Posted on 06/09/2005 12:26:04 AM PDT by ppaul
Praying for your return to health, ppaul!!!!
Illegal aliens are bringing in diseases that had been almost eradicated in America long ago. Is our government not paying attention? Is illegal immigration more important than the health of American children? Apparently so.
Thanks Granny.
BTW: Admin. Moderator:
Please keep this thread up for at least a day, okay?
This is really serious stuff.
If you get to a doctor early (which we did not do because we thought it was just a cold) antibiotics can reduce the time for getting better (although there is no cure).
It can be fatal for newborns and infants if proper precautions are not taken.
Please help get the word out.
"Is illegal immigration more important than the health of American children?"
It still doesn't explain how a person immunized against this could get it. Insofar as I know babies still have to get the shot against this.
I have not seen this in the major media either.In my area (Midwest US) there have been a few local cases this year.
The vaccines are not always effective - a lot of kids have come down with it who were vacinated. Also, because of some serious, often fatal side-effects from the pertussis vaccine, many parents opted not to have their children immunized.
Just out of curiosity what general area are you in?
I went to my doctor for a "tetanus shot" a few months ago as I had suffered some cuts in a dirty basement, and hadn't had such a shot for years. I was surprised to learn it wasn't just a tetanus shot. It is also a pertussis (whooping cough) shot. This combo sounds weird to me but I ain't a doctor.
We, who have (imagine!) many meatpacking plants have had outbreaks of whooping cough in schools for the last several years. Hundreds have been sent home, and some schools have canceled classes.
Two years ago, our State epidemiologist actually SAID in the local paper that it was because of un-immunized illegal immigrant teenagers. First, and only time I ever heard THAT...guess she was "taken aside and corrected"...LOL.
More and more people are not immunizing their kids. Second the immunization for pertussis wans as you age, and it's not given to adults. So we have more and more susceptible kids and adults out there. The bug for this is always around, so not something that is related to immigration ( unlike the spike in TB ).
Thanks President Bush! Thanks to your Open Borders Amnesty policy,we can count on more great diseases like this to make a comeback in the USA again!
You made this possible! Thank You! and Thank You Vincente! For sending us your poor,sick,hungry,and criminal.
How lucky are we,huh? Excellent! Bring back POLIO PLEASE? More TB! More Hep-A-B-C please!
Well you can get it as a "tetanus" shot. DPT (diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus). Whether it does a lick of good for pertussis prevention to an adult, I dunno.
TB, Measles, Whooping Cough, etc.
I wonder how many people will think this is CHEAP labor when these diseases hit their families?! The only people getting off CHEAP are the EMPLOYERS hiring ILLEGALS. Is it worth it?!!! Besides the diseases, crimes and the taxpayers are stuck with the bills.
Probably why we haven't seen anything about this outbreak in the MSM.
Well, some 'karma' may soon start coming the way of these employers (if they employ "normal" Americans too and carry health insurance for those), as some of this TB is horrendously expensive to treat. Can you say a million dollars a pop?
Wear a scarf and yer rubbers, and make sure the younguns git plenty of roughage!
I wouldn't be so fast to blame immigrants.
About the time, my son was born, 17 years ago, parents started opting out on the "pertussis vaccine."
I know many parents who have, and they aren't immigrants.
My pediatrician advised against opting out because he said the risks of the pertussis vaccine are small, but the consequences of whooping cough are grave.
I seriously can't remember now why everybody was scared about the vaccine (had to do with some reaction, or something.) Maybe somebody else can fill us in as to why parents opted out of the "P" in DPT.
Nope. DPT is not given after the age of 7. Adults get dT, which is Diptheria and Tetenus, NOT the pertussis vaccine.
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