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Re: [LUG] OT vaccination was Re: iPad in school

 

On 12/11/11 15:03, James Kilty wrote:
>
> It looked promising at the time but the response was rather heavy duty -
> not given in a scientific manner. There is a US lobby re additives in
> vaccinations which put mercury into the infants' bodies - adding up to
> damaging doses and a kind of autism as a result.

And the mercury has largely been removed, increasing the expense of the
vaccines, with no impact on Autism diagnosis rates. You are stating
these things like they are facts, rather than the misinformation they
were in the first place.

Please if you don't understand herd immunity your grasp on the relevant
science is clearly inadequate to distinguish the good from the bad
information out there.

You have three basic choices, either learn more of the relevant science,
or trust the experts, or wallow in dangerous ignorance and
misinformation that is awash on the Internet.

There are genuine controversies in vaccination research and practice.
Probably the leading one is whether to vaccinate for chickenpox, or
whether the resulting increase in Shingles in older people outweighs the
benefits. It is a genuinely difficult question to answer, and currently
US and UK vaccine experts have come to different conclusions. The data
coming in hasn't so far helped much. The benefits of chickenpox vaccine
were much greater than hoped, the incidence of Shingles also increased
more than some experts were expecting.

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