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74. That's wrong, I'm not. We only differ in that I support informed consent, you support coercion. (nt)

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Fri Dec 11, 2015, 07:40 PM

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Surprise: School That Is Tolerant of Anti-Vaxxers Suffers Massive Chickenpox Outbreak [View all] groundloop Dec 2015 OP

Chicken pox? Quite normal for kids to get them yeoman6987 Dec 2015 #1

You have some very odd information. brer cat Dec 2015 #4

Oh come on. Death from chicken pox. yeoman6987 Dec 2015 #6

Apparently you haven't "heard it all" enlightenment Dec 2015 #10

100-150 a year well I am sure that's why I didn't hear anything about it. yeoman6987 Dec 2015 #12

You obviously "don't hear about" a lot of things. tabasco Dec 2015 #45

Nope! Would hate to be nasty. yeoman6987 Dec 2015 #46

Unless my reading of your post is wrong, Drahthaardogs Dec 2015 #56

I was wrong. But now I am aware of that and won't give the wrong info out yeoman6987 Dec 2015 #57

Thank you for that. Please also realize that chicken pox can be permanently disfiguring. MH1 Dec 2015 #77

It's also the cause of a lot of sickness. lark Dec 2015 #36

100 - 150 used to die each year due to chicken pox. tammywammy Dec 2015 #11

I had a kid go down with a blood infection following chicken pox in the course of 2 hours- hedgehog Dec 2015 #14

No, "Oh, come on" about it. 3catwoman3 Dec 2015 #16

Globally it kills about 7000 every year. nt hack89 Dec 2015 #27

that is why they developed a vaccine for these diseases, people died from them demigoddess Dec 2015 #50

You are wrong about shingles. If you get chickenpox, you have the shingles virus in you. Arugula Latte Dec 2015 #51

When my oldest was due for her chicken pox vaccine justamama83 Dec 2015 #58

. haikugal Dec 2015 #52

Are you in favor of making the flu vaccine mandatory as well? crim son Dec 2015 #63

I don't think any vaccine brer cat Dec 2015 #75

Shingles is from the chicken pox virus. tammywammy Dec 2015 #5

I think you're a little confused. enlightenment Dec 2015 #8

My mom never had chicken pox yet had shingles twice yeoman6987 Dec 2015 #9

Your mother was enlightenment Dec 2015 #15

Oh wow. Glad you are ok now. yeoman6987 Dec 2015 #17

Fine now, thanks. enlightenment Dec 2015 #22

I saved up for it, but I think it is worth getting it and the TDAP. LiberalArkie Dec 2015 #30

Same here. My sibs and I suffered and came through okay. Except the baby... Hekate Dec 2015 #38

Society has largely forgotten the potential horrible impact of these diseases groundloop Dec 2015 #48

Like to second that packman Dec 2015 #47

She probably just doesn't remember having them. yellowcanine Dec 2015 #18

You mom might be a carrier, was she tested for the antibodies? nt TheBlackAdder Dec 2015 #20

That is why you listen to actual doctors and not the random bloggers and dweebs on the intertubes snooper2 Dec 2015 #26

Deleted by user padfun Dec 2015 #32

You can have chickenpox with only a few lesions and not even notice it. pnwmom Dec 2015 #44

Getting chicken pox doesn't mean you will not get shingles. yellowcanine Dec 2015 #13

it should be normal to get the damn vaccine and avoid it altogether. nt killbotfactory Dec 2015 #28

Shingles is caused by the chickenpox virus. Warpy Dec 2015 #31

It is my understanding that kids who get the chicken pox vaccine SheilaT Dec 2015 #34

Shingles IS chickenpox. Everyone who's had chickenpox has the virus dormant in their body henceforth Hekate Dec 2015 #37

Unfortunately, chicken pox too often LEADS to shingles. pnwmom Dec 2015 #43

Wow! You are misinformed. Kelvin Mace Dec 2015 #60

Wrong leftynyc Dec 2015 #61

Shingles.... yes, it is what causes shingles. MissMillie Dec 2015 #71

I'm not making a comment on anti-vaxxers here, but when I was a kid everyone valerief Dec 2015 #2

I had all of that too.... same with my brother (who now suffers with Shingles) groundloop Dec 2015 #7

Downplaying the danger by comparing to pimples is not helpful. yellowcanine Dec 2015 #19

Twisting my content to suit your agenda reduces your effectiveness. nt valerief Dec 2015 #21

"We all expected to get pimples during our teens, too. And we all got them." yellowcanine Dec 2015 #23

Twisting again. What was my sentence before that? And what was my very first sentence? valerief Dec 2015 #24

Measles is a killer - it killed 145,000 people worldwide last year hack89 Dec 2015 #29

I was really sick with measles. leftyladyfrommo Dec 2015 #33

Did you seriously compare measles and chickenpox to pimples? You just removed yourself from adult... Humanist_Activist Dec 2015 #40

I don't fall for that kind of lame rhetorical device. valerief Dec 2015 #41

You compared serious diseases with complications that include death with pimples... Humanist_Activist Dec 2015 #42

Really? She was comparing the look of her face in a mirror Elmer S. E. Dump Dec 2015 #62

And measles/Rubella can prove fatal for unborn babies or teratogenic. Rozlee Dec 2015 #49

At least half true where I was Tab Dec 2015 #54

My mother did that with my brother and sister, too, so she only had to deal valerief Dec 2015 #65

We Did Have A Vaccine Against One Form Of Measles Though ProfessorGAC Dec 2015 #59

26.8 percent is about 80 students Android3.14 Dec 2015 #3

But at least its wild free-range chicken pox, not that crap from the vaccine. Nailzberg Dec 2015 #25

I thought I saw you at the last meeting! eggplant Dec 2015 #35

Ahem.... retrowire Dec 2015 #39

Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it Tab Dec 2015 #53

Old graveyards are chock full of infants' and children's graves, dead of these "natural" diseases.nt Hekate Dec 2015 #67

Good nuanced articles from 2005, 2009 & 2015 in the NYT on the topic. proverbialwisdom Dec 2015 #55

Thank you for posting this. crim son Dec 2015 #64

I wouldn't believe too much of what that poster posts. Dr Hobbitstein Dec 2015 #70

What do other countries do? proverbialwisdom Dec 2015 #72

Just admit you're an anti-vaxxer. Dr Hobbitstein Dec 2015 #73

That's wrong, I'm not. We only differ in that I support informed consent, you support coercion. (nt) proverbialwisdom Dec 2015 #74

You regularly post links from Age Of Autism. Dr Hobbitstein Dec 2015 #76

And cue DU's resident anti-vaxxer. Dr Hobbitstein Dec 2015 #68

Society should start shunning these people awoke_in_2003 Dec 2015 #66

I do. Every day. nt Dr Hobbitstein Dec 2015 #69