Was this the "vaccinated ..." post? Sometimes I don't remember where I commented and can't go back to the post. But I think it was. But people who are against it, will never accept that idea.
I did struggle to understand how an old and well established idea was suddenly under question. We know a LOT about vaccination and how it works. Over the decades it has saved MILLIONS of lives. It's basically giving the immune system a crib or cheat sheet rather than simply allowing it to 'discover' new viruses on its own. Vaccination was one of the GREAT innovations of humanity. But now we see a rise in various long forgotten childhood & other diseases because a small group of people no longer 'believe' in preventing them. I do wonder if the Internet had existed at the time if we'd still have widespread Polio or Smallpox!
I'm not sure if any notification went out to my parents. Possibly, although they would've just said OK, or Good.... [grin] Thinking about it I had quite a few vaccinations in school. Makes a lot of sense - that's where you'd find the most kids in one place! [lol] Makes *total* logistical sense.
I remember getting one vaccine on a sugar cube... Was that the polio vaccine? I can't remember. I do remember my brother being tested for something and getting a *strong* positive! It turned out that he was already immune for some reason & had given a false positive to the disease!! They vaccinated him anyway though... [grin]
I doubt that my parents would have said no. Yes, polio was the sugar cube, small pox was the one in the arm where everyone from our generation still has the scars.
I thought it was the sugar cube... I remember thinking at the time that it would be good if *all* vaccines were delivered that way - but I had a real sweet tooth back then!
Then again I've never been bothered by needles. I while back I needed some blood taken so that they could run some tests and the doctor said that I could look away if it bothered me. Oh, no I said... This is *interesting*... followed by a few questions.. [lol]
I remember that, as well. Not because I feared the needle but because I wanted the sugar. I'm sure all kids do. And, same as you, I always watch when they take blood. It's so interesting. Unfortunately, I cannot donate blood here because we used to live in the UK during the BSE outbreak. How do they do that over there? Can you still give blood?
Not sure about the BSE/blood thing. I think they test for the markers and dispose of anything that shows positive - or at least that's what they *should* be doing! Although the outbreak was a great way of learning about the meat industry (I was already a veggie then) and about how the brain works...!
I've only given blood once & had a nasty reaction to it. I had to take 2 days off work to recover. The Blood Service asked me not to do it again as I frightened other people around me from giving there's... [lol]
Over here, they eliminate those who lived in the UK. I was heavily pregnant when we moved there, my son was born there. My eldest was a vegetarian, so wie hardly ever ate meat and certainly not beef because that's not good while you are pregnant and breast-feeding. But that doesn't make any difference. Even my son is not allowed to donate blood.
Understood. It seems like the Health people are taking the easy way out/being lazy with such a blanket approach. All they really need to do is take a quick blood test, determine if your blood is OK (I presume they do tests on other people as standard anyway?) and go from there...
As you may have seen, we're coming to the end of a blood transfusion scandal here in England with a projected pay out in the billions to cover compensation of victims of HIV and Hep C infected blood. Screw-ups, cover-ups... NOT good!
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Brilliant indeed.
Some very clever people out there! It seems obvious - once its pointed out [grin]
Was this the "vaccinated ..." post? Sometimes I don't remember where I commented and can't go back to the post. But I think it was. But people who are against it, will never accept that idea.
I did struggle to understand how an old and well established idea was suddenly under question. We know a LOT about vaccination and how it works. Over the decades it has saved MILLIONS of lives. It's basically giving the immune system a crib or cheat sheet rather than simply allowing it to 'discover' new viruses on its own. Vaccination was one of the GREAT innovations of humanity. But now we see a rise in various long forgotten childhood & other diseases because a small group of people no longer 'believe' in preventing them. I do wonder if the Internet had existed at the time if we'd still have widespread Polio or Smallpox!
[shakes head]
Well, WE know a lot about vaccination but some people seem to want to stay ignorant.
And yes, I am sure we still would have polio. I remember getting vaccinated at school, I doubt the parents were even informed beforehand.
I'm not sure if any notification went out to my parents. Possibly, although they would've just said OK, or Good.... [grin] Thinking about it I had quite a few vaccinations in school. Makes a lot of sense - that's where you'd find the most kids in one place! [lol] Makes *total* logistical sense.
I remember getting one vaccine on a sugar cube... Was that the polio vaccine? I can't remember. I do remember my brother being tested for something and getting a *strong* positive! It turned out that he was already immune for some reason & had given a false positive to the disease!! They vaccinated him anyway though... [grin]
I doubt that my parents would have said no. Yes, polio was the sugar cube, small pox was the one in the arm where everyone from our generation still has the scars.
I thought it was the sugar cube... I remember thinking at the time that it would be good if *all* vaccines were delivered that way - but I had a real sweet tooth back then!
Then again I've never been bothered by needles. I while back I needed some blood taken so that they could run some tests and the doctor said that I could look away if it bothered me. Oh, no I said... This is *interesting*... followed by a few questions.. [lol]
Yup, I have that scar too!!
I remember that, as well. Not because I feared the needle but because I wanted the sugar. I'm sure all kids do.
And, same as you, I always watch when they take blood. It's so interesting. Unfortunately, I cannot donate blood here because we used to live in the UK during the BSE outbreak. How do they do that over there? Can you still give blood?
Not sure about the BSE/blood thing. I think they test for the markers and dispose of anything that shows positive - or at least that's what they *should* be doing! Although the outbreak was a great way of learning about the meat industry (I was already a veggie then) and about how the brain works...!
I've only given blood once & had a nasty reaction to it. I had to take 2 days off work to recover. The Blood Service asked me not to do it again as I frightened other people around me from giving there's... [lol]
Over here, they eliminate those who lived in the UK. I was heavily pregnant when we moved there, my son was born there. My eldest was a vegetarian, so wie hardly ever ate meat and certainly not beef because that's not good while you are pregnant and breast-feeding. But that doesn't make any difference. Even my son is not allowed to donate blood.
Interesting.... I can understand why though. BSE and vCJD are *horrible* diseases.
Of course they are. But if they take anyone in the UK, why not check those of us who lived there instead of just rejecting us right awy.
Understood. It seems like the Health people are taking the easy way out/being lazy with such a blanket approach. All they really need to do is take a quick blood test, determine if your blood is OK (I presume they do tests on other people as standard anyway?) and go from there...
Let's hope they do tests ...
As you may have seen, we're coming to the end of a blood transfusion scandal here in England with a projected pay out in the billions to cover compensation of victims of HIV and Hep C infected blood. Screw-ups, cover-ups... NOT good!
I know. The same everywhere. Ugh!
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