Had whooping cough myself in my late 30s. Felt like someone was sitting on my chest and couldnt get a real lungful of air and would 'whoop' to breath after a coughing fit. So debilitating and remember being thankful that i could at least gag and slag some of it out (sometimes vomitting). I felt incredibly sad knowing a baby couldnt do that. Went on for weeks.
I would recommend immunizing. Highly.
A Chinese friend recently found out he had whooping cough. He was fairly sure he wasn't vacinated when a child.
He was so glad that his kids are all fully vaccinated.
I think the problem none of the anti vacinate people have ever met someone with one of the diseases.
I used to work with a guy who'd had polio when he was younger. He had to use crutchs to walk around, and it left him with trouble breathing at times.
To me the risks of not vacinating are far more than might be from vacinating. It's one of the reasons the avg life expectancy these days is in the 80s instead of the mid 40s a century ago.
Maybe the Govt should get parents to sign a waver so that any medical costs associated with not vacinating their child will not be covered by medicare. A few parents on ACA or Today 2 Nite bemoaning near bankruptcy to save their child from a vacinatable disease might prompt other to think twice. I don't see why the majority who make the decision to vacinate, which will save the health budget billions, should have to pay when it all goes wrong for those who consciously choose not to vacinate their children.
Did anyone see the show on Four Corners (I think) about our fellow Chiropractors Association and how they don't support immunization. They have a neutral stand which IMHO is just as bad.
Got a cold, go to the Chiro.
Oh got Cancer? go to Chiro.
Immunization.... nah go to the Chiro, they'll fix ya right up.
Who needs Doctors, we have Chiros nowdays.....
I have a friend, she is super intelligent and great person - she is a Chiro and pregnant. God I hope she immunizes her baby but I can see it a mile away that she wont. In fact she has refused all scans during her pregnancy as it might harm the baby. Even intelligence doesn't mean you will have common sense..
Did anyone see the show on Four Corners (I think) about our fellow Chiropractors Association and how they don't support immunization.
Unless there has been some very recent change, which I doubt, vaccinations are all government funded.Why does the government not step up immunisations by doing them more widespread for no cost to the patient? In some places municipal council manage it for school children. Some vaccinations need topups later in life like for tetanus.
Unless there has been some very recent change, which I doubt, vaccinations are all government funded.
They are available through all doctors and various other organisations. There is no impediment to vaccination other than some misguided belief by some parents.
Unless there has been some very recent change, which I doubt, vaccinations are all government funded.
They are available through all doctors and various other organisations. There is no impediment to vaccination other than some misguided belief by some parents.
The childhood immunisation schedule covers most things for most people.
Certain vaccinations are only available for at risk groups (eg indigenous Australians) and/or the number of doses differs.
When the effect wears off, eg pertussis, there is charge to the patient, be it the cost of the vaccine (approx $20 the last time I had it), plus the dreaded GP charge.
An effective immunisation register, with immunisation clinics might increase vaccination rates, as opposed to the current system.
As for immunisation, in a world with such mobility of its population, it is almost a no-brainer. I am also view the people who rely on the goodwill of others to vaccinate their children, so they don't have to, poorly. However, the so-called do-gooders do some funny things.
MW
But as a generalisation, Julia you are right, most major centres and cities have free clinics for immunisation.
One Spring I happened to mention to my GP that I'd recently been subjected to significant peer pressure from well meaning friends and relatives in relation to influenza vaccinations. Upon hearing this my GP recommended that I reply with the simple question "Will you be financing my respite care for the remainder of my life when it all goes wrong?" and that upon receipt of the likely negative response, to follow up with the retort "Then shut the !@#$ up!"
As you can probably surmise from this post , I've experienced adverse health outcomes from past vaccinations and get very annoyed at the naive "one size fits all" assumptions regarding safety and efficacy of popular medical practices.
One Spring I happened to mention to my GP that I'd recently been subjected to significant peer pressure from well meaning friends and relatives in relation to influenza vaccinations. Upon hearing this my GP recommended that I reply with the simple question "Will you be financing my respite care for the remainder of my life when it all goes wrong?" and that upon receipt of the likely negative response, to follow up with the retort "Then shut the !@#$ up!"
As you can probably surmise from this post , I've experienced adverse health outcomes from past vaccinations and get very annoyed at the naive "one size fits all" assumptions regarding safety and efficacy of popular medical practices.
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