Chicken pox vaccination is fairly new in the US as well. It didn’t exist when I was a kid (or if it did, it wasn’t widely distributed). Pretty much everybody I knew got chicken pox at some point in elementary school.
So now you can get the shingles vax! I’ve been thinking about it, but I’ve been told to wait until I’m 60. It’s expensive, $300 or more, but it’s probably worth it considering how nasty shingles is supposed to be. And if it makes me autistic I doubt anyone would notice.
The shingles vaccine gives you super double autism though.
Yea, reading up until a few years ago it was because of Shingles. Now there’s a vax for that, it’s because they don’t want to alter the vaccination schedule because they’re worried it’ll put more parents off. Sigh.
My son got the chicken pox vaccine around 2004, and still ended up getting the pox when he was 4. Now that he’s had a bone marrow transplant and had to get all his vaccines again, chicken pox was not one of the new ones. So he’ll probably get the pox again when he’s a teenager.
As the father of a child who was unvaccinated and had no immune system for a year, I can say that deniers on any end of the political spectrum can go fuck themselves. The constant worry that something stupid like measles or mumps would kill my son after all he had been through was both maddening and exhausting.
Is that like double secret probation? Sign me up for both!
Same here. About autism being noticed as well!
I was always concerned about shingles as I’ve had chicken pox.
The shingles vaccine causes dementia, arthritis, and incontinence. My chiropractor/pastor/guru/life coach/wellness blogger told me so.
Dementia, arthritis, and incontinence are already penciled in on my schedule – it’s already a rare night when I don’t wake up and trot into the bathroom at some point. No worries there. If I can avoid shingles, it’s worth it.
Shouldn’t we all be meeting every morning at McDonald’s to solve all of life’s problems? The $1 sausage biscuits are on me.
Arguing with an anti-mandatory person on FB who just told me that aspirins have a higher mortality rate than measles. I replied with a “because most adults are f’n smart enough to vaccinate their children.”
You really can’t out-argue this level of stupid.
I will be 60 this year and I will probably get that shot. My grandfather had shingles and my father-in-law has had it so I am aware how painful they can be. As a kid of the 60’s I got chicken pox they way everyone else did, from somebody at school. It used to be that when one kid got them often parents would strive to see that all their kids got it. We did that with our kids as well, although it backfired as my wife is one of those people who got chicken pox a second time while taking care of our kids.
Thought this was partially funny:
Guys, I wanted to let you know about a personal decision I recently made. I don’t really feel like discussing it, but I want to put my position out there. Please be respectful. This is a really long post, but please read the whole thing.
I’m taking the brakes off my car. This isn’t a rash decision, so please listen up.
A few weeks ago I saw a car accident - two people went through an intersection at the same time. Both slammed on their brakes at the same time and collided. Fortunately no one was seriously injured.
But then it occurred to me - if they had just gone through the intersection, they wouldn’t have collided. The brakes CAUSED the accident!
So, I decided to do my own research and what I found was staggering: Hundreds of people every year are seriously injured by unnecessary braking. One time, I was driving in the snow and I just lightly tapped my brakes and it caused my car to COMPLETELY LOSE CONTROL. My brakes could have very easily gotten me killed. Even more astoundingly is how often brake pads will warp and distort rotors, causing bumpy rides and squeaky wheels.
And you know what? I also found that decades ago brakes weren’t even used! People would control their vehicle’s speed with downshifting and engine braking. Maybe it’s just coincidence, but back when engine braking was used there were almost no automotive fatalities. There were NEVER brake caused car accidents.
After doing some more digging, I found a nefarious plot - Mechanics: The very people who we trust to work on and care for our cars - get PAID to install and change brakes! You might THINK they care about our safety, or our cars - but they’re just in it for the $49.99 brake pad installations.
So I talked to my Mechanic about taking the brakes off my car and I was disgusted by how poorly he treated me. He accused me of being ignorant, when I was the one that looked up how much rotational torque brakes can put on your rotors. He didn’t even know how much torque a rotor can take before being warped!!! He said “rotors are designed to be compressed, that it isn’t actually a problem” just completely dismissing me.
Then he had the NERVE to say that my personal choice had consequences, that I would affect everyone around me. Well I’ve had it with him, I’m looking for a new mechanic. The problem is that so many mechanics are bought and paid by the automotive industry that ALL of them are insistent about my car having brakes. Most of them won’t even look at my car for other reasons, saying that a brakeless car could cause damage to their shop and other cars. What a bunch of bullshit, they just don’t like those who believe in alternative braking techniques.
Now of course big government is getting involved, saying that I MUST have brakes. That this isn’t just about me, and that I could hurt people. What happened to personal freedom? What happened to liberty?
So all I’m saying is, do your research. Don’t just listen to the NTSB and big automotive. I made a personal decision for my family, we just said no to brakes. We’ll be using natural remedies like Gravity, and putting our feet on the ground to stop. After all, if that was good enough for me when I was on my bike as a kid, it’s good enough for my children in my car.
Please keep the comments respectful!
Anyone who is an anti-vaxxer won’t understand the satire.
Bingo!
Or they’ll get it but say “but vaccines are different because…”
So what are the prevailing theories as to why autism rates have skyrocketed in the last 20 years? Science wise that is.
Better and quicker diagnosis
A lower standard for diagnosis?
Yeah, both of those.
It used to be, autistic kids were just weird, or retarded, or slow. Nothing has changed, we just have a more fancy diagnosis now.