Anti vaccination mom changes mind after kids get rotavirus

[Ravinoff]

Hopefully it wasn't life threatening, kinda sad some of us go again with learning "fire is hot".

Its a retrovirus, so its certainly not good. If the kids had been any younger, it probably would have killed them. And even still, they're not out of the woods yet because of the way the virus pulls a Borg on human DNA, it can lead to replication faults, causing cancer.

Rotavirus isn't a retrovirus, it's just a highly unpleasant viral gastrointestinal bug that causes horrifying diarrhea.

 

[BrawlMan]

Yes, I imagine many would change their mind after that. What a shame you couldn't have avoided this mess in the FIRST PLACE!

It's only a good idea until your darling crotch-spawn gets sick. Then you change your mind completely.

Oh, that made laugh so hard! I don't get these anti-vaccination people, it's like they themselves and others around them do die. What up wit that?!

 

[stroopwafel]

When it comes to vaccines I am all for them (but a few doctors way smarter than me are against flu shots unless you absolutely need them (very old or very young)) but I believe that they should be and remain one of the most vigorously tested and watched medicines in the world.

Flu shots are generally only recommended for people in poor health(the elderly or people whose immune system is compromised like HIV patients) and healthy people should have an adequate immune response so vaccines aren't really necessary. Also the flu virus mutates so you'll need yearly shots.

People forget but without vaccines we would still have smallpocks and much higher susceptibility for polio or tetanus. Infections your immune system don't deal with so easily. Also children are espescially at risk considering their immune systems aren't fully developed yet so a rotavirus can be fatal.

Really, I understand some of the gripes people have with 'big pharma' but I genuinely don't understand how people can question the efficacy of a critical vaccine and risk the life of their child for the lies of some pretentious fraud.