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To: webstersII
I have litte patience for the likes of you.

I was vaccinated, just about everyone I know and you know of a certain age (30 or more) were vaccinated.

These vaccinations were as universal as exists in human society and that is what erradicated small pox.

If you do not want to be vaccinated, that's up to you.

But your superstition and pseudoscience are luxeries we cannot afford to waste time discussing now.

34 posted on 10/26/2001 1:31:10 PM PDT by tallhappy
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To: tallhappy
I have litte patience for the likes of you. I was vaccinated, just about everyone I know and you know of a certain age (30 or more) were vaccinated. These vaccinations were as universal as exists in human society and that is what erradicated small pox. If you do not want to be vaccinated, that's up to you. But your superstition and pseudoscience are luxeries we cannot afford to waste time discussing now.

I was vaccinated, also, when I was young.

But you are the one spreading pseudoscience and hyperbole when you say that everyone who gets the disease, dies. Get your facts straight before you tell everyone that we should trust in something that is not a perfect solution.

This post by HarryK(who says he is a doctor, and I believe him) is much more accurate than your fearmongering:

Actually, this is more complicated than it seems There is a 1 in a million death rate from small pox vaccine. Thus, vaccinating all 280 million Americans would kill about 280 people. In addition, there would be 10-100 times as many serious reactions (brain damage, widespread skin necrosis, etc). If Al-Qaeda, or Iraq or whoever truly has the means to use smallpox, then perhaps 280 deaths and several thousands serious casualties are worth it. How sure are we that they have it? Additionally, with all due respect, there is a cure for smallpox--it is the vaccine. Those who receive the vaccine within 4 days of exposure, are likely to survive. See this thread to see how a potential outbreak in New York was treated in 1947 by mass vaccination--which wasn't started till after the initial case had died. We need more vaccine--to treat an outbreak. I think mass vaccination of everyone right now is questionable, at best. HarryK

36 posted on 10/26/2001 1:39:02 PM PDT by webstersII
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