now that vaccines are nuked in US, what can I catch from unvaxxed kids?

[Anonymous]

You will catch it if you are not fully vaccinated. Get it checked and stop worrying about other others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Measles and pertussis

I know these are the one we are talking about and are most familiar with, but the real bogeyman is diphtheria. It can turn fulminant in a matter of hours. The pesudomembrane at the back of the throat suffocates you. If you survive and get better, there's still myocarditis and the other fairly common sequelae to deal with.

Graveyards have multiple family members that died within days of each other, and not just children. Your immunity from childhood vaccination wanes in adulthood if not boosted.

Jfc

I can now get this if some dumb granola mom from FL now doesn't want to vax her kid?

It's less likely to be fatal if you've been fully immunized at some point, but the immunity wanes over time.
It's worth checking if you have gotten the Td or Tdap booster recently. The "d" is for diphtheria.

Although childhood DTaP coverage exceeds 80%, acquired immunity wanes over time, requiring a booster to preserve immunity. Although vaccination is not guaranteed to prevent diphtheria, vaccinated persons who later develop diphtheria have been reported as having milder and fewer fatal infections.

https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/782051-overview?form=fpf

This wasn't really an issue with essentially universal vaccination. This is still a live illness, though -- it's still active in other parts of the world, such as sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Indonesia. It's not like smallpox, which we eradicated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You will catch it if you are not fully vaccinated. Get it checked and stop worrying about other others.

I beg your pardon, but that should read "if you are not fully vaccinated AND APPROPRIATELY BOOSTED." Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So far all I’ve heard is delaying Hep B so it’s not given at birth