DR Congo measles: More than 6k dead in world's worst outbreak
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Re: DR Congo measles: More than 6k dead in world's worst outbreak
#2And here I am with a sister who thinks that vaccination for a newborn should be "weighed against the risk". The reason we don't know measles as a deadly disease anymore is because vaccination works so well!
Re: DR Congo measles: More than 6k dead in world's worst outbreak
#3And here I am with a sister who thinks that vaccination for a newborn should be "weighed against the risk". The reason we don't know measles as a deadly disease anymore is because vaccination works so well!
She's not wrong about the need to weigh against the risk.
She's just wrong about assessing the risk.
Re: DR Congo measles: More than 6k dead in world's worst outbreak
#4And here I am with a sister who thinks that vaccination for a newborn should be "weighed against the risk". The reason we don't know measles as a deadly disease anymore is because vaccination works so well!
And so she'd be one of the 6K, and you'd waltz right through it, unscathed.
Sounds like it's her problem and not yours.
What do you care?
Re: DR Congo measles: More than 6k dead in world's worst outbreak
#5Last Week Tonight has a nice episode on Vaccines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VG_s2PCH_c
It explains why vaccines are important, why "taking it slow" with vaccines is a bad approach, and other important stuff.
Please vaccinate yourself and your kids.
Re: DR Congo measles: More than 6k dead in world's worst outbreak
#6This is just a heartbreaking, needless destruction of human life. Measles can be eradicated, there is no animal reservoir. Eradication of disease is an incredible gift to the future of humanity, and only gets harder with more population. The coming population increases in subsaharan Africa are probably going to take eradication of measles and polio off the map for a while, especially with anti-vaccine sentiment rising in Nigeria for example.
Re: DR Congo measles: More than 6k dead in world's worst outbreak
#7And here I am with a sister who thinks that vaccination for a newborn should be "weighed against the risk". The reason we don't know measles as a deadly disease anymore is because vaccination works so well!
She's not wrong about the need to weigh against the risk. She's just wrong about assessing the risk.
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Re: DR Congo measles: More than 6k dead in world's worst outbreak
#8And here I am with a sister who thinks that vaccination for a newborn should be "weighed against the risk". The reason we don't know measles as a deadly disease anymore is because vaccination works so well!
This mostly comes down to the irrationality regarding risks when you're having kids.
Out of my own experience, and given the worst cases scenarios you hear from it's difficult not to fear for your loved ones (and I mean you literally feel it in your loins) especially when YOUR decision can have even the slightest chance of ruining their lives. -- Edit: Please don't get me wrong, I have kids, and their vaccines are up to date (like mine). A chat with an hospital pediatrist can help, for me it's when he clearly explained that without vaccines a kid can be gone within 2 hours. And virtually it's as narrow minded as refusing to take antibiotics.
Re: DR Congo measles: More than 6k dead in world's worst outbreak
#9Every year, I take the vaccine against the seasonal flu, if possible. This is not primarily for myself, but for the people around me. The goal is herd immunity, that's how we win.
Re: DR Congo measles: More than 6k dead in world's worst outbreak
#10And here I am with a sister who thinks that vaccination for a newborn should be "weighed against the risk". The reason we don't know measles as a deadly disease anymore is because vaccination works so well!
This mostly comes down to the irrationality regarding risks when you're having kids. Out of my own experience, and given the worst cases scenarios you hear from it's difficult not to fear for your loved ones (and I mean you literally feel it in your loins) especially when YOUR decision can have even the slightest chance of ruining their lives. -- Edit: Please don't get me wrong, I have kids, and their vaccines are up…
It’s not difficult. There’s ample statistical evidence available, and super high quality resources online such as CDC if one wanted to educate themselves.
It’s people being lazy and wanting to subject the world to their ego of “I’m so smart because I believe in something contrary to the mainstream or against the establishment”.
There’s clear proof of fraud by the idiot that started the nonsense rumors of vaccine harm, and not a single person who knows basic math has shown risk of harm. There is no excuse, other than wanting to satisfy your own ego.