Responses to booju vaccination post

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The person with lupus cannot protect herself because vaccines aren't going to work for her. Stop telling her to protect herself and stop relying on other people for her protection. Also, "shit happens" is not a good enough reason to leave something undone - like 90% uptake of mandated vaccines - that could save her life. "Shit happens" is what you say when you've done everything you can and it still doesn't work.

Your immune system may actually be better than everyone else's. It's possible. I don't want to be you when it fails and nobody around you is vaccinated, though. Also, refusing to get certain vaccines, like tetanus, pertussis, and diphtheria, when your children have no medical reason not to get them, is just plain stupid. Tetanus kills a large percentage of people whose jaws end up locked and maims a lot more, and it's present in the dirt in which your kids play. Diphtheria and pertussis both can kill within days of getting sick, and have a relatively high mortality rate amongst certain populations.

Someone mentioned the vaccination schedule for adults put out by the CDC. According to that, I'm up-to-date, because my most recent tetanus was also a booster for diphtheria and pertussis. So, to the lady asking how many adults screaming "You have to get your kids vaccinated to keep mine safe" were up on their shots - I can't speak for the others, but I am. (Note: if you or people close to you have regular contact with babies and your last tetanus shot was a few years ago, ask your doctor about that combined shot. Once every ten years, just like a regular tetanus shot.) It was interesting to note that one to two doses of varicella vaccine are recommended in certain circumstances for adults younger than 65; after that it's a Zoster to help prevent a shingles outbreak.