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maseman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 05:20 PM Original message |
Whooping cough outbreak at S.C. college (Bob Jones) |
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Hand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. Hmm... maybe God has a sense of humor after all. nt |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
2. spread like the flu (ie not sexually transmitted) |
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maseman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 06:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. When two people are invading their own personal spaces |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 08:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
56. French kissing is particularly effective at spreading this sort of thing....... |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. Stupid anti-vaccination fundys |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 05:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. The vaccine wears off and so pertussis is infecting more adults |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 05:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. For the most part the wearing off of |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 05:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. I thought it was older adults who were most affected, rather than late teens... |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 05:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Me too until I was diagnosed with it and checked out the CDC info |
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jmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 01:00 AM Response to Reply #11 |
42. My junior year of high school it spread around |
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Changenow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 08:29 AM Response to Reply #11 |
45. Vaccinated school age children |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 09:51 AM Response to Reply #11 |
49. A few years ago, they found teens were getting it again |
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rexcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 08:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
62. I have seen entire families come down with pertussis... |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 05:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Yikes, I didn't know it wore off |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 10:11 AM Response to Reply #5 |
52. When I entered college, proof of various vaccinations was required for admission |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 08:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
57. That probably explains a couple of REALLY nasty "colds" that |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 05:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. That was my thought exactly |
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Windy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 05:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. I agree. We will be seeing a lot more new outbreaks of these diseases that were eradicated |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 05:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. let them flame, they are morons |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 10:00 AM Response to Reply #7 |
50. I know lots of people who ended up with pertussis in the past 6 years |
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kimmerspixelated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 05:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. People should have the right to refuse vaccinations. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 05:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. That is a dangerous idea |
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kimmerspixelated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 06:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. You are way off base with a retort like that. |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 06:42 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. NO HE'S NOT |
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DLnyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 06:57 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. You must be absolutely, completely, 100% perfectly totally correct about |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 07:08 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. never said it was 100% did I? |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 09:41 AM Response to Reply #22 |
48. Non-vaccinated kids kill or maim other kids. |
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Lurking Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 11:30 AM Response to Reply #48 |
53. There used to be a belief |
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kimmerspixelated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 05:37 PM Response to Reply #22 |
55. One thing that definitely kills |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 08:32 PM Response to Reply #19 |
58. WRONG. Failure to achieve adequate vaccinations among a group |
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lynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 08:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
37. There was a Whooping Cough outbreak at my sons middle school - |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
4. You do know how it's transmitted, right? |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
8. More probably due to the fact that many many |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 05:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. My understanding is that in any given batch of of the old style |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 08:42 PM Response to Reply #18 |
59. Pertussis, or Whooping Cough, is caused by the bacteria |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 09:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
39. Amen. |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
10. Aren't God and Jesus supposed to protect their believers from this kind of stuff? |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 08:10 AM Response to Reply #10 |
43. No, and no matter how many times you post it |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 08:20 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Religious leaders.... |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 05:19 AM Response to Reply #44 |
66. Sounds a lot like when RW'ers justify their hatred of Muslims |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 09:18 PM Response to Reply #43 |
63. Self delete |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 08:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
60. Don't you know? ALL the bad stuff happens because we are still |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
17. "we do not believe the illness will spread as our students go home to their families," |
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NBachers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 09:26 PM Response to Reply #17 |
38. Keep Me Off That Bus |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 08:46 PM Response to Reply #17 |
61. Jeebus H. Christ. Keep those Typhoid Marys and Marks OFF |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
21. "Thank you, Jesus!" |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 06:44 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. That was my EXACT thought, too, when I read this! |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 06:46 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Which was exactly your thought too? |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 06:52 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Both |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 06:45 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Hee Hee please tell me that's an actual quote |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 06:57 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Indirectly, it is |
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Ishoutandscream2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
24. BEEEEEEE HEAAALLLLLED! CAST OUT ALL DEMONS!!! |
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JBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
31. Sheesh, some kind of throat infection shouldn't be a surprise |
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DLnyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 08:02 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. DUzy! |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
32. Yew must PRAAAAAAAAAYEH tah the LOOORRRD |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
33. Whatever the reason....with MILLIONS unisured in this country |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 07:42 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. I was under the impression certain shots were free |
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DLnyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 08:06 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. I think you're thinking about some modern developed country . . . |
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Changenow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 08:35 AM Response to Reply #33 |
46. Most, if not all at this point, |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
40. Probably due to SC's low health insurance and their fundie folks telling them how good it is |
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libodem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
41. Parents' must not have believed in vaccinations |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
47. You're not going to go to some Liberal Doctors, are you Bushies? |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
51. The Big Guy/Gal is visiting plagues on those who blaspheme |
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bpeale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
54. i find it hard to feel sorry for anyone at Bob Jones University. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
64. "the kids there are screwing each others brains out" |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 11:48 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. the hypocrisy is the thing we should all have a problem with |
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