01-06-2013, 07:46 AM
cbelt3 wrote:
Vaccine effectiveness ? Interesting. I'd heard about that when my youngest needed the booster .
Glad this isn't another case of that bad science "vaccines cause xyzzdf" fakery.
I too got a booster a few months ago, on the recommendation of my physician, during a routine visit.
According to a local source at the Department of Public Health (I live in Seattle) this outbreak of whooping cough is partly due to the increase in anti-vaccination sentiment among the less-than-bright, easily misled members of our population.
Fewer vaccinations, or sporadic aversion to routine vaccinations, eventually result in an occasional outbreak, or a reemergence of legacy diseases.
I'm not sure how big a role vaccination-aversion plays here, but If this is true, perhaps we can give a round of applause to celebrate a small victory for junk-science promoters (including some fact-challenged celebrities) spooked consumers of their deformed opinions, and even a few hip, anti-"Western Medical Establishment" morons for contributing to an under-vaccinated generation.
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