Hooray for vaccinations!

[Balladeer08]

http://www.npr.org/2015/04/30/40338...gn=science&utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews

This is the third virus eradicated in the western hemisphere.

All of them after I graduated High School.

Why aren't there celebrations and the ringing of bells?

 

[1sickbastard]

http://www.npr.org/2015/04/30/40338...gn=science&utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews

This is the third virus eradicated in the western hemisphere.

All of them after I graduated High School.

Why aren't there celebrations and the ringing of bells?

Probably because some idiot anti-vaccer will end up screwing it up.

 

[GiggLeGasm]

It does make you wonder if they'll eventually alter the MMR or MMRV to exclude rubella.

 

[Tigersman]

I know if my child or grandchild died from catching one of these viruses from an unvaccinated child, I would go crazy. I would want to wipe all of that child's family.

 

[warrior queen]

I caught Rubella at 2 1/2 yrs old. Of course, I have no real memory of it, but my Mum tells me I was in hospital (in isolation) for almost 6 weeks.
I have no residual effects from having had it.

 

[glynndah]

It does make you wonder if they'll eventually alter the MMR or MMRV to exclude rubella.

Eventually, but since there's still another hemisphere to go, it may be quite a while.

 

[Recidiva]

I do believe Darwin will take care of this.

Go vaccines.

 

[phrodeau]

If there's one thing that humans can do well, it's make other species extinct.