epidemic ahead? cholera in Haiti

[BlueTiki]

Well wait a minute here, according to this article the baby was too young to get his vaccine. Different than the parents electing NOT to vaccinate.

Wasn't dogging the parents. He got that disease somewhere, from someone. Who knows how many hundreds of people with whom we have contact in 5 days' time. Somebody didn't protect themselves but they were probably big enough to live. This little guy wasn't.

Vaccination isn't really a personal decision. It affects everybody else you come into contact with in your life.

Herd Immunity. Think: asymptomatic “Typhoid Mary”. Many adults are asymptomatic carriers of pertussis.

Here’s what the CDC recommends:

http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4030.pdf

I was on a Southwest flight to SoCa and they announced they would NOT be serving peanuts, due to a passenger’s severe allergy to nuts. Herd immunity or PC?

Thank god I brought a PayDay candy bar with me. It was delicious! Fifty minutes is a long-time to go without sustenance.