Smerky - my husband hates the flu shot for the same reason. He had never gotten the flu until he joined the military and was required by law each year to be vaccinated for it. Now each November he goes in and gets the shot, then comes home all diseased and ill. It's a huge pain.
Just wanted to add, before you think I'm a complete nutcase, that I do completely agree with you that children should be vaccinated. I'm always surprised when I meet people who tell me their kid isn't at risk for Tetanus, so they don't vaccinate for that. (Rusty nails at the park, anyone?)A great book to check out is Stephanie Cave's "What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Children's Vaccinations." She debunks a lot of the myths surrounding many anti-vaccine advocates, while suggesting a slightly delayed (like, by one month) vaccination schedule for infants.Even though Polio is basically eradicated in America and like countries, it's still too nasty of a disease for me to not vaccinate my child for it, especially living in Hawai'i, which still has MANY third-world country characteristics. TB "goes around" in the schools here and my husband actually caught it from being coughed on last year, so I firmly believe in getting vaccines. I'm just not so sure about this ONE...but I'm always open to changing my mind.
It's not environmentalism
"We already work harder and longer than anyone else in the world,"You've obviously never been to China ;-)
September 27, 2008 at 11:42 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Ask El Borak
Too bad you didn't give me a birthday present and now I'm lonely and sad.And I want some pie.
September 13, 2008 at 1:50 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Death of the Date
You can't say dating is dead just because you have low standards.
September 5, 2008 at 6:15 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
It's Time Anti-War Activists Go Back to School
If war protests were so effective, would it really take half a decade to "end the war"?
September 5, 2008 at 6:12 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Have you heard?
I guess I didn't realize that sex education was a bigger selling point for candidacy than health care or the war...
September 4, 2008 at 3:20 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
In the Future, Internet Browses YOU!
Aw, nobody liked my Tropic Thunder reference.*hangs head in shame*
September 4, 2008 at 2:34 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
In the Future, Internet Browses YOU!
I don't read script. Script reads me.
September 3, 2008 at 2 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
That's Not Hot
That was pretty amusing ;-).
August 6, 2008 at 1:04 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
I Want To Be One More
Smerky - my husband hates the flu shot for the same reason. He had never gotten the flu until he joined the military and was required by law each year to be vaccinated for it. Now each November he goes in and gets the shot, then comes home all diseased and ill. It's a huge pain.
August 6, 2008 at 1 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
I Want To Be One More
Just wanted to add, before you think I'm a complete nutcase, that I do completely agree with you that children should be vaccinated. I'm always surprised when I meet people who tell me their kid isn't at risk for Tetanus, so they don't vaccinate for that. (Rusty nails at the park, anyone?)A great book to check out is Stephanie Cave's "What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Children's Vaccinations." She debunks a lot of the myths surrounding many anti-vaccine advocates, while suggesting a slightly delayed (like, by one month) vaccination schedule for infants.Even though Polio is basically eradicated in America and like countries, it's still too nasty of a disease for me to not vaccinate my child for it, especially living in Hawai'i, which still has MANY third-world country characteristics. TB "goes around" in the schools here and my husband actually caught it from being coughed on last year, so I firmly believe in getting vaccines. I'm just not so sure about this ONE...but I'm always open to changing my mind.
August 5, 2008 at 11:31 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )