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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 04:04 AM Original message |
It is a myth that influenza poses a greater risk to pregnant women than to the general population. |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
1. I don't know about the seasonal flu... |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 10:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. That was based on a total 6 pregnant women dying over a certain time period. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 08:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. 6 deaths are "not statistics" but are "anecdotes"? well, what IS a statistic then? |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 03:08 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. If influenza is actually a greater risk to pregnant woman than the general population, you should |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #24 |
36. Fine statement, but you didn't answer my question. nt |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 06:10 PM Response to Reply #36 |
50. Where are all the studies proving your contention? Please produce them. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 06:14 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. 6 deaths are "not statistics" but are "anecdotes"? well, what IS a statistic then? |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 06:48 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. What were the other medical conditions of the 6 women who died? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 06:49 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. No, I am asking YOU what YOU consider a statistic. |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 07:49 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Let's see. More than 6 deaths over a two months or 11 hospitalizations over one month. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 08:19 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. You consider a bigass unsourced graph "statistics". Ah. So, are these statistics too? |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 06:49 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. She can't, of course. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 06:51 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. I am waiting to see if he/she can tell me what a "statistic" is rather than continuing to ask insinu |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 07:53 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. LOL. I encourage everyone to read the entire thread. There is NO evidence that |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 09:00 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. Newsflash: there's no one left to read this thread. |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 03:45 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Except Big Pharma pushers |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 07:33 AM Response to Reply #61 |
62. And then there's your final desperate tactic. |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. There are several people here engaged in a reasonable discussion, |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 05:10 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. You have no information on your side. |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 07:09 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. So you accuse me of being a liar, a big pharma plant, and a fanatical rambler |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 07:47 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Aha, so you DO see what you're doing! |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 05:36 AM Response to Reply #68 |
70. LOL |
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Chemisse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
2. Pregnant women should be getting the adjuvant-free vaccine - nt |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 10:36 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. You mean thimerosal-free. None of these vaccines have adjuvants in them as far as I know. |
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Chemisse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 04:39 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Eep! my mistake |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 02:52 AM Response to Reply #10 |
23. The exact same thing just happened to my brother's pregnant wife! n/t |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
3. Spreading such foul untruths, threatening to harm pregnant women and their unborn children... |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 10:53 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. You are the one pushing lies. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 01:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I will simply note that you were unable to counter ANY of the data presented. |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 02:48 AM Response to Reply #7 |
20. You produced a grand total of ONE epidemiology study that so much as addressed the issue at hand. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 08:00 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. You were unable to counter any of the data presented. |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. You and the CDC both need to learn that saying something over and over doesn't make it true. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 03:12 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. But it does prove you wrong. n/t |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Do you really think your audience here is that stupid? |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 03:51 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. You appear to be talking to yourself. |
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Chemisse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 04:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I don't see how there could be such studies about |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 02:49 AM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Link the studies that show pregnant women are disproportionally present among the severely affected. |
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Chemisse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 09:07 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. You can find it as easily as I can |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 01:16 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. I did the footwork. The claim is based on exactly two studies. |
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Chemisse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 05:50 PM Response to Reply #30 |
46. This information suggests pregnant women are at higher risk |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 06:04 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. A grand total of 11 pregnant women were hospitalized during the height of the initial H1N1 flu scare |
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Chemisse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 08:33 PM Response to Reply #48 |
59. That is very true. |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 02:17 PM Response to Reply #59 |
69. All I am trying to do is to give some perspective to this issue. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 06:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. So you chose to completely overlook the 4th study. Typical. |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 02:45 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Wrong . I already addressed this study, the only epidemiology study I know of about this, in my OP. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 03:07 PM Response to Reply #19 |
32. Then you are just willfully blind or mistaken. |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. Wrong. You are the one who must be willfully blind or mistaken. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 05:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. +1 Thank you, Trotsky. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
8. Pregnant women in their third trimester are especially at risk |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 06:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Produce the epidemiology studies. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 06:53 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I just told you where to find them |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 02:51 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. THERE AREN'T ANY! |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 10:07 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. And as I've said to you many, many times... |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Do you know what epidemiology is? |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 03:12 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. And you've been presented with such data. |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. I have been presented with exactly two epidemiology studies both with which I was already familiar. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 03:52 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. And your spin on those particular studies is completely wrong. |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 04:05 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. It's not my spin. It's the "spin" of a published, peer reviewed medical journal article. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 04:28 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. There are volumes of evidence against you. |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 05:56 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. LOL. If there are "volumes" of evidence against me, why isn't seasonal flu vaccination |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 09:05 AM Response to Reply #47 |
71. Ooh, you were shot down twice already on this claim. |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 07:00 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. That was NOT about pregnant women. It was about children. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 08:19 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. Oh, changing the subject? |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 02:21 AM Response to Reply #73 |
74. The dose makes the poison |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 07:38 AM Response to Reply #74 |
75. Your new favorite article does not say what you think it says. |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:42 AM Response to Reply #75 |
76. My new favorite article is my answer to your incessant, disruptive questioning. |
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EvolveOrConvolve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
9. Are you familiar with Occam's Razor? |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 05:19 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. +1 |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 02:39 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Are you familiar with epidemiology? |
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EvolveOrConvolve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 02:06 PM Response to Reply #18 |
31. You didn't answer my question - did you even read the post? |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 03:13 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Nicely done. |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 04:18 PM Response to Reply #31 |
43. Do you know the difference between medical research and "expert" advice? |
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EvolveOrConvolve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 04:37 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. You seem to pick and choose the evidence you want to believe |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 06:08 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. Really? Then produce this "global" evidence. |
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EvolveOrConvolve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 06:41 PM Response to Reply #49 |
65. Again? |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 07:18 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. I read it. There were no global studies listed. There were only the |
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