Sigh- Here we go again - Conservatives vs. vaccines

[packman]

May she catch it and may it pox her goodly

[Phoenix61]

1. Cool, I'm old enough to have gotten a small pox vaccine. nt

[Irish_Dem]

4. Yes I have had the small pox vaccine too.

I was a military kid and we got lined up before going overseas for all kinds of vaccines.

I wonder if it will still be active all these years later?

[Phoenix61]

5. I'm planning on doing more travel in Asia and plan on

getting a polio booster. May ask about a smallpox one too.

[Irish_Dem]

7. Good idea.

I traveled to China some years ago and the county health department was very helpful and administered all needed shots.

Where are you going in Asia?

[chowder66]

6. To stay protected from smallpox, you should get booster vaccinations every 3 years.

If you need long-term protection, you may need to get booster vaccinations regularly. To stay protected from smallpox, you should get booster vaccinations every 3 years.


https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/smallpox/index.html


How often do you need to get the smallpox vaccine?
If you need long-term protection, you may need to get booster vaccinations regularly. To stay protected from smallpox, you should get booster vaccinations every 3 years. When there IS a smallpox outbreak, you should get the smallpox vaccine if you are directly exposed to smallpox virus.

[Irish_Dem]

8. Thanks!

Original about 60 yrs ago, and I had a booster about 20 yrs ago, so it is very outdated.

[chowder66]

9. You're welcome. I never had one. I was right on the cusp.

I also didn't have the MMR vaccine until a couple of years ago when there was an outbreak here in L.A.

[Irish_Dem]

10. I had those childhood diseases.

Amazing to think that so many childhood diseases disappeared due to vaccines and the MAGAs don't understand any of that.

But then people stopped getting their kids vaxxed and they returned.

[chowder66]

11. Yep. I was lucky that I didn't have to get those vaccines but that's all changing because

of stupidity. I have no problem getting them if I have to and would gladly get them tomorrow.

[Irish_Dem]

12. Oh yes please do get these vaxs if need be.

These illness were horrible for us as kids and the adult versions are said to be worse in some cases.

The diseases were wiped out due to science but people got complacent. Younger doctors may have never seen some of these illnesses.

[chowder66]

14. I will. When I got the message from my doctor about the measles/mumps outbreak

I went in immediately. Just got my second booster for covid yesterday.

[Irish_Dem]

15. Excellent. How are you feeling?

I got sick with all four shots for about three days.

I kept thinking if I am this sick with just the vaccines and boosters, actual covid would have killed me.

[chowder66]

17. I'm one of the lucky ones I think? My symptoms afterwards

1st shot: about 2 hours after I had a headache I was moderately tired, got a hot head (dry, warm to the touch heat) which only lasted about a half hour. The headache and tiredness lasted for several hours. My arm was pretty okay until bedtime and that wasn't a big deal.

2nd shot: about 2 hours after...No headache, mildly tired, hot head but a lot less noticeable and arm was less sore because I massaged the area right after getting the injection and kept massaging it throughout the day.

1st booster: about 2 hours later ...No headache, barely tired, warm head, mildly sore arm. They didn't last as long.

2nd booster: about 2 hours later....No headache, the most tired I've been yet, hot head for about a 1/2 hour. Sore arm because I forgot to massage it. Still feeling a bit fatigued today it didn't keep me down or anything.


All four were Moderna.

[Irish_Dem]

19. I had Moderna too.

Yes I think you did well.

For the first two shots I was flat in bed for three days. Could not do anything. A friend brought me food, but I was not hungry. Everything hurt like hell and my arm was so painful I could not sleep.

Boosters same thing but only for a day.

Then I was perfectly fine. So weird.

I also had delayed reactions, I did not have any problems until the day after the shots.

All the same I am so glad I had the shots, no telling what actual covid would have done to me.

[chowder66]

21. You just made me feel 10 x more lucky.

I'm sorry it was hard on you but it sounds like you soldiered through it well.

[womanofthehills]

16. The CDC says that but some research studies disagree

Smallpox immunity may last a lifetime

One major question is whether antibodies are the key factor in immunity. Slifka says: “The assumption in recent years has been that immunity depends, not on antibodies, but on T-cells” – blood cells that attack invaders. The team found that such cell-mediated immunity does indeed wane after vaccination, with a half-life of eight to 15 years. But in the test group, even people with little cell-mediated immunity left still had high levels of antibody.

Taken together with the earlier observations, “this suggests that long-term smallpox immunity might depend on antibodies, not T-cells,” says Slifka. This would be good news, because in the test group antibodies seemed to remain “remarkably stable” after vaccination.

It suggests that half of those vaccinated as children – about one in four westerners – is currently immune to smallpox. Furthermore, nearly all of the rest of the vaccinated population may be partially immune. This could mean they might get only mild disease, says Slifka, and – importantly for control measures – would probably not be contagious.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn4064-smallpox-immunity-may-last-a-lifetime/

[chowder66]

18. That's great but I would probably follow the CDC until more was known.

Maybe they will update any guidelines if it's necessary.

[Irish_Dem]

20. Military kids got so many shots back in the day.

Small pox, typhoid, typhus, polio, etc etc.

If there is any immunity left in my body, might come handy in the pandemic apocalypse I now live in.

[onecaliberal]

2. Does she even know how it is transferred?

[Baked Potato]

3. Candace Owens of Dumfuckistan, says what?

[Jack-o-Lantern]

13. What a ludicrous dumbbell this woman is, too stupid to know how stupid she sounds.