All US adults under 60 should get hepatitis B shots [More Vaccine Totalitarianism]

Associated Press ^ | November 3, 2021 | Mike Stobbe

[fwdude]

NEW YORK (AP) — A government advisory committee on Wednesday recommended that all U.S. adults younger than 60 be vaccinated against hepatitis B, because progress against the liver-damaging disease has stalled.

The decision means that tens of millions of U.S. adults — mostly between the ages of 30 and 59 — would be advised to get shots. Hepatitis B vaccinations became standard for children in 1991, meaning most adults younger that 30 already are protected.

[farming pharmer]

Back in the day, it was the “Republic of Viet Nam”.

Thanks and thank you for your service.

I was born in '65, so that was a little before my time.

My dad pulled a low draft number in '64, so he got called up the summer after he graduated high school. He was sick with the flu so they told him to go home and wait to be called up again. They called him up again in '66, but I was born by then so he was deferred(?). I think he would have done well in the military, he's pretty smart and industrious even in his mid 70's.

[sport]

I am with you on that.

[sport]

Wise choice. You probably celebrate more birthdays that way.

[farming pharmer]

In 1976, I was working in a pathology lab and was exposed to hep B when I was cut by a broken test tube containing a hepatitis blood sample. I got two gamma globulin shots about a week apart; the first was fairly uncomfortable, but the second was OK because I rode my bicycle to work right afterward. I have no idea whether I had antibodies after that, though I have since donated blood numerous times.

Eww, that sucks. Quick treatment with gamma globulin probably saved you a lot of grief in the long run. Virus exposures are *always* better treated ASAP.

[sport]

I don’t know where you have been. But the rule of law left when the Clintons entered. If you have not noticed.

[nascarnation]

IIRC the draft lottery began in 69.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Yes, none of the varieties of hepatitis is anything to take lightly. One of my sisters died of Hepatitis C in 2003.

I gave my liver a pretty good workout for quite a few years when I was younger, so I plan to take care of what’s left..

[HartleyMBaldwin]

I think that’s right, as I remember that my oldest brother got a high number when the lottery was new, so that would have been 1969. As for me, the draft ended a few months before my 18th birthday, though I still had to register, of course.

[farming pharmer]

IIRC the draft lottery began in 69.

You're right, I'll have to ask my dad about that. He definitely got called up right after he graduated HS in '64.

I wonder if it was for something different?

I'll have to ask him.

[Repeal The 17th]

Seems surreal now...

[piasa]

Knowing how evil our leaders are, it is quite possible they want everyone taking shots whether they are at risk or not, in order to “improve” the marketability of your organs when it comes time for the State to harvest them. Sounds over the top until you realize that fetal bodyparts have been big business. I never thought I would be living in the Twilight Zone back when that show was on, but the amount of coercion the Biden admin wants to employ against the people over what has turned out to be a rather mild virus... pretty much screams that either the vaccines are intended to do much more than just prevent Covid....or, that Covid was just a little warning shot not to retaliate for something, as the anthrax attack appeared to be....a warning shot that says “Follow our instructions, or the next bioweapon we use with be modified ‘gain of function’ smallpox. We have demonstrated our capability.”

[markomalley]

I don’t have an issue, in of itself, with vaccines.

I am vaccinated against a ton of diseases, am glad that I am, and am careful to keep them current.

But I have a BIG aversion toward government MANDATES for vaccination.

With vaccines, everybody should do a basic risk analysis. There is a risk (small, but measurable) in taking any vaccine. There is a risk of catching a disease (maybe small, maybe larger). If the risk of catching a disease is greater than the risk from getting a vaccination against the disease, then I think you should get the vaccination. If not, then I ask “why bother”?

(BTW, for those that don’t know, risk = probability of an incident happening X impact if the incident occurs)

[DUMBGRUNT]

—”My dad pulled a low draft number in ‘64, “

About 1970-71? a close friend had a very low draft number.
He dropped out of school and spent his “school money” on a Corvette and bummed around!
As he occasional was stopped for speeding, he would whip out his induction papers and news clipping on his number and tell the Officer, write what you want but I’ll be gone; they let him go!

A few months later they suspended the draft and he sold the car.

[packrat35]

I just turned 60 so I am good.

[catnipman]

or as Father Guido Sarducci might say, “If you are 59 years, 11 months, 30 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes, 59 seconds and 999 milliseconds old, you’re dead without this shot!”

[higgmeister]

I retired as a PMI PMP® and ITIL® v3 certified Program and Project Manager.   I was steeped in the understanding of risk and risk mitigation.   With the full consideration of my personal risk factors, I opted to have the vaccine.   It has been over six months since my second Covid-19 vaccine.

I am vehemently opposed to mandatory vaccines, especially with such an extremely high survivability percentage for this manufactured pandemic in most age groups.

I am over sixty, so this seeming recommendation does not apply to me but it does seem like one more small slide down the slippery slope.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

How about no.

I am a married woman who is faithful, I do not do drugs (Ok a pint of coffee daily but I can stop any time) or get tattoos so my chances of getting it are already really low.

Besides, according to the CDC Risk for chronic infection is related to age at infection: about 90% of infants with hepatitis B go on to develop chronic infection, whereas only 2%–6% of people who get hepatitis B as adults become chronically infected.

So not much chance of me getting it and not much chance of it becoming a chronic problem.

So.... have a nice day.

[rarestia]

I don’t know where you have been. But the rule of law left when the Clintons entered. If you have not noticed.

I didn't. I was in high school.