Adding this to the thread. So sad.
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Of the 716 suspected cases of measles, 40% required hospitalisation
with a population of just 200,000. on an island. thats very bad.
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Leaving this here as an FYI.
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Good grief!
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Moron Measles? No thanks. Regular measles are bad enough.
Medical pricing is a mess, and those of us in the inside are no better informed than any other group. Yet another argument for single payer, âhealthcare as a human rightâ legislation. Canât get here soon enough.
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Back in the days a measles vaccine wasnât available. I got the measles, I rememberer diarrhoea and vomiting for four days, coughing and having itchy red bubbles.
Really, why one want their kids stay in a painful situation for a week?
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We just got our flu shots. (Mom got the seniorâs double-shot.) Flashed OHIP cards, done, no countless vermin trying to carve out profit niches in the health care chain.
Available at doctorsâ offices, walk-in clinics, pharmacies (which includes most supermarkets).
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I ended up having to pay for one of my daughtersâ flu shot this year, but she realized it was her mistake and apologized for it.
She volunteers in a hospital, so normally she just gets it there for free, but the office that provides employee services like that changed their hours to be 9-12 and 1-3 M-F only, which is tough for someone still in school. And of course she waited until the day before she HAD to have it to be allowed to continue working, when there wasnât enough time to go to Urgent Care downtown for our HMO coverage. So, Walgreenâs got $40 from me. I still consider it money well spent.
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Baby immunity? Perhaps not so much.
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This just means itâs even more important to have everyone else vaccinated, for herd immunity.
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Shocking? Nope, not in the least. Evil is as evil does.
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Someone is probably disappointed that they canât infect those shitty emergency blankets with smallpox.
And when flu does spread in those crowded conditions, theyâll probably assign it to moral failings and inferior stock.
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Oh my god. 5000 this year, mostly children.
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Uh, yeah. Been there, done that.
Of course, if everybody vaccinated on time, the delay would be less of a problem because herd immunity really is a thing.
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"This has been an explosive year for measles, with cases jumping300% worldwide during the first three months of the year, including major outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Brazil, Ukraine, the Philippines, as well as in the United States, according to the World Health Organization.
More than 110,000 people died of measles in 2017, according to the WHO. "
Yup, sounds like a ânaturalâ and âbenignâ part of childhood, just like dying of smallpox. Yup.
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Slightly OT, but I used to point to my smallpox vaccination scar to make my point to younger parents (theyâre all younger!) that the best way to have fewer vaccinations is to follow the smallpox model, and I discovered a few years ago that the scar is no longer visible AT ALL. Totally gone. Did not know that could happen, especially after (mumble) decades.
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I am 55 and never had to get a small pox vaccine. And that is kinda the point!
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Exactly! One less vaccination for you, courtesy of those who came before you following an accepted international protocol.
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I have had scars disappear after years or decades, although not my smallpox vaccination. I wonder if it has something to do with our cells all being replaced every few years.
I am [loud truck goes by] years old, and I have a massive irregular scar on my upper arm. It would be a great argument for vaccination: âSee, kid, your whole face could look like thisâ.
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