Archived Foster ham won't vaccinate her kids. Another gas giant agrees. (sli.mg)
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Archived Foster ham won't vaccinate her kids. Another gas giant agrees. (sli.mg)
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[–] Donutday 7 points 33 points 40 points (+40|-7) ago
I'm just about as pro vaccine as they come, but flu shots are ineffective. Let's not make this a vaccine issue. Refusing a flu shot is a lot different than refusing childhood vaccines.
[–] Fentiaz 0 points 22 points 22 points (+22|-0) ago
They aren't ineffective they just don't cover all types of flu.
[–] Privileged 0 points 10 points 10 points (+10|-0) ago
The dumbness in this is, in my opinion, definitely in the reasoning and not in the fact that a flu shot has been refused. But I'd wager the family and especially the comment-ham might be a bit averse to vaccines in general. Beetus got the brain.
[–] Trishit 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
Anecdata alert!!
I've been getting the flu shot every year for almost 10 years. I've been exposed to a lot of people with the flu. I haven't had the flu yet. They make a best educated guess at which strains will be most active in a given flu season. There are usually three strains the vaccine will protect against. Sometimes, though, they don't guess correctly or there may be a different strain that's more prevelant in one area.
Having said that, I don't get too up in arms about people not vaccinating for the flu. Other diseases like polio, rubella, mumps, measles, etc.? Yes, vaccinate or go to some isolated island somewhere.
[–] sunshineandrainbows 1 point 2 points 3 points (+3|-1) ago
Unfortunately it IS a vaccination issue, from the original article.
Because the flu shot will give you mercury poisoning... that's how this works.
[–] ICanLiftThat ago
I hope you're joking.