Reply #134: You don't think Tetanus is the only adult booster recommendation do you? [View All]

[mzmolly]

If so, you're the hypocrite I thought you were.

I have never indicated homeopathy wiped out disease. What I've indicated is that far lesser rates of compliance were said to be effective. (YET we panic about one unvaccinated kid on a plane?) Your note about polio and small pox case in point. We did not have 90% compliance until recent decades. Further, we have had rubella outbreaks in the US in recent years, in spite of mass vaccination. We also had at least one vaccine related case of Polio in the US in recent years as well. The origins are a mystery given we no longer administer the live vaccine.

However, speaking of rubella, I was tested for immunity to rubella while pregnant, and in spite of being up to date on the jab, I tested negative for titers. Who's to blame? I should have been immune at the time I needed it most. Not so. Instead I was advised to get the shot while pregnant. In hindsight, a very bad idea.

Lastly, my husband was fully vaccinated against measles, had a nasty case in spite. Fever spiked at 105. He was nearly hospitalized. Why do you suppose that is?

As I've said, we've had outbreaks of disease in highly vaccinated populations. So, your issue should not be with those who opt out of vaccines, but with those who sell you a product that does not work as advertised. A few examples below:

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/113/3/455

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7795768

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00000359.htm

Editorial Note: "This outbreak demonstrates that transmission of measles can occur within a school population with a documented immunization level of 100%. This level was validated during the outbreak investigation."

More here: http://www.wvve.info/issues/outbreaks.html

Bottom line, if you feel vaccines protect you, you shouldn't worry about what I choose to do.