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[Bone]

They didn't. Same amount of vaccines as they would have normally had, since it's the first round.

I was just saying they were severely behind in the interest of full disclosure. I mean, she could've contracted something that could've been prevented by vaccine prior to being vaccinated. I'm inclined to believe that isn't true, since vaccinations are used for super contagious things and her sister didn't get sick. It could also be totally unrelated to vaccinations. I'm not a doctor either.

 

Oh.

 

That sucks, but it's a necessary evil -- better than getting much more seriously ill as a result of not getting vaccinated, imo.

[NapisaurusRex]

Oh.
 
That sucks, but it's a necessary evil -- better than getting much more seriously ill as a result of not getting vaccinated, imo.

I waffle about whether I think they're good or not... but better late than never, I guess.

[Bone]

Childhood vaccines save 731,700 lives and $1.7 trillion, CDC says

[Sweeney]

Vaccinations should be mandatory for all children.

[Doomsday]

Vaccinations should be mandatory for all children.

I agree 100%

Parents should also get vaccinated (children don't get their vaccinations until at least 6 weeks, parents can get them the day after the child is born, including breastfeeding mothers.  My partner and I got our vaccinations the day after she was released from hospital.

 

[Ali]

I react to basically everything and I still manage to get things. I managed to get both mumps and rubella despite being vaccinated against them, excellent stuff.

 

I think the yellow fever jab was the one I had a really bad reaction to. It wiped me out for about a week.

[Boggart]

http://www.theonion....children,35731/

 

Best article ever

[ShadowLink64]

FML, I am supposed to get this TDAP booster soon, since it's been 10 years since my last one. -_-

[Yuika]

http://www.theonion....children,35731/

 

Best article ever

I love The Onion so much.

 

I personally feel that when you don't get yourself/your children vaccinated (behind schedule I understand--injecting newborns with the Hep B immunization isn't pleasant), you're putting yourself and others at risk. Pertussis has made a comeback due to parents avoiding vaccination out of a completely unfounded fear of autism. But hey, that's just me.

 

(By the way, you can't get the flu from the flu shot. Side effects similar to the flu, yes, but not the actual infection.)

[GhostMommy]

Likely if you get the flu after a flu shot it is because you caught the flu at the doctor's office while getting the shot and before your immunity had to develop.  Whooping cough, and I read the same article, is making a terrible comeback.

[Gandalf]

I was behind on my tdap booster by...many years, oops. No side effects, though. Did get a rash from the chickenpox vaccine but I heard that was pretty normal.

 

 

Measels is making a comeback too I hear!

Parents are still buying that vaccines = autism bs even though all science points to the contrary.

[Bone]

This is a big issue in Canada right now:
http://www.cbc.ca/ne...cials-1.2613935

 

It's really sad how the U.S. and Canadian governments are too afraid of angering some radicals to make vaccinations mandatory. Vaccination simply isn't an issue of civil liberties, it's an issue of public health and morality.

[Doomsday]

I don't think it's Mandatory in any country and heaps of people in Australia don't do it either, despite strong recommendations from their doctors that they should have them for the sake of their babies health

[NapisaurusRex]

I don't think it's Mandatory in any country and heaps of people in Australia don't do it either, despite strong recommendations from their doctors that they should have them for the sake of their babies health

Croatia made it mandatory (again?) a few months ago, all the crunchy mamas blew up my facebook with it. There are a few other countries in that area that also make it mandatory, like Latvia and Slovenia.

[luvsmyncis]

I just saw this image on tumblr...

 

If you don't get vaccinated, you may inadvertently kill someone's grandma.

[Sweeney]

I just saw this image on tumblr...

 
If you don't get vaccinated, you may inadvertently kill someone's grandma.

Exactly right.
Not immunizing your children is irresponsible.

[luvsmyncis]

Exactly right.
Not immunizing your children is irresponsible.

You gotta admit the old woman falling flat on her face with her cane just out of reach is pretty funny though.

[Sweeney]

You gotta admit the old woman falling flat on her face with her cane just out of reach is pretty funny though.

*hangs head*
Yeah, I know.