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And people freaking old enough to remember when the only vaccination was for smallpox. I just discussed this with my 81 year old father, who along with everyon
by hga 12y ago
And people freaking old enough to remember when the only vaccination was for smallpox.
I just discussed this with my 81 year old father, who along with everyone else stood in line for the first polio vaccinations; that was the big fear for adults who'd survived the other things children are immunized for like measles, e.g. FDR lost almost all the use of his legs from it when he was 39 and counted himself lucky. I myself was born early enough that I got a lot of vaccinations as they first became available, and my parents, my mother a former RN, were very happy about this state of affairs.
Seriously, you might as well read Kippling's The Gods of the Copybook Headings in favor as anything else about this rank insanity. As well as gain a much more sympathetic view of the "less enlightened" of the world and history, as we arrogantly view them.
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- hga 12y agoFair enough; my comment was intended as an addition to your list of "It's also, y'know, people with an interest in promoting public health, people who understand the concept of herd immunity, and people who have a reasonably tuned sense of social responsibility." with examples in living history. Plus you can't get away from the concept of "good science" and people who don't accept the concept at all in this domain, especially the ones who can be accurately plotted by Whole Foods locations and otherwise claim to respect "science". Let me add that at least in theory, vaccines receive the strictest regulation of all drugs, since the they're given to ostensibly healthy people.
- logn 12y agoYes, I deleted my comment above shortly after leaving it because I figured it was a relevant discussion afterall unless I'm splitting hairs. (In the deleted comment I claimed this was all off topic to my original post).