History of Feminism

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

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6. It's always possible somebody screwed up

Mon Sep 15, 2014, 09:30 AM

Sep 2014

while making that specific batch of medicine. Something fell or was knocked into the mix, something infected got in somehow. Or maybe the nurse or doctor who administered it screwed up somehow and the needle wasn't sterile.

Plants that make meds and people who administer them are not always as completely safe as they should be. When we speak about 'safety' in medicine (or food, for that matter) we're talking in statistical terms. But statistics don't tell you that things don't happen, they just tell you how often or how rarely they do happen. So while such vaccinations might be safe for the overwhelming majority of kids, and 'protect the herd', there's always some tiny chance that something went wrong somewhere along the line. And when you get to be the one who winds up hurt, statistics about overall safety are no comfort at all. You have my sympathy for your struggles, and that of your child.

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The tone argument and issues other than feminism [View all] gollygee Sep 2014 OP

i did not read that thread. i did find the thread about smoking mom with a fetus interesting. seabeyond Sep 2014 #1

I still think that was deliberate. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #3

it is even more clear who stepped in to champion the fetus. why it would be allowed, is anti smokin seabeyond Sep 2014 #4

I don't know that it's even about the smoking. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #9

of course. that being said, anti smoking holds a badge of honor in hysteria. nt seabeyond Sep 2014 #11

Thanks for posting that link. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #2

as far as that goes... any parent, that has look at their two yr old child, in the middle of the seabeyond Sep 2014 #5

It's always possible somebody screwed up Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #6

i am not a dummy, i do not see how anything i have said would allow you to believe that. i have had seabeyond Sep 2014 #13

Sorry if I came off as condescending. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #18

you did sound condescending. thank you for acknowledging. nt seabeyond Sep 2014 #19

It's my own personal tone problem. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #21

for me? it was more the ignoring and dismissing what i was actually saying. seabeyond Sep 2014 #23

I recall we've had a similar discussion before. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #25

gotcha. thanks. nt seabeyond Sep 2014 #26

sea, Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2014 #8

really? and who would have thought, seeing as i have not read the OP, do not care about the OP, seabeyond Sep 2014 #16

understood. Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2014 #20

three women on the board... silenced. regularly. and others, just on the edge of the cliff. nt seabeyond Sep 2014 #22

the abyss ... Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2014 #24

Please be careful what and how you post in here Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2014 #7

You think I should pull the name so as not to damage the group? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #12

for both reasons that you stated, yes - I would reword. Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2014 #14

I'm not surprised kcr Sep 2014 #10

Exactly = They can dish it out but, they can't take it. Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2014 #15

I've often had a chuckle at some of our most virulent anti-women posters here. Sheldon Cooper Sep 2014 #17

I see at least three posts that would have been hidden if someone 'else' ismnotwasm Sep 2014 #27