Medical Journal Retracts Study Linking MMR Vaccine to Autism

[agzg]

Originally Posted by Kappamd

Unfortunately, retracting one article won't undo the damage that these delusional idiots have done to the "reputation" of vaccines.

Well the crazies that are so anti-vaccine were crazies beforehand, most likely. People are still having "chicken pox" parties so that their children get "mild" cases and build up the anti-bodies.

BTW, maybe the med-heads know - why is there no chicken pox vaccine? You'd think there would be, considering the chicken pox becoming shingles in adults thing.

ETA: It might at least be enough for non-crazies to shut up the crazies who go on their anti-vaccine rants with a simple "who told you this" "Oh I read it in an article" "You mean the one that was disproved and retracted?"

[SydneyK]

Originally Posted by agzg

BTW, maybe the med-heads know - why is there no chicken pox vaccine? You'd think there would be, considering the chicken pox becoming shingles in adults thing.

There is one. My kids have had it (with no side effects), so hopefully it works!

[agzg]

Originally Posted by SydneyK

There is one. My kids have had it (with no side effects), so hopefully it works!

I had no idea! Am I an idiot, or is it less common/less publicized?

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by agzg

I had no idea! Am I an idiot, or is it less common/less publicized?

It just started being required for kids to be in school in the past 10 years or so. You probably missed it because you were too old for it already and don't have kids. In fact, I just heard something on the news last week that now they say kids need two doses of it.

[agzg]

Originally Posted by AGDee

It just started being required for kids to be in school in the past 10 years or so. You probably missed it because you were too old for it already and don't have kids. In fact, I just heard something on the news last week that now they say kids need two doses of it.

Must be! When I was a kid, we had to get the chicken pox antibodies the hard way. We also had to blow on video games to make them work, walk to school in six feet of snow, up hill both ways, with no shoes!

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by agzg

Must be! When I was a kid, we had to get the chicken pox antibodies the hard way. We also had to blow on video games to make them work, walk to school in six feet of snow, up hill both ways, with no shoes!

LOL

Kids today are so spoiled and unappreciative!

[G-Kue 1911]

I remember getting shut down by my mom at the barbershop cause I wanted a Nike swoosh sign in my head for an additional $4.00....lol!

Originally Posted by DrPhil

LOL

Kids today are so spoiled and unappreciative!

[agzg]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

LOL

Kids today are so spoiled and unappreciative!

They don't know sufferin' unless they've got chicken pox in unmentionable areas!

This is all Obama's doing, with vaccinating kids from things that are A PART OF LIFE! NOW, pull up your pants and get off my lawn!

[ISUKappa]

Originally Posted by agzg

I had no idea! Am I an idiot, or is it less common/less publicized?

Like someone else said, it hasn't been around long. The technical vaccine name is varicella. DD just got it at her 15m checkup (along with the MMR vax. No reactions for her from either vax.)

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by agzg

Well the crazies that are so anti-vaccine were crazies beforehand, most likely. People are still having "chicken pox" parties so that their children get "mild" cases and build up the anti-bodies.

I think I would have rather gone to a chicken pox "party" and missed a week of school when it had no real consequence (other than social) than missed 2 weeks of high school when it did have real academic consequences because my mother didn't like the idea of our having chicken pox, and thus shielded us from it. I was 16 when I got it; my sister was 21. My niece and nephew had to be vaccinated before they went to pre-school.

[xxstardust]

I never had the chicken pox vaccine - I had it as a little kid and the vaccine didn't come out until I was a teenager.

I've read a few articles which discussed a link between the vaccine and increased rates of shingles in adulthood - does anyone know if that's been proved, or likely? I'm just curious.

[agzg]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

I think I would have rather gone to a chicken pox "party" and missed a week of school when it had no real consequence (other than social) than missed 2 weeks of high school when it did have real academic consequences because my mother didn't like the idea of our having chicken pox, and thus shielded us from it. I was 16 when I got it; my sister was 21. My niece and nephew had to be vaccinated before they went to pre-school.

But you never know whether or not your child is going to have a mild case if you purposefully put him or her in a situation where he or she will be infected.

Some people were having swine flu parties as well.