 #82
your vaccination records excuse you from what? magical thyme Feb 2015 #91
I think I should be able to drive down the road Downwinder Feb 2015 #9
She refused TB for her kid and Ilsa Feb 2015 #29
You neglected a misconception... Panich52 Feb 2015 #12
1.3 percent of tuberculosis cases in the U.S. were resistant to both isoniazid and rifampin KellyW Feb 2015 #19
I think vaccination is a good idea Rosa Luxemburg Feb 2015 #13
her child was vaccinated against all the normal childhood diseases magical thyme Feb 2015 #100
The TB story is complicated. hunter Feb 2015 #14
I was vaccinated on the INSIDE of my arm Ino Feb 2015 #21
Whetever vaccine it was, it was not a TB vaccine. LisaL Feb 2015 #23
Perhaps it was the TB/PPD screening test. My kid had that as a toddler. n/t winter is coming Feb 2015 #31
That's a test for TB, not a vaccination. Ms. Toad Feb 2015 #59
It was a smallpox vaccination. Ino Feb 2015 #77
Now, it doesn't have to be anyplace at all :) Ms. Toad Feb 2015 #79
Mine too shanti Feb 2015 #90
You can do whatever you want with your kids. RandySF Feb 2015 #28
Her kid is vaccinated Ilsa Feb 2015 #30
I am her father acutely... KellyW Feb 2015 #32
Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2015 #42
"When to vaccinate or not is a much more complicated issue" MattBaggins Feb 2015 #33
I'll stipulate that the swine flu vaccine was a mistake, with the facts as you present them steve2470 Feb 2015 #34
CDC doesn't recommend TB vaccine except in very select cases. LisaL Feb 2015 #37
Once again my point is proven KellyW Feb 2015 #39
You are aware that TB is not a recommended vaccination in the US - Ms. Toad Feb 2015 #65
Really rockodman Feb 2015 #36
"the right to decide for themselves and their dependents if and when to vaccinate" or gvts telling uppityperson Feb 2015 #38
Thank you, KellyW. pnwmom Feb 2015 #43
Right wing nonsense is creeping into the Democratic party AgingAmerican Feb 2015 #44
Honestly, you disgust me. nt alp227 Feb 2015 #45
Lulz..nt Jesus Malverde Feb 2015 #51
You lost me at your first inflammatory, stupid paragraph. SunSeeker Feb 2015 #46
Try to follow along, this is important KellyW Feb 2015 #48
Well said. Ilsa Feb 2015 #50
Thimerosal is actually not out of all pediatric vaccinations. Ms. Toad Feb 2015 #61
Flu vaccine is not mandated -But some have suggested adding it to the mandatory list KellyW Feb 2015 #67
Yet, anyway - and quite a few here have been screaming to make it mandatory Ms. Toad Feb 2015 #84
I can "follow along" your bullshit just fine. I can read. SunSeeker Feb 2015 #76
I was the lucky recipient of the swine flu vaccine in February of 1977... ladyVet Feb 2015 #49
I don't know JimmydaRustler Feb 2015 #52
Enjoy your stay Katashi_itto Feb 2015 #54
well shanti Feb 2015 #89
If she keeps touting CTs it won't be long. However infrequent she posts. Katashi_itto Feb 2015 #98
Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2015 #101
Bully for you. Too bad for the rest of us. WhiteTara Feb 2015 #55
And when was your last TB vaccination? Ms. Toad Feb 2015 #62
I had the actual disease WhiteTara Feb 2015 #63
Sorry to hear that - Ms. Toad Feb 2015 #64
However, in the 50s it and polio WhiteTara Feb 2015 #66
This is what is required in my state (WA) KellyW Feb 2015 #72
we don't vaccinate the general population against TB in the US magical thyme Feb 2015 #75
They didn't routinely vaccinate against TB in the US, ever. Ms. Toad Feb 2015 #78
DPT=diptheria, pertussis, typhoid. n/t dgibby Feb 2015 #104
Jesus. This is a masterpiece of paranoid mis-direction. Aristus Feb 2015 #70
There is no fucking controversy, Jesus Christ! TransitJohn Feb 2015 #73
Safe and effective are relative, not absolute KellyW Feb 2015 #92
Never mind alarimer Feb 2015 #85
... NuclearDem Feb 2015 #93
You lost me at... Atman Feb 2015 #96
Only one human disease has been eradicated-smallpox KellyW Feb 2015 #102
Follow this from your post: mountain grammy Feb 2015 #103
People seem to be less and less interested in doing their part as a member of society. Marr Feb 2015 #108
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