Whooping Cough Epidemic in California (page 2)

PSacramento

Some kids react badly to vaccines, I know one kid the almost died from a regualr dose of kids Tylenol when he had a fever.

The VAST MAJORITY don't.

If your kid is one that does, you have my sympathy, I hope your child is never exposed to something bad.

We need to remember what vaccines are, we are injecting the virus in question, along with some antibodies ( I think) to creat more antibodies for said virus, to give the child a fighting chances VS the virus.

WHich means that if a very small dosage, like that which is typical in a vaccine, can cause such a reaction, imagine what being exposed to the actual virus at full force would do.

beksbks

PSac, that's not exactly so. It's often not the actual virus that is the problem, but the medium that it is suspended in. Also, realize that it is wholly unnatural to be exposed to a virus by a big fat shot to the bloodstream. That does not give your natural defenses much of an opportunity to do thier job.

PSacramento

Beksbks, I know that the delivery agent USED to be an issue, is it still one?

Also, realize that it is wholly unnatural to be exposed to a virus by a big fat shot to the bloodstream. That does not give your natural defenses much of an opportunity to do thier job.

Well, outside of being exposed to the virus, what other way can out body build antibodies for it??

Of all the people I know and all their kids and such, I know only of ONE case where they/theirchild had a reaction to the vaccine.

moshe

-but I'll always wonder how she could have let me be so ill and not take me in for medical attention.

The cough begins after the infection has already happened, I know as I ended up in the hospital at 44 years of age from Pertussis- the hospital doctor said after the fact, that I probably had contracted Pertussis a few weeks before that. They gave me oxygen for 48 hours and steriod nebulizer treatments every 4-8 hours for 3 days. I almost passed out from coughing trying to drive myself to the emergency room on a Sunday afternoon. The family doctor didn't have a clue how sick I was going to get- he thought it was just bronchitis and treated it with standard antibiotics. I missed 10 days of work and it was about 3 months before I felt back to my old self.

hamsterbait

If EVERYBODY thought like the anti-vaccine crowd, there would still be smallpox, typhoid, rabies diphtheria scarlet fever and other hideous epidemics killing hundreds of thousands of our children every year.

beksbks - it is only because most parents get their kids vaccinated that you have the luxury of putting your own childs health on the line.

I just hope your non-immunised children don't pass on a deadly infection to somebody else's and kill them. - or vice versa.

HB

blondie

http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/24037788/detail.html

ThePittsburghChannel.com

Calif. Whooping Cough Outbreak Concerns Pa. Health Officials

5 California Babies Die From Whooping Cough, Doctors Concerned

POSTED: 9:42 am EDT June 25, 2010 UPDATED: 10:23 am EDT June 25, 2010

PITTSBURGH -- Local medical officials are sounding the alarm after five babies die from whooping cough in California.

Whooping cough, also called pertussis, is transmitted through the air, person to person.

Although the recent outbreak is far from Pennsylvania, local doctors said that it will more than likely come to our region.

“In Pittsburgh, we haven't seen the rise, yet. But when it's happening in one part of the country, it's going to come to us. So rather than wait until we're in the middle of it, we really should be getting people out there and getting vaccinated now” said Dr. Marian Michaels, a local pediatric special disease specialist.

“It begins with cold symptoms and a cough, which becomes worse over one to two weeks,” said Michaels, describing the signs of whooping cough

The doctor also said that symptoms include a long series of coughs, followed by a whooping noise.

She urges parents to call their doctor if their child has a persistent cough.

“The best way to protect yourself and your children--Make sure everyone is up to date on their vaccines.” Michaels said, stressing a preventative method of action.

beksbks

beksbks - it is only because most parents get their kids vaccinated that you have the luxury of putting your own childs health on the line.

I just hope your non-immunised children don't pass on a deadly infection to somebody else's and kill them. - or vice versa.

HB

Hamsterbait, you ridiculous moron, how dare you. The LUXURY?? I watched my son become ill twice after vaccinations. I spent the worst night of my life in the emergency room with my baby boy because of vaccinations. My children are now thankfully 23 and 25 years old. Healthy and whole. Because I was aware enough to recognize a reaction to the vaccines. I've met other families who were not so fortunate.

PSacramento

Beksbks,

It pains me that you and your son had to go through so much, I hope that medicine gets to a point where things like that won't happen.

You must be thankful though that your children are in the minority and that the vast majority CAN get vaccinated without problems, which means your kids will be safer.

Imagine if it was the other way around...

hemp lover

"A big THANK YOU to all of the anti-vaccine people out there. "

and

"If EVERYBODY thought like the anti-vaccine crowd, there would still be smallpox, typhoid, rabies diphtheria scarlet fever and other hideous epidemics killing hundreds of thousands of our children every year."

How many books have you read, both pro and con, on the subject?

Pistoff

People who don't vaccinate, sorry beks, are ruled by anecdote and junk science.

P

Whooping Cough Epidemic in California

Calif. Whooping Cough Outbreak Concerns Pa. Health Officials

5 California Babies Die From Whooping Cough, Doctors Concerned

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