Are you guys for or against childhood vaccines?

hookemhorns2013
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Are you guys for or against childhood vaccines and why?
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  • HawkeyeTy
    HawkeyeTy Posts: 681 Member
    I'm in.
  • Escloflowne
    Escloflowne Posts: 2,038 Member

    I'm in.

    I can't wait for the crazy conspiracy people to show up!!!
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  • cingle87
    cingle87 Posts: 717 Member
    I shall get the popcorn
  • BamaBreezeNSaltAire
    BamaBreezeNSaltAire Posts: 966 Member
    In to see the BURNING hot flames.
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
    Sooo in!
  • fannyfrost
    fannyfrost Posts: 756 Member
    I am for childhood vaccines because the disease is often more of a risk to life than the vaccine is. I play the numbers game, if the risks are higher from the disease than the prevention, I go with prevention.

    For example, my daughter and myself don't get flu shots, why we are often exposed to flu in others, but have not had it to date. My brother gets the flu every year, he should get a flu shot. My mom is over 80 she needs a flu shot.
  • nomeejerome
    nomeejerome Posts: 2,616 Member
    edit.
    these threads rarely end well
  • vjohn04
    vjohn04 Posts: 2,276 Member
    this thread will go well.
  • Cranquistador
    Cranquistador Posts: 39,744 Member
    :indifferent:
  • KinoM
    KinoM Posts: 359 Member
    In.

    qzoav3c

    For the record, I am very much in favour of them.
  • DSTMT
    DSTMT Posts: 417 Member
    I am for childhood vaccines because the disease is often more of a risk to life than the vaccine is. I play the numbers game, if the risks are higher from the disease than the prevention, I go with prevention.

    For example, my daughter and myself don't get flu shots, why we are often exposed to flu in others, but have not had it to date. My brother gets the flu every year, he should get a flu shot. My mom is over 80 she needs a flu shot.

    This^^
  • bcoop911
    bcoop911 Posts: 1,390 Member
    Lol i love how everyone in this thread is just saying they are in, but no one even answered the question... well one person did...

    On that note, i am against most vaccines... but depends on the kids health and where they are i suppsoe.
  • MyPureSteez
    MyPureSteez Posts: 265 Member
    Calling all...
    Internet experts, people who knew a girl who got a vaccine once and..., people who parents are Doctors and know EVERYTHING about medicine, People who have the BEST Doctor in the world, Conspiracy theorist, Bro-science experts, Soccer moms, people who read, watched or heard a story on it... and anyone else who wants to ping pong this topic.. LETS GET IT ON!!! (Mills Lane Voice)

    I'm for vaccines! Had them when I was a kid and I'm still alive and "look mom no polio!"
  • devil_in_a_blue_dress
    devil_in_a_blue_dress Posts: 5,214 Member
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  • IronSmasher
    IronSmasher Posts: 3,908 Member
    Just waiting for this to turn up

    Warning, contains naughty words, you know, because people get upset by stupid people causing innocent children to suffer and die.

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  • ZeldaMarooner7
    ZeldaMarooner7 Posts: 307
    Against. Why? Because they are bullcrap! They almost never do anything.
    And this is why me, (and my 23 year old brother) are terrified of the Doctor because EVERY SINGLE TIME WE GO, they give us a shot for no reason whatsoever. I don't care if I sound or act childish, I'm terrified of thin sharp needles that stick into my skin for no reason. It's stupid. They either love seeing me cry in pain, or give me a shot for what they say will help, but will really make me sick.
  • WVprankster
    WVprankster Posts: 430 Member
    I'm for them. An ounce of (actual) prevention is better than a pound of usually non-existent cure.
  • Lisa1971
    Lisa1971 Posts: 3,069 Member
    In for the vaccines and IN for the popcorn! And yes, I'm in favor of childhood vacs.
  • auddii
    auddii Posts: 15,357 Member
    Against. Why? Because they are bullcrap! They almost never do anything.
    And this is why me, (and my 23 year old brother) are terrified of the Doctor because EVERY SINGLE TIME WE GO, they give us a shot for no reason whatsoever. I don't care if I sound or act childish, I'm terrified of thin sharp needles that stick into my skin for no reason. It's stupid. They either love seeing me cry in pain, or give me a shot for what they say will help, but will really make me sick.
    Really, they do nothing. Well, then it's a good thing that polio decided to mutate itself out of existence right around the time everyone started getting vaccinated.

