Category Archives: Vaccination

MA Hospital Influenza Vaccination Still Inadequate: Just Mandate It Already

Posted on May 16, 2012 by

A while ago, we discussed how anti-vaccination idiocy by hospital staff enabled the spread of influenza to critically ill patients. So we read with dismay the following from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (God Bless It!; boldface mine): Roughly 81 percent … Continue reading →

Posted in Boston, Influenza, Public Health, Vaccination | 2 Comments

How Austerity Is Making You Sick: The Whooping Cough Edition

Posted on May 14, 2012 by

Because costs money to have a public health system that can actually protects the public’s health (boldface mine): MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — Whooping cough, or pertussis, a highly infectious respiratory disease once considered doomed by science, has struck Washington State … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Public Health, Vaccination | 6 Comments

How Influenza Spreads Through a Hospital: It’s the (Lack of) Vaccination, Stupid

Posted on May 1, 2012 by

Now that summer is near, let’s talk about influenza (I’m a little behind on some items). A while ago, I came across this post which demonstrates just how critical influenza vaccination (the ‘flu shot’) is for medical personnel (boldface mine): … Continue reading →

Posted in Fucking Morons, Influenza, Public Health, Vaccination | 1 Comment

Why Is There Less Hassle to Opt Out of Vaccination Than to Get a Safe and Legal Abortion?

Posted on April 19, 2012 by

There has been a spate of bills, introduced by conservatives, designed to make getting abortions more difficult. One feature of these bill is that healthcare providers are forced to tell women about the consequences of the abortion (and, in some … Continue reading →

Posted in Blastocyst Liberation, Conservatives, Vaccination

Guess What? Vaccination Works

Posted on February 5, 2012 by

Although, now that California has eliminated deaths due to pertussis and reduced the incidence of disease by around seventy percent, anti-vaxxers undoubtedly will claim we now longer need to vaccinate (boldface mine): Facing an epidemic of whooping cough that led … Continue reading →

Posted in Vaccination

‘Pox Parties’ and Bioterrorism

Posted on October 31, 2011 by

I’ve had with it anti-vaxxers–this story makes me want to get all Dominican/Dogs of God on their ass: Doctors and medical experts are concerned about a new trend taking place on Facebook. Parents are trading live viruses through the mail … Continue reading →

Posted in Fucking Morons, Public Health, Terrorism, Vaccination | 55 Comments

The Reality of a Serious HPV Infection

Posted on September 24, 2011 by

Usually, I would put something like this in a list of links, but it’s too important not to call attention to it. Stephanie Zvan in “And Then You Wait“: Nothing about this appointment has been good news. Much of it … Continue reading →

Posted in Vaccination, Viruses

The Second Most Frustrating Thing About Anti-Vaxxers

Posted on September 22, 2011 by

There are quite a few things in our political discourse which are frustrating because we have to fight like hell, and, when it’s all said and done, we end up right back where we started. And the price we pay … Continue reading →

Posted in Fucking Morons, Vaccination | 2 Comments

The Hidden Cost of Anti-Vaxxers: The Price of One Measles Outbreak

Posted on May 7, 2011 by

The cost of non-vaccination–and among healthcare workers.
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Posted in Fucking Morons, Vaccination | 6 Comments

Well, OK, Some People Are Greater Vaccination Morons Than Others

Posted on April 30, 2011 by

The full vaccine schedule is far less complex in terms of what the immune system actually sees and experiences than it was in the 1960s–and children are protected against many more diseases.
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Posted in Fucking Morons, Vaccination | 5 Comments