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Fit95 said:Did anyone ever wonder why you need boosters when you get flu shots or vaccines? It is because your body does not create permanent antibodies against them and you are succeptable to the same illness again.
Ram From Hell said:Only partially true. There are a great many diseases that the body creates permanent defenses against when presented with the dead virus. When was the last time you got a polio booster, for example?
Still, there are people like my wife who have had chicken pox FOUR TIMES! As I said above, peoples' immune systems can be as varied as their genetic makeup.
Ram From Hell said:Well, at least she can be an aspiring marathon runner!
Sorry.
Folks, there's still so much we are clueless to as to how the body will react from one person to another. Our immune systems I believe are every bit as complex as our DNA.
However, from the standpoint of trying to act in the interest of the many, we are still far ahead of the game with immunizations. There have always been the rare deaths or disabilities that result from them. However, has to weight that against the alternative results like epidemics (now pandemics) that can result in the loss of hundreds to hundreds of thousands of people, if we did nothing.
It is simply a calculated risk in an effort to serve the greater good.
I fully intend to get my flu shots, if they EVER make it to my city!
:congrats: :congrats: :congrats: :congrats: :congrats: :congrats: :congrats: :congrats: :congrats:ViperJeff said:OK, as much of you know by now I have been arguing certain BS stuff for a while now. Although my heart aches for this young woman and wish her the best, I invite you all to read the following article
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/19265007/ns/dateline_nbc-health_stories/
It's from June 17, 2007
Stinker said:its all a government conspiracy! dont take the shots you are jsut being used as test subjects!!!!!!!!!!!
run! and run fast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LoveThisTruck said:I don't need to run fast.... just faster than you