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COLGATE4

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3. I think that making light of the seriously

Reply to FirstLight (Reply #2)

Fri Apr 20, 2012, 06:26 AM

Apr 2012

severe possible consequences of measles is irresponsible. The fact that your parents didn't develop severe complications at a time when vaccines were not available for childhood diseases just means that they were lucky. Instead you seem to be embracing the new fad of 'vaccine denial' which is dangerous not only for the unvaccinated child but also for anyone who comes into contact with him/her.

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Measles cases reached 15-year high in 2011: CDC [View all] Tax Man Apr 2012 OP

I had the measles during the summer when I was seven or eight... Rhiannon12866 Apr 2012 #1

okay...but let's not panic FirstLight Apr 2012 #2

I think that making light of the seriously COLGATE4 Apr 2012 #3

Maybe you'd like it better if you lived in Somalia. n/t Ian David Apr 2012 #6

So when your un-vaccinated kid infects a class room of kids... Javaman Apr 2012 #9

Vaccination rates below herd immunity longship Apr 2012 #4

+1 obamanut2012 Apr 2012 #8

+1. nt Javaman Apr 2012 #10

Thanks, ignorant anti-vaxxers alarimer Apr 2012 #5

The Jenny McCarthy Song Ian David Apr 2012 #7