tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post4756536532634337902..comments2023-11-05T03:56:08.325-08:00Comments on Murrmurrs: Multi-Level MarmotingMurr Brewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-61368319451965612872018-09-19T18:33:23.269-07:002018-09-19T18:33:23.269-07:00River...in Australia the triple vaccine protects a...River...in Australia the triple vaccine protects against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis. dinahmowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00052642938090553088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-82522876284189969622018-09-19T18:26:26.671-07:002018-09-19T18:26:26.671-07:00If your child has been vaccinated against whooping...If your child has been vaccinated against whooping cough, please do not think that guarantees a lifetime immunity (Check with your doctor for re-vax booster dates).I had the cough at 4 years old and 50 years later, guess what! I saw a locum GP who LAUGHED and said,"Well, if you keep coughing for 3 months, you'll know you've had it again." dinahmowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00052642938090553088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-90990782946192766702018-09-19T03:01:13.830-07:002018-09-19T03:01:13.830-07:00I know OF someone who died of dipthia- my uncle, w...I know OF someone who died of dipthia- my uncle, who was very young, during the Depression when the family could only choose 2 of the kids for vaccinations. I guess they picked badly for that one....BChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07093806053910427205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-29354804220116716102018-09-18T14:29:29.416-07:002018-09-18T14:29:29.416-07:00Holy moly. I'm sorry. Wow.Holy moly. I'm sorry. Wow.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-13002211742098984492018-09-17T11:11:35.832-07:002018-09-17T11:11:35.832-07:00My sister had a full body cast (well, from the hip...My sister had a full body cast (well, from the hips up) for six years.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-31160595507278133052018-09-17T11:10:52.025-07:002018-09-17T11:10:52.025-07:00I still can't get used to the idea that people...I still can't get used to the idea that people play Cornhole.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-280916267996396822018-09-17T11:10:05.668-07:002018-09-17T11:10:05.668-07:00I gather Amish don't do vaccinations?I gather Amish don't do vaccinations?Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-45800213016350794502018-09-17T11:09:10.818-07:002018-09-17T11:09:10.818-07:00Yeah, that's BEEN a while! And has anybody eve...Yeah, that's BEEN a while! And has anybody ever known anybody who had diphtheria?Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-28730191238868930532018-09-17T01:38:49.647-07:002018-09-17T01:38:49.647-07:00I got that wrong. The polio vaccine is the liquid ...I got that wrong. The polio vaccine is the liquid and the other is still given by injections, it's a triple but I can't remember what the third disease is. And I may still have this wrong. It's been a long time since my kids were vaccinated, three of them are now in their forties.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-73621744120106837502018-09-17T01:33:58.024-07:002018-09-17T01:33:58.024-07:00Yes, but it's a liquid given by mouth at age ...Yes, but it's a liquid given by mouth at age two months, four months and six months, it's a triple vaccine for polio, diptheria and whooping cough. Then a booster shot(liquid) before they start school. There's talk here of the government cracking down on anti-vaxxers. If your child doesn't have up to date immunisations they may not be accepted in kindergartens or pre-schools.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-63311516610416249982018-09-16T19:37:20.408-07:002018-09-16T19:37:20.408-07:00I was a Polio Pioneer! And I got the real stuff. M...I was a Polio Pioneer! And I got the real stuff. My brother got the placebo. Richard Ott fainted. Horrible disease. I live in Amish country so the threat is real. Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06806035182197696752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-37447408753254118122018-09-16T12:24:10.574-07:002018-09-16T12:24:10.574-07:00Hmmmm, in my mind, Edward Corn Dog evokes 2 differ...Hmmmm, in my mind, Edward Corn Dog evokes 2 different images, each one inappropriate in its own way. First: Edward Corn Dog is a too-thin carnival barker, with buck teeth, tattered straw boater hat, and a cheap plaid sport coat. The second image is one of those all-chocolate lollipops, formed in the shape of a giant penis -- the ones that made everyone titter back in the 1980s.... Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17540180242324518225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-60327178363887086162018-09-16T11:57:10.883-07:002018-09-16T11:57:10.883-07:00Strange you should ask, because this morning's...Strange you should ask, because this morning's Washington Post just did an article on that. The story featured a child who received the Sabin vax. He had a very rare, undiagnosed immune disorder, and was that 1 in a million who developed Polio. The focus of the story wasn't at all anti-vax, but rather to explain why medical practice has returned to using the original, injected Salk Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17540180242324518225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-83219144011756541712018-09-16T11:13:36.830-07:002018-09-16T11:13:36.830-07:00Do kids still get polio shots now? (Inasmuch as it...Do kids still get polio shots now? (Inasmuch as it hasn't been eradicated worldwide.)<br /><br />Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-80318674885148945002018-09-16T05:28:19.456-07:002018-09-16T05:28:19.456-07:00My son couldn’t have the old pertussis vaccine; ot...My son couldn’t have the old pertussis vaccine; other than that, he and his sister were fully vaccinated. We figured “herd immunity” would protect him from Whooping Cough. After all, who gets Whooping Cough anymore? <br />Andrew did. In 6th grade, when some unvaccinated kid brought it to Show and Tell.<br />Andrew is asthmatic due to a birth injury when they were resuscitating him. <br />One rehabber nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835967683393331776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-13936086666536694322018-09-16T01:55:13.095-07:002018-09-16T01:55:13.095-07:00I've forgotten the name of a girl in primary s...I've forgotten the name of a girl in primary school who missed a year and a half to polio and eventually came back with one arm braced from wrist to elbow and both legs braced from hip to ankle.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-56446859884613308402018-09-16T01:51:51.425-07:002018-09-16T01:51:51.425-07:00Corn Dogs! Hot and fresh. Get your Corn Dogs here....Corn Dogs! Hot and fresh. Get your Corn Dogs here....Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-39711553696740451802018-09-16T01:50:12.896-07:002018-09-16T01:50:12.896-07:00I have four children and the fourth caught measles...I have four children and the fourth caught measles from another baby who had it, both of them too young for the vaccination against it. They didn't even play together, just passed in the hallway of a hotel, both babies in strollers and the measles one coughed a tiny cough, just enough to infect my boy.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-1992793648452369502018-09-16T01:47:49.918-07:002018-09-16T01:47:49.918-07:00You can share with me then and the rest of my vacc...You can share with me then and the rest of my vaccinated family and vaccinated pets.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-39679782975892856002018-09-16T01:45:04.814-07:002018-09-16T01:45:04.814-07:00The first thing I thought of when I heard that vac...The first thing I thought of when I heard that vaccines cause autism is "why doesn't every vaccinated person have autism then? Clearly these people are wrong", not to mention some kids with autism were never vaccinated so according to the anti- crowd they shouldn't be autistic. <br />I've mostly ignored the rest of their claims. I'm vaccinated, my children are vaccinatedRiverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-20215578070683209882018-09-15T19:38:17.802-07:002018-09-15T19:38:17.802-07:00They're more vigilant than we.They're more vigilant than we.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-29199458612311470482018-09-15T19:36:04.768-07:002018-09-15T19:36:04.768-07:00To Margaret and Joanie.To Margaret and Joanie.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-11991856652664981262018-09-15T19:35:12.969-07:002018-09-15T19:35:12.969-07:00Camp Elizabeth Furnace was similarly afflicted by ...Camp Elizabeth Furnace was similarly afflicted by moi.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-80719908432877090452018-09-15T19:32:22.416-07:002018-09-15T19:32:22.416-07:00There are those who suspect that a lot of our medi...There are those who suspect that a lot of our media offerings are in fact dedicated to eliminating critical thinking. On purpose.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-85907737272067152532018-09-15T19:31:33.761-07:002018-09-15T19:31:33.761-07:00I think there is totally a market out there for wh...I think there is totally a market out there for whatever Edward Corn Dog might be selling.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.com