WTF you anti-vaccine guys? These diseases are no joke.
How many of you arguing about the dangers of vaccination even know the complications of paralytic polio (yes ok, that has paralysis in the name), Diphtheria ,
Pertussis , Tetanus, Haemophilus influenzae type B,
Measles, Mumps (especially to pregnant women, hint, it has the word abortion in it), Rubella,
Chicken Pox (cute funny name, 0.05% to 0.1% death rate).
Here's a nice summary of the complications of these diseases. Thankfully my kids don't have to face them, due to wide scale vaccination.
It just amazes me that people on this thread will discuss one-in-million imaginary possible side effects of vaccines, without even knowing the real death rates and
agonizing suffering caused by these diseases. Why is that? Oh yeah, because we get vaccinated against them.
Let's take just one example. Chicken pox. Sounds kind of cute and funny. Everyone used to get it, and we're all OK, so why are you snowflakes whining about it?
Let's see:
Chicken pox (AKA varicella). A red itchy rash marked with blisters, low-grade fever, and aching joints that lasts for a few days. The rash appears primarily on the torso. Caused by a virus and spread by droplets or direct contact.
When a woman who is not immune catches chicken pox any time during pregnancy, but particularly in the first 28 weeks of pregnancy, the virus can infect her fetus, resulting in fetal varicella syndrome:
- Under-developed fingers and toes
- Anal and urinary bladder sphincter abnormalities
- Spinal cord malformation
- Damage to the eyes
- Brain damage
- Absent deep tendon reflexes
Maternal infection at any time in pregnancy exposes the fetus to a high risk of transplacental contamination and is indicative of fetal follow-up. The risk of fetal anomalies, however, is higher during the first and second trimesters. Sonographic signs of fetal disease include fetal demise, growth restriction, musculoskeletal abnormalities such as clubfeet and abnormal position of the hands (caused by both necrosis and denervation of the affected tissue), limitation of limb extension due to cicatrices formation, cutaneous scars, limb hypoplasia, chorioretinitis, congenital cataracts, microphthalmia, hydrops, polyhydramnios, hyperechogenic hepatic foci, cerebral anomalies such as ventriculomegaly or atrophy, and microcephaly, disseminated foci of necrosis and microcalcifications, encephalitis, echogenic bowel in the second trimester. The placenta can show a multifocal chronic villitis with multinucleated giant cells. Fetal infection can be demonstrated by detection of varicella-zoster virus DNA by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in fetal blood and amniotic fluid or by detection of the specific IgM antibody, in the same fluids.
You don’t want that, now do you?
Making Light: Why We Immunize