I’ve had FIVE rubella vaccines. I still have ‘0’ rubella titer. I’m not jack boot enough, though, to demand someone ELSE submit to a medical procedure they don’t agree with just to protect me. This is just the gun control argument in a different area. Moreover, neither I nor you can guarantee that forcing someone to receive the rubella vaccine (grown in a dead fetus that would be *older* than I am btw) would even generate a positive titer for them. Regardless of how many times it was repeated.
what I would support, wholeheartedly, is being deliberately innoculated WITH rubella and spending a couple weeks in a ‘rubella hostel’ somewhere. Think of it as an away camp for 10yr old girls. Never have to worry about your status again. Or who might have it.
what I would support, wholeheartedly, is being deliberately innoculated WITH rubella and spending a couple weeks in a ‘rubella hostel’ somewhere. Think of it as an away camp for 10yr old girls. Never have to worry about your status again. Or who might have it.
Back when I was in Navy boot camp, I was one of two girls in my company (of 80 girls) who had a negative rubella titer. So the other girl and I were sent off to get the vaccine. My titer was never tested again, so I do not know if that particular vaccination worked. I do know that I have never had rubella, nor have I ever seen someone with rubella.
If you don't become immune from the vaccine, there is no guarantee you would become immune from the disease, either. And there is a chance that if you fail to become immune from the vaccine, it is because you have an immune system defect--in which case, becoming infected with the disease (deliberately or otherwise) could kill you. Choosing to get a potential fatal or disabling disease just to avoid being poked with a tiny needle isn't very logical.
When I was a kid, I got chicken pox. A few months ago, I got shingles, because the chicken pox virus is still alive inside my nerves. The shingles rash is gone, but I still have pain (post-herpetic neuralgia). Even though the shingles vaccine is recommended for people older than me, you better believe I'll ask for it on my next annual exam--I *don't* want to get shingles again.