And if it was “rushed to market” due to the urgency of a potential outbreak it is unlikely that there would there be a concern about the potential differences between ethnic groups. The benefits would surely outweigh the potential risks.
So Jack Wolfson is a genu-wine doctor http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/01/30/amid-measles-outbreak-anti-vaccine-doctor-revels-in-his-notoriety/
Because, ya know, when everyone ate “paleo-nutrition,” there were NO DISEASES AT ALL. That whole 30-year lifespan thing was because there were so many saber-toothed tigers around.
This man trained as a cardiologist, not as a pediatrician, and now practices holistic medicine. I would not want him to clean my bathrooms, let alone touch any actual human being I know.
@frazzled1, I agree 100% with you. I started reading a newspaper article about this “doctor” this morning. It made me so nauseated I didn’t finish it.
Do the anti-vaxers get any vaccinations? I realize this is a broad group but I was wondering if they eschew tetanus vaccinations after they step on that rusty nail? What about their pets? I have seen dogs with distemper and parvo- not a pretty sight. Just curious…
Why aren’t we getting the kind of information on the Bard student that we did on the nurse who didn’t want to quarantine for Ebola although there was no need? Was he vaccinated?
The Bard person was diagnosed with measles at Bard. So it seems he/she was not vaccinated.
My next door neighbor’s Bard kid’s car is still in the driveway. Hmmm… [-O<
Ah, the places paranoia take us!!
http://www.bard.edu/news/releases/pr/fstory.php?id=2654 Here’s the Bard story
Thanks for making me almost spit out my coffee.
I would really love for marie to come back and helpfully offer another word for this thinking that doesn’t start with “s” and end with “d.”
So if it’s an enrollment requirement, how did this student get measles?
I wonder if that school actually requires proof of measles vaccination. Maybe my memory is faulty, but the only vaccine I recall having to provide documentation for was meningitis. Different schools, though.
Also, there is a small percentage of people who will not seroconvert after being vaccinated properly. I think it’s around 3%. Maybe this kid had a waiver of some kind. Who knows?
It may be that the student was vaccinated but was one of the unlucky 1% or so that contracts the disease anyway. Maybe he hadn’t been eating enough paleo-nutrition?
OK, the Paleo trend has clearly gone too far! Never mind that we have changed plants and animals so much in the past 30,000 years or so that we can’t possibly eat paleo, I could… but I won’t.
I agree with @Nrdsb4, I only remember the colleges really caring about meningitis (dorm life), Hep B (health care majors and anyone who works with animals) and Tetanus (art students).
ETA - measles was considered eradicated back in 2000!
Does anyone know when the measles vaccine began to be administered? I’m just wondering if I (born in 1948) had measles (I know I had mumps) or if I received the vaccine.
Never mind; I just found it. It was introduced in 1963. I’m sure I must have actually had measles.
I’m sure someone has mentioned this already – I’m late to this thread – but I’m eager to see what happens when one of these non-vaccinated kids with measles develops significant complications. Will all the anti-vaccination Nazis rush to get their kids the shots?
Eons ago, I had to show proof that I had rubella before I could attend the University of Rochester.
Neither my undergrad nor grad schools require any vaccines.
In NY, at least when my son went to school, the state requirement for colleges was proof of meningitis only.
"And in my experience, from what I’ve personally heard and read over the years, it’s because their concerns are not heard, they’re treated like they’re idiots by doctors, they have a lot of questions that go unanswered or sniffed at in a snooty manner, and other choices they’ve made were looked down upon. There is reason to have a lack of trust, and maybe just maybe they’ve got some legitimate concerns. "
No, they don’t. You don’t get to make up your own facts just because your feels are hurt.
From the Bard Health Services webpage:
http://www.bard.edu/campus/services/popup.php?listing_id=732379
It’s possible that the student has a medical exemption.
Re 1529 - I know the company teriwtt is referring to, and my clients include some of the biggest pharmaceutical brands in America (if not the world). She is 110% correct! and it is beyond ludicrous to think that “drugs are being rushed through clinical trials to make a buck.”
You know who is unregulated though? All the “natural” drug pushers, who make whatever claims they like and don’t have manufacturing controls.