vaccinations

Realizing that people's status may have changed I thought a second poll would be appropriate.

German parliament approves compulsory measles vaccinations - Bundestag backs law that will fine parents up to €2,500 if children are not inoculated (Guardian, Nov. 14, 2019)

I am curious, based on recent interactions with self-identified libertarians, what proportion of of self-identified libertarians support/refute the concept of mandatory vaccinations. Hm...dropped an extra letter in the 2nd poll option and can't seem to edit.

Recently released, please comment; it would be interesting to get the view of virologists, and others in the Medical field. Read more: sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120301143426.htm

Hello again, folks. I already feel like an idiot for coming back and asking more questions to a crowd who called me a fair number of names and even one commenter who tried to poison the well, so I suppose I've only got myself to blame for the negative attention this comment thread might...

Hi, folks; can you offer me some help? The trouble is that my wife and I disagree on the importance of vaccines: I think children should be vaccinated, and she thinks vaccines are deadly. She so strongly opposes vaccines that she has said she would leave me before she agreed to vaccinate our...

I had measles in 1970 when I was 5 (give or take a few years). Can I get the measles again? Can I get mumps or rubella too? I'm confused because they give one shot or two shots for mumps, measles and rubella. Are these diseases different strains of the same virus? Stupid question, I know...

So i have been wondering this for a long time, and wanted to see if anyone could shed some light on the issue. Why is it , that if religion is used as the reason for a harmful act, the act itself is seen as protected? I will give some examples to clarify. Let's say i dislike my child. I...

This is really sick. The Australian Vaccination Network (which is really an anti-vaccination group) is accused of harassing the parents of a child too young to be vaccinated who died of pertussis. kedtPltPvf0

Do not waste your time debating conspiracists who post anti-vax tripe on the Alex Jones channel at Youtube. It is like talking to a brick wall and accomplishes nothing but raise your bloodpressure. That is all. I just needed to vent a little.

My CT inclined friend was yammering at us last night about how some bill (didn't say house or senate bill) was going to give the government authority to come into our homes and forcibly vaccinate us. I suspect that he was referring to whatever legislation is being developed as part of all this...

I see that measles is on the rise yet again in the UK (and probably elsewhere) and that deaths are predicted and this is due to ... low vaccination rates. Can anyone explain why it makes more sense to listen to someone like Jenny McCarthy (who is, admittedly, quite yummy eye-candy, but is not...

A rather promimnent member of the Finnish woo-circles I know is starting to waver regarding some of her core-beliefs. But she's a tough one, quite well educated (as in brainwashed), and not ready to give up without proper evidence (which, I think, is admirable whatever the situation). She...

http://www.skepticforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=11082 See also: http://www.skepticforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=11082 http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2009/03/beware_a_wave_of_stupid_is_about_to_fall.php Ms. McCarthy opposes childhood vaccinations. She is going to be responsible (if...

Thanks to all the links we've followed, all the information and thoughts on vaccinations me and my wife have read throughout this forum, we got our kids (ages 3 and double 2) their first vaccinations today, according to the Finnish public program. A year ago this would've been totally...

Hi All, I was talking to a friend about Bill Maher the other day and he said he didn't like the guy as he was an anti-vax nutjob, Well i tried googling and only came up with allegations from 2005 that he said he didn't believe in vaccinations. Does anyone have any better proof of Mr Mahers past...

Last year a previously healthy 20 yr old attending the same college as my son died of influenza (flu) when he got MRSA pneumonia with it. The CDC reported that after a couple years of sporadic cases, last year they saw a worrisome increase in MRSA pneumonia associated with influenza that was...

Andrew Wakefield, the discredited researcher whose discredited theory that MMR caused autism, left the UK some time ago to set up shop in the US, where he set up Thoughtful House, a centre for children with autism. It appears that he is trying to relaunch his clinical career by establishing...

So my wife works at a hospital clinic, and tonight, as happens once in a while, she and other staff members were treated to a dinner where medical things were discussed, and needs to purchase items pursuant to whatever was being talked about came up. My wife is not a physician, but she...