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Measles outbreak continuing to grow

  

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Via:  perrie-halpern  •  6 years ago  •  17 comments

Measles outbreak continuing to grow
Today 33 more cases of the highly contagious disease were confirmed in New York City, raising concern throughout the area. Nationwide, the number of measles cases this year is already near the total for all of last year

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Perrie Halpern R.A.
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1  seeder  Perrie Halpern R.A.    6 years ago

In parts of lower upstate NY, children are not allowed in public spaces because things have gotten so bad.  Are we headed back to quarantines?

 
 
 
Gordy327
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1.3  Gordy327  replied to  Perrie Halpern R.A. @1    6 years ago
Are we headed back to quarantines?

Or to the Dark Ages of medical knowledge. How stupid can people be to shun vaccinations? Well, now we're seeing the results.

 
 
 
Kavika
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2  Kavika     6 years ago

The non Vaxxers are a legion of doom.

 
 
 
BizEBea
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3  BizEBea    6 years ago

Thimerosal, the ingredient that caused the hysteria over vaccinations, has the mercury removed after the manufacturing process. While trace amounts remain, we breathe in more mercury from the air naturally than that which ends up in the system. The only vaccines that Thimerosal is used in any longer are DTap and DTap-Hib.

The Thimerosal itself is used to keep dangerous microbes from growing in the vaccine compound and infecting the individual vaccinated. I like to think of it as bleach in a way. I bleach surfaces in my house to clean them of germs. However, I don't want evaporated bleach residue left behind, risking ingestion.

However, let's posit for a moment that the mercury is not extracted properly (it is), when your OB told you that you could treat yourself to a moderate risk fish off that diagram in their office, they greenlit heavier exposure to mercury than the vaccine would ever have.

To the credit of anti vaxxers, I think they're onto something by examining chemicals. I just think they're examining the wrong ones.

 
 
 
sandy-2021492
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3.1  sandy-2021492  replied to  BizEBea @3    6 years ago

It's not just that they're examining the wrong chemicals.  They have no idea about the concept of "the dose makes the poison".  We all ingest toxins of some sort every day.  We even manufacture our own as a result of normal metabolic processes.  They don't kill us because they aren't present in high enough doses.

 
 
 
Perrie Halpern R.A.
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3.1.1  seeder  Perrie Halpern R.A.  replied to  sandy-2021492 @3.1    6 years ago

I hate to say it, but anyone who is over the age of 45 had more than a full dose of every vax every time they scrapped a knee. They used to smear that red mercurochrome on all our cuts and it was full of nothing but mercury. It even used to be in contact fluid.

That being said, for that reason, it is good to be mindful about what we are willing to expose ourselves to and not just trust chemical and drug companies to tell us what is and is and is not OK for us

 
 
 
sandy-2021492
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3.1.2  sandy-2021492  replied to  Perrie Halpern R.A. @3.1.1    6 years ago

I agree.  I switched to thimerasol-free contact solution early on, because thimerasol stung my eyes.

That being said, dentists work with mercury all day, every day, and tend to be healthier than the average person.

So, I'm mindful, but not paranoid.

 
 
 
It Is ME
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4  It Is ME    6 years ago

It's Just the planet shaking off a few more fleas ! 

"SAVE THE PLANET" ! 

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