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@Paekakboyz said in Woo:
"I don't understand this need to protect ourselves from things that won't do our child too much harm."
Aggghhhh!! Can we put these folks all together on an island somewhere?
From the article:
...measles is deadly in one in every 1000 cases, while infection can damage the entire immune system and lead to serious complications such as pneumonia and encephalitis (inflammation of the brain).... and has just been found in a classroom at our local school. Great, eh
EDIT: CHICKENPOX not measles -- apologies, fat fingers.
Is there a chickenpox vaccine these days?
Yes, for a long time
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Our oldest got C Pox, wasn't really that bad, so we didn't bother to vaccinate the others. Then a new round came a few years later and kids had the sore inside every orifice they had, a real horrendous strain, so we got the others vaccinated for that. 2 shots each, $120 IIRC
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@Machpants Yeah, I had Chicken Pox as a kid, but a few years ago I got exposed to a sufficiently different strain and had to spend a month in bed.
A couple of years ago I got shingles (felt like being clinically depressed, I was so tired). Gonna get the new vaccine when it's available in NZ.
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/shingles/public/shingrix/index.html
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Great to see some kids acting more adult than their drop kick parents
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This is an interesting take on it. For sure this kid should not be playing during an outbreak but as far as a justifiable reason not to be vaccinated this actually holds morally for some. I had no idea this was where a vaccine originated.
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@Rembrandt said in Woo:
This is an interesting take on it. For sure this kid should not be playing during an outbreak but as far as a justifiable reason not to be vaccinated this actually holds morally for some. I had no idea this was where a vaccine originated.
It's the 21st Century. His stone age beliefs aren't relevant.
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@NTA Mundine is a spastic isn't he? Almost as if he's been punched in the head too often.
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@antipodean said in Woo:
@NTA Mundine is a spastic isn't he? Almost as if he's been punched in the head too often.
Or not enough ...
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@NTA some great replies in there too
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@taniwharugby said in Woo:
@NTA some great replies in there too
I love that last reply. Scarily, too many people seem to think browsing YouTube/the top five Google results are "doing your research" on medical science...
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@Donsteppa yeah that was the main one I copied that for.
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@Donsteppa said in Woo:
"Do you own research"... for all the effort shown below, Flat Earthers somehow still exist, and without checking I'm sure there must be a three minute YouTube clip somewhere about NASA being a hoax...
Women: Steering us in the wrong direction for generations.
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We are not to blame for frog toxin therapy death: Kambo couple
Kambo is an alternative therapy where applicants burn the top layer of their skin and apply secretions from the Amazonian giant monkey frog onto the wound to induce vomiting, sweating and diarrhoea.
It has been traditionally used by Amazonian tribes to increase stamina and health, but is increasingly used in the West for spiritual purposes.
"Spiritual" = grifting, which reminds me of this classic Nick Mullen tweet:
I'm not religious but I'm spiritual, which means I think the mothman prophecy is real and I don't feel bad about shoplifting
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See how far you can make it through this, I got as far as the kid with meningitis six minutes in
Not on vaccines but I liked the comment about fluoride and how if the government really wanted to control people's minds they'd remove the fluoride so people would have more fillings so they could beam signals directly to people's heads.
Varicella (chickenpox) - Immunisation Advisory Centre
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