There was a measle outbreak in Oregon (I think) a few years ago. Several kids died and just like that, snap, people started getting their kids vaccinated against measles. Coincidence?
Quite honestly, health departments need to start messaging the impact of various childhood diseases and how vaccinations have caused the number of deaths to…
There was a measle outbreak in Oregon (I think) a few years ago. Several kids died and just like that, snap, people started getting their kids vaccinated against measles. Coincidence?
Quite honestly, health departments need to start messaging the impact of various childhood diseases and how vaccinations have caused the number of deaths to decrease. Will everyone be reached with these messages? No, but if enough people are reminded of these facts during a time when deaths to preventable diseases go up, maybe some will make a connection.
I’m glad you shared about vaccinations. Retired nurse and sad when you see some of the things I’ve witnessed from kids with no vaccinations. Parents begging to give child vaccines now yet it’s always too late. There is no education that ever explains to parents what a huge chance they are taking not vaccinating their children . I have seen where they refuse to even listen to doctors over what politicians claimed . Our friends son n law (21) in a dirt bike accident hurt his knee two weeks in hospital with unbelievable infections then they found out he never had any vaccinations . His body can’t fight off newer and stronger viruses can’t give him the vaccines now it’s twenty years too late.
Thanks. It seems that when we make great leaps forward, people eventually forget how we got there and start taking things for granted. We don't always maintain an adequate level of institutional knowledge and societal learning.
The small town in which I grew up put on a polio vaccination event when I was very young (late 50s, when polio was a very real threat). The line was about a block long, and did not move terribly fast, but no one left before their children got the shot. There were lots of parents in town who wanted the polio vaccination in their children's arms. An African-American friend of mine went through the same kind of event in Birmingham AL. He said white families waited patiently in line behind black families. No one cared about anything other than getting the vaccine in their children.
Polio was a very real threat in the early 50s, and parents were willing to do whatever was available to reduce that threat. The anti-vax BS works as long as everyone other than your child is vaccinated. None of the vaccinated children will spread something to your child. The math fails when there are enough unvaccinated children to serve as a pool to host the virus.
Very true. There were some kids who cannot be vaccinated for various health/medical reasons and their parents were very concerned with what they can do to protect their children. Having a high vaccination rate protects both the vaccinated and those that cannot be vaccinated. As much as people want their individual liberties, our society does best when we can make the common good just as important.
There was a measle outbreak in Oregon (I think) a few years ago. Several kids died and just like that, snap, people started getting their kids vaccinated against measles. Coincidence?
Quite honestly, health departments need to start messaging the impact of various childhood diseases and how vaccinations have caused the number of deaths to decrease. Will everyone be reached with these messages? No, but if enough people are reminded of these facts during a time when deaths to preventable diseases go up, maybe some will make a connection.
I’m glad you shared about vaccinations. Retired nurse and sad when you see some of the things I’ve witnessed from kids with no vaccinations. Parents begging to give child vaccines now yet it’s always too late. There is no education that ever explains to parents what a huge chance they are taking not vaccinating their children . I have seen where they refuse to even listen to doctors over what politicians claimed . Our friends son n law (21) in a dirt bike accident hurt his knee two weeks in hospital with unbelievable infections then they found out he never had any vaccinations . His body can’t fight off newer and stronger viruses can’t give him the vaccines now it’s twenty years too late.
Thanks. It seems that when we make great leaps forward, people eventually forget how we got there and start taking things for granted. We don't always maintain an adequate level of institutional knowledge and societal learning.
The small town in which I grew up put on a polio vaccination event when I was very young (late 50s, when polio was a very real threat). The line was about a block long, and did not move terribly fast, but no one left before their children got the shot. There were lots of parents in town who wanted the polio vaccination in their children's arms. An African-American friend of mine went through the same kind of event in Birmingham AL. He said white families waited patiently in line behind black families. No one cared about anything other than getting the vaccine in their children.
Polio was a very real threat in the early 50s, and parents were willing to do whatever was available to reduce that threat. The anti-vax BS works as long as everyone other than your child is vaccinated. None of the vaccinated children will spread something to your child. The math fails when there are enough unvaccinated children to serve as a pool to host the virus.
Very true. There were some kids who cannot be vaccinated for various health/medical reasons and their parents were very concerned with what they can do to protect their children. Having a high vaccination rate protects both the vaccinated and those that cannot be vaccinated. As much as people want their individual liberties, our society does best when we can make the common good just as important.