• Fontasia@feddit.nl
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    I mean, technically if you are letting children die you would end up with stronger children, but why think about what you’re insinuating

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    That’s like a girl I knew arguing about how effective her homeopathic medicine was.

    “Because of those med, my flu only lasted a week!”

    A flu is only supposed to last 5-7 days ffs.

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      She’s implying that her son has a large penis, right? Am I the only one that thought that after the 😉 and the “I mean EVERY WAY.”?

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    I had chicken pox but my brother got the shot. Now I have the milestone of shingles and he never will yay

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      I got the shot and still got chicken pox later in life. I was the unlucky tiny percentage.

      Get your shots people.

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      I never got chicken pox or the shot because we couldn’t prove if my mom had it or was vaccinated as a kid. They thought maybe I was immune, and as a teenager did some testing. I’m not immune.

      I’m soon to be 36 and absolutely terrified of it. Im too old to be vaccinated against it now so I just have to do everything I can to avoid exposure but it can literally kill me at this age.

      I hate people who don’t vaccinate their kids. I didn’t have a choice because of missing medical records and risk to my mom. But to choose not to do so because of woo woo shit? Fuck you.

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        As an immunocompromised cancer survivor, I can tell you that unless you’re also immunocompromised, it’s not too late to get vaccinated against chicken pox. After my stem cell transplants, I had to have all my childhood vaccines again; but I can’t get varicella (chicken pox) or MMR as they’re live vaccines and the risk of catching the disease from the vaccine is too great.

        Get as many vaccinations as you can as often as you can.

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          but I can’t get varicella (chicken pox) or MMR as they’re live vaccines and the risk of catching the disease from the vaccine is too great.

          That’s why they wouldn’t give it to me but I’m not immune compromised

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        Chicken pox vax was not a thing when I was little. I had to go stay with my grandparents when I got chicken pox cause my mom never had it

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        Pretty sure you can get vaccinated against chickenpox, check that.

        Here I know there is a shingles shot but only after you’re 50 for some reason

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          there is a shingles shot but only after you’re 50 for some reason

          It’s very expensive so they only give it to the elderly and those with weakened immune systems. In Australia for example, you can get it even if you don’t meet the criteria; but it’s not subsidised, so you’ll have to pay over A$200 a shot; and you need two of them for it to work.

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        I got chicken pox in my 30s, before a vaccine was available.

        It’s the only time in my life I considered becoming a pavement bollard by taking a dive from my 3rd floor apartment.

        The pain was so bad that I ran a shower without the cold tap on until I passed out…for 2 days. Yes, I got hyperthermia, and was severely dehydrated but it was the only way the pain would stop.

        Anti vaxxers are to be treated with contempt and mocked ceaselessly.

        Note: I think you can get the vaccine at any age. Check with a reputable doctor or your local health authority.

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            There’s a lot of vaccines that get approved for one age group first, then they go through the process for a wider age range

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        Same. Literally everyone in my kindergarten class got it except me. I don’t think there even was a vaccine back then. At least the kids I spend time around these days have had their shots.

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      Same with me! All of my siblings got it. It just wasn’t around when I was little.

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        even without nurgles gift of shingles, chicken box was on of the worst experiences of my life. Mom had to cover all the mirrors, it was soo hot because it was summer, I was constantly told not to scratch or pop them, the only relief was the oatbath that now I associate the smell with happiness/hope and crying cause mom had to take me out. This is crap anti vaccination wants for all children. Wtf character did it give me? It only filled me with more anger and drive to not want anyone suffer like this.

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    Whenever I’m in a old cemetery, I look for the graves that have five children dying within six weeks of each other. They’re usually not too hard to find if there are 200 year old headstones.

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      It always feels like “can you even imagine the psychological tortureporn and devastation the mourners endured in this spot and for the rest of their lives?”

      Otoh. I have higher expectations for a just universe than this chaotic place provides. Maybe they were sad and then moved on. Especially re children dying 200 years ago.

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        I’m curious how much training your autocorrect needed to infer “tortureporn” from the word “torture” alone…

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          This work involved a lot of backspaces and forced input. Tortureporn tortureporn as a matter of fact.

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    Huh. I reached the milestone their kid didn’t get until the second grade at age 3. Despite being fully vaccinated.

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      Yeah, but you then saw doctors for some tummy issues and fled your country. Vaccines made you weak.

      These unvaxxed kids, though. You just rub a little dirt on it and they’re all better! About 6 feet of dirt. And they don’t see any doctors or leave. Ever.

      - Written by the proud parent of 2 “normal” children and 6 underground children, probably

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      Yeah I don’t know what she is talking about. And is she proud of her kid not being able to read until he was almost nine? “But the other stuff 😏 In every way, and I mean EVERY WAY.”

      …w-what fuckin “other stuff? Is she claiming her kid is a great lay? What in the fuck is she talking about?

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        I don’t think unschooling is something that people living in poverty are doing.