I didn't realize that they couldn't be exposed to people who had received the immunization. Do you by any chance have a website/jounarnal article so I can read into this a little more. I had never had that scenario presented to me in school or in my research. I can see how for about 5 days post-innoculation that exposure to people with immune deficiencies/susceptibilities or existing viral conditions may pose a risk, but I would still like to read up on it.
I did misunderstand the 40 million number, and misread it as another statistic.
As for mumps, I *personally* know 37 people who developed mumps through failure to vaccinate. I hear reported cases of the other conditions I mentioned since it is of concern for the WHO and the CDC. I can understand resistence to new varicella (chickenpox) vaccines since the vast majority of children suffer no lasting effects from chicken pox, but the DPT (diphtheria, polio, tetanus) and the MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella) were very widespread and damaging infections. Death, blindess and nervous system damage were not uncommon. I think it will be a long time before vaccines stop being controversial.
Fortunately, post-exposure inoculations are available for pox viruses, though they are not in high production. That would also require that France was not suffering any sort of outbreak for us to get those vaccines. I am eternally grately for that high school teacher who made it very clear to us that while it is unfortunate, science, medicine and politics are not independant of teach other.
("But one of the side effects is death, but I have a pill to cure that too." -from Foamy)
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I did misunderstand the 40 million number, and misread it as another statistic.
As for mumps, I *personally* know 37 people who developed mumps through failure to vaccinate. I hear reported cases of the other conditions I mentioned since it is of concern for the WHO and the CDC. I can understand resistence to new varicella (chickenpox) vaccines since the vast majority of children suffer no lasting effects from chicken pox, but the DPT (diphtheria, polio, tetanus) and the MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella) were very widespread and damaging infections. Death, blindess and nervous system damage were not uncommon. I think it will be a long time before vaccines stop being controversial.
Fortunately, post-exposure inoculations are available for pox viruses, though they are not in high production. That would also require that France was not suffering any sort of outbreak for us to get those vaccines. I am eternally grately for that high school teacher who made it very clear to us that while it is unfortunate, science, medicine and politics are not independant of teach other.
("But one of the side effects is death, but I have a pill to cure that too." -from Foamy)