2 deaths and 481 confirmed cases in Texas (628 cases nationally) is abysmal. I don't really have anything productive to say, I'm just disappointed. I hope those unable to get the vaccine are well...
2 deaths and 481 confirmed cases in Texas (628 cases nationally) is abysmal. I don't really have anything productive to say, I'm just disappointed.
I hope those unable to get the vaccine are well protected by the herd immunity from those who can.
For any fellow new parents out there, I want to emphasize the last sentence in the article: Our little one just had his 6-month appointment and the ped was more than willing to offer the MMR...
For any fellow new parents out there, I want to emphasize the last sentence in the article:
During an outbreak, however, babies as young as 6 months old can get the first shot.
Our little one just had his 6-month appointment and the ped was more than willing to offer the MMR vaccine at that time, especially because my wife’s job has her traveling near Texas on occasion (we live in a state that doesn’t have any positive cases at the moment).
For adults, I asked my doc about MMR boosters at my last visit, since I work in housing at a university and mumps is a typical annual occurrence. She said most folks born in or after the 80s...
For adults, I asked my doc about MMR boosters at my last visit, since I work in housing at a university and mumps is a typical annual occurrence.
She said most folks born in or after the 80s should be fine as long as they got at least 2 shots (and I think I maybe got 3) but also if there's a local outbreak or uncertainty about your records or your titres, getting another booster is way easier/cheaper than doing the blood tests and has minimal risk (typical risk of passing out from a shot or if you're allergic to something in the MMR booster)
Theres a ton of people in my area who refuse vaccinations. They think its a personal choice like how a woman gets to choose to continue a pregnancy. Idk what to even say to them. Like alright...
Theres a ton of people in my area who refuse vaccinations. They think its a personal choice like how a woman gets to choose to continue a pregnancy.
Idk what to even say to them. Like alright thats cool risk your childs life for no reason I guess.
It's been long enough since we invented these vaccines that people who have never seen the impacts of the disease have children they are not vaccinating. I have never heard any anti vaccine...
It's been long enough since we invented these vaccines that people who have never seen the impacts of the disease have children they are not vaccinating. I have never heard any anti vaccine nonsense from anyone old enough to see the effects of Polio.
Yeah they’d have to be over 80 right? Seems all the over-80s I meet are super duper liberal, its all the vietnam war era folks who are total crackpots.
Yeah they’d have to be over 80 right?
Seems all the over-80s I meet are super duper liberal, its all the vietnam war era folks who are total crackpots.
NBC I saw from an ER pediatrician that there's a lot of speculation about the first child's death but the 2nd death was a result of "measles pulmonary failure". The first child's medical records...
The child was receiving treatment for complications of measles while hospitalized," the statement said. "It is important to note that the child was not vaccinated against measles and had no known underlying health conditions. This unfortunate event underscores the importance of vaccination."
I saw from an ER pediatrician that there's a lot of speculation about the first child's death but the 2nd death was a result of "measles pulmonary failure". The first child's medical records have only been released to a specific anti-vaccine advocacy group who is saying that there was malpractice and spreading that measles is not the cause. It seems like that child also had pneumonia and was brought to the ER only when things were already very bad and possibly septic.
This is how kids often die from measles. It's awful and tragic and it's we have vaccines now so we don't remember it. That doesn't even cover all the side effects from surviving a measles infection - like sometimes having your immune system reset entirely.
(Copied from the other thread because I can't keep up)
I don't know what to make of this. It was his dangerous rhetoric that led to the outbreak.
He's been doing that recently. Saying something factually correct but slipping in "it's your choice and an important decision." So a wink and nod.
It's very soft language. "Prevent the spread" is not the same as "keep your child safe".
2 deaths and 481 confirmed cases in Texas (628 cases nationally) is abysmal. I don't really have anything productive to say, I'm just disappointed.
I hope those unable to get the vaccine are well protected by the herd immunity from those who can.
For any fellow new parents out there, I want to emphasize the last sentence in the article:
Our little one just had his 6-month appointment and the ped was more than willing to offer the MMR vaccine at that time, especially because my wife’s job has her traveling near Texas on occasion (we live in a state that doesn’t have any positive cases at the moment).
For adults, I asked my doc about MMR boosters at my last visit, since I work in housing at a university and mumps is a typical annual occurrence.
She said most folks born in or after the 80s should be fine as long as they got at least 2 shots (and I think I maybe got 3) but also if there's a local outbreak or uncertainty about your records or your titres, getting another booster is way easier/cheaper than doing the blood tests and has minimal risk (typical risk of passing out from a shot or if you're allergic to something in the MMR booster)
Theres a ton of people in my area who refuse vaccinations. They think its a personal choice like how a woman gets to choose to continue a pregnancy.
Idk what to even say to them. Like alright thats cool risk your childs life for no reason I guess.
It's been long enough since we invented these vaccines that people who have never seen the impacts of the disease have children they are not vaccinating. I have never heard any anti vaccine nonsense from anyone old enough to see the effects of Polio.
Yeah they’d have to be over 80 right?
Seems all the over-80s I meet are super duper liberal, its all the vietnam war era folks who are total crackpots.
My uncle who had polio would have been in his late 60's or early 70's. I've been told it was one of the last outbreaks.
NBC
I saw from an ER pediatrician that there's a lot of speculation about the first child's death but the 2nd death was a result of "measles pulmonary failure". The first child's medical records have only been released to a specific anti-vaccine advocacy group who is saying that there was malpractice and spreading that measles is not the cause. It seems like that child also had pneumonia and was brought to the ER only when things were already very bad and possibly septic.
This is how kids often die from measles. It's awful and tragic and it's we have vaccines now so we don't remember it. That doesn't even cover all the side effects from surviving a measles infection - like sometimes having your immune system reset entirely.
(Copied from the other thread because I can't keep up)