Yes, and there's a fascinating argument going on about vaccines. I'm glad to see someone else arguing my side of the case - I know better than to get into an argument with a vaccination evangelist. *evil grin* I work with doctors - I know that vaccination is like a religious sacrament to them. They don't get logical about it, they get religious *fervor*. (You know the old saying about not discussing religion and politics in polite company? I put medicine under religion until I'm shown that the person I'm talking to does not worship their doctors...most people do.)
As far as kids are concerned, chicken pox is one of those diseases that is a major bitch for a week, but no more than a bitch for most kids, in my experience.
heh...yeh, I may not be able to argue worth a damn, but something like that just set me off.
I like how you categorize that though...lumping medicine under religion like that, I'll have to remeber that.
The chickenpox vaccine always struck me as a treatment in search of a disease(not quite, but you get the idea). Most of the childhood vaccines are for crippling or lethal diseases, not something that usually makes you miserable and you recover. I want to say(but need to check) that more kids actualy contract Polio every year(including a girl in my sisters class in school) from the vaccine, than die from chickenpox every year(the number is under 100)
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I like how you categorize that though...lumping medicine under religion like that, I'll have to remeber that.
The chickenpox vaccine always struck me as a treatment in search of a disease(not quite, but you get the idea). Most of the childhood vaccines are for crippling or lethal diseases, not something that usually makes you miserable and you recover. I want to say(but need to check) that more kids actualy contract Polio every year(including a girl in my sisters class in school) from the vaccine, than die from chickenpox every year(the number is under 100)
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Check out the book I linked to, then. You'll adore it. The title is Confessions of a Medical Heretic. :)