    All the science against vaccines is bogus, and there are very few reasons not to get them (obviously if you are allergic to vaccine components you should not get them). And after reading the history of the Spanish flu and the development of the first flu vaccine I've never missed a shot (unless there's a shortage and then I defer so that people more vulnerable can get them instead).
  • Holly_Roman_Empire
    Holly_Roman_Empire Posts: 4,440 Member
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  • CaitlinW19
    CaitlinW19 Posts: 431 Member
    I am for childhood vaccines because the disease is often more of a risk to life than the vaccine is. I play the numbers game, if the risks are higher from the disease than the prevention, I go with prevention.

    For example, my daughter and myself don't get flu shots, why we are often exposed to flu in others, but have not had it to date. My brother gets the flu every year, he should get a flu shot. My mom is over 80 she needs a flu shot.

    This is basically how I feel too, though I don't have kids. I don't know if I have ever had the flu shot (I'm 30). Maybe as a kid and I just don't remember, but I don't get sick very often and I feel it's good to expose my immune system to things to build natural immunities. If I worked in a hospital I would do it for the sake of the patients (pretty sure it's required in that situation anyway). For sure I think the major ones you do as a kid though...polio and things like that...are important.
  • kathystrauss1
    kathystrauss1 Posts: 142 Member
    Against. I'm a pediatric nurse and epidemics and sick kids means job security for me.
  • Holly_Roman_Empire
    Holly_Roman_Empire Posts: 4,440 Member
    I am IN...

    favor of childhood vaccines. But the flu vaccine, meh. The jury is still out on that one, but I still get it every year.
  • SunofaBeach14
    SunofaBeach14 Posts: 4,899 Member
    In for the crazies
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    Subscribing.

    I'm for vaccinations. Never seen any reputable "science" to sway me otherwise.
  • Holly_Roman_Empire
    Holly_Roman_Empire Posts: 4,440 Member
    Against. I'm a pediatric nurse and epidemics and sick kids means job security for me.

    This is the most honest answer I've ever heard in regards to this argument. I do find it hard to believe that there will ever NOT be a demand for nurses, though.
  • Iron_Feline
    Iron_Feline Posts: 10,750 Member
    Against. Why? Because they are bullcrap! They almost never do anything.
    And this is why me, (and my 23 year old brother) are terrified of the Doctor because EVERY SINGLE TIME WE GO, they give us a shot for no reason whatsoever. I don't care if I sound or act childish, I'm terrified of thin sharp needles that stick into my skin for no reason. It's stupid. They either love seeing me cry in pain, or give me a shot for what they say will help, but will really make me sick.

    :huh:
  • ladymiseryali
    ladymiseryali Posts: 2,555 Member
    For. I would rather a child get stuck with a needle, cry for a few seconds, get a lolipop and leave with a bandaid than hear of a child who didn't get a proper vaccine go into school, infect a bunch of their classmates with something that could have been prevented and cause an epidemic that may lead to children dying because their stupid parents didn't vaccinate out of ignorance or utter stupidity. Lack of death is the better way to go IMO.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,989 Member
    For years we've used vaccines to help reduce some childhood killers, but out spoken celebrities like Jenny McCarthy, have swayed some into thinking that they are responsible for autism. Now pertussis (whooping cough) is back on the rise and has claimed a couple of lives. The correlation with the deaths..................no vaccination for either child.
    Are there valid reasons to avoid them? Depends on one's POV or belief. Some catholics don't believe in vaccines because of use of aborted fetal cell lines in making them. Others don't believe that a foreign virus should be introduced into the body.
    What we DO KNOW, is that vaccines have prevented millions of childhood outbreaks that used to kill children before they were administered. And I'll take protecting a child from death over personal views of individuals who are against them.

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