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Immunizations/Vaccinations

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How do you stand on immunizations/vaccinations?

  • For.

    Votes: 50 84.7%

  • Against.

    Votes: 3 5.1%

  • Indifferent/Other.

    Votes: 6 10.2%
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Public Health Risk Seen as Parents Reject Vaccines

By JENNIFER STEINHAUER

SAN DIEGO ? In a highly unusual outbreak of measles here last month, 12 children fell ill; nine of them had not been inoculated against the virus because their parents objected, and the other three were too young to receive vaccines.

The parents who objected to their children being inoculated are among a small but growing number of vaccine skeptics in California and other states who take advantage of exemptions to laws requiring vaccinations for school-age children.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/21/u...=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&oref=slogin
 
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Jagdaddy;1124445; said:
For some reason, panic over vaccinations reminds me of the controversy of this underreported and nearly ubiquitous health hazard: Dihydrogen Monoxide Research Division - dihydrogen monoxide info

It's my understanding that this is a major ingredient in many vaccines . . .
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I'm surprised to not see a smiley or sarcasm font.

This Dihydrogen Monoxide is, indeed, a killer. Many have drowned from it over time. Thus, it's a commonly reported molecule, just under a different name.
 
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What are some uses of Dihydrogen Monoxide?

Despite the known dangers of DHMO, it continues to be used daily by industry, government, and even in private homes across the U.S. and worldwide. Some of the well-known uses of Dihydrogen Monoxide are:
  • as a major ingredient in many home-brewed bombs,
  • in cult rituals,
  • by the Church of Scientology on their members and their members' families (although surprisingly, many members recently have contacted DHMO.org to vehemently deny such use),
  • by both the KKK and the NAACP during rallies and marches,
  • by members of Congress who are under investigation for financial corruption and inappropriate IM behavior,
  • by the clientele at a number of bath houses in New York City and San Francisco,
  • historically, in Hitler's death camps in Nazi Germany, and in prisons in Turkey, Serbia, Croatia, Libya, Iraq and Iran,
  • in World War II prison camps in Japan, and in prisons in China, for various forms of torture,
  • during many recent religious and ethnic wars in the Middle East,
  • by many terrorist organizations including al Quaeda,
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:slappy:
 
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Reuters: Vaccine refusals fuel outbreak

Vaccine refusals fuel measles outbreak
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Parents refusing to have their children vaccinated against measles have helped drive cases of the illness to their worst levels in a dozen years in the United States, health officials reported on Thursday.

In 2008 alone, 131 cases of measles have been reported, with 15 serious enough to be hospitalized, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.

Most of those infected were not vaccinated and there is no reason for any cases to occur when vaccines can prevent them, the CDC said in a weekly report on death and diseases.

"Measles can be a severe, life-threatening illness" the CDC's Dr. Anne Schuchat said in a statement. "These cases resulted primarily from failure to vaccinate, many because of philosophical or religious belief."

Only 13 percent of the cases were imported, the CDC said, naming Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, India, Israel, China, Germany, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Russia. "This is the lowest percentage of imported measles cases since 1996," the CDC report reads.

At least 15 patients, including four children younger than 15, were hospitalized, although no one has died, the CDC said.

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muffler dragon;1235307; said:
What.
A.
Joke.
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Look, muffler, you started this thread. Grow a sack.

Some people disagree so strongly with your position that we think you are abusing your children. If you are so certain about your rectitude, you better learn how to withstand the slings and arrows. That's what people who go way outside the mainstream generally need to do.

That, and maintain a good bail money fund.
 
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