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In reply to the discussion: There's a sudden, unexplained upsurge in the number of anti-vaxxers coming in to the clinic. [View all]Aristus
(66,310 posts)45. I think you may have misunderstood.
I didn't assert that someone who doesn't get the flu isn't a vector for transmission. I said someone who doesn't get the vaccine can be a vector for transmission. For the simple reasons that such a person does not possess the antibodies necessary to combat the flu virus before it can be spread through droplets, etc.
The vaccine will not prevent you from becoming a vector via that means because antibodies do not render virus outside of your body inactive.
That's a rather strange assertion. The goal with vaccination is not to render inactive virus that is not inside the body; it's to combat virus that has gotten inside the body, which it does, very well. Antibodies killing the virus once it has entered the body reduces the risk of transmitting active virus to someone else through coughing, sneezing, etc.
And your assertion regarding huge varieties of influenza making a vaccine ineffective is much more appropriate to level towards the common cold. There are recognized strains of influenza, for which virologists and immunologists make a careful yearly estimate as to which will be the prevalent strain. While this estimate is not always precise, antibodies for one strain of the flu have been demonstrated to be effective against other strains to various degrees in a plurality of cases.
Anti-vaxxer is an unpleasant term. I get that. But if one is spreading anti-vaccine sentiments in a public forum, despite rejecting the label 'anti-vaxxer', then the distinction between the two is negligible.
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There's a sudden, unexplained upsurge in the number of anti-vaxxers coming in to the clinic. [View all]
Aristus
Jan 2018
OP
Im sorry but their children should not be allowed to put the health and lives of others at risk
onecaliberal
Jan 2018
#1
Once a person is vaccinated, their immune system develops antibodies to the virus.
Aristus
Jan 2018
#24
It's Important to Remember that When It Comes to Science, Correlation is Not Causation
dlk
Jan 2018
#6
Obsessive-compulsive disorder and Anorexia nervosa do not suddenly pop up.
raging moderate
Jan 2018
#52
In '63, I was in 4th grade. My dad developed a serious lung issue. Doctors thought it might be TB.
tonyt53
Jan 2018
#14
Actually, the flu vaccine can protect against the flu even if it's not the strain researchers
Aristus
Jan 2018
#31
The viral effectiveness of the vaccine against H1N1 is in the neightborhood of 57-65%.
Aristus
Jan 2018
#37
I have been getting flu shots every year since they were available.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Jan 2018
#48
I appolgize for those of us that have such a love/hate attitude about women. I am embarrassed...
marble falls
Jan 2018
#47
This worries me tremendously. I have a niece in Miami with two beautiful daughters, ages 2and 5.
secondwind
Jan 2018
#51