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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

astral

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Reply to Archae (Original post)

Sun Apr 3, 2016, 11:26 AM

Apr 2016

"vaccinate your damn kid. I live in Indiana, and there have been ~25 cases of mumps thanks to people like you who undermine herd immunity."
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is vaccinating for childhood mumps better than having childhood mumps? So much has changed in beliefs about who should be vaccinated over the years. I had measles mumps and chicken pox as a kid, I thought it was normal and to be expected.

I have no kids so I don't know exactly what's expected these days. I do know my family was devastated by a flu shot for someone who really never got the flu anyway. We still have alot to learn about the long term benefit (or not) of vaccinating for everything. I'm not saying all vaccinations, are bad, because I don't know. but I have good reason to fear them.

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Anti-vaxxer asks question on Reddit, gets slammed big time. [View all] Archae Mar 2016 OP

. astral Apr 2016 #1

Sure, for most people it's not a big deal. trotsky Apr 2016 #3

"is vaccinating for childhood mumps better than having childhood mumps?" NickB79 Apr 2016 #4

The mother later updated her post, saying she would not be returning to Reddit because everyone was progressoid Apr 2016 #2