A measles outbreak is sweeping through Portland, a hotspot for the anti-vaccination movement, and neighboring Clark County in Washington state. Clark County Public Health has declared a public health emergency, reporting at least 23 confirmed cases and seven suspected cases of measles in the area since the new year. At least 20 of these people …
Tag: Vaccines
Gardasil
Your kids are already fucking, stop blaming a vaccine. (this uses profanity for a point) Look, nothing gets under my skin more than the excuses people use to not vaccinate themselves or their children. We have entire movements in this country that do nothing more than scream, “It’s about the children.” Well, Nursie poo …
Why you get a flu shot
So this piece comes from NPR. When people tell you that the flu is nothing, Here is the perspective one person. "I figured [the flu] was something that's dangerous to the elderly and the young, not somebody who is healthy and in their 30s," says Hinderliter, who is 39 and the director of government affairs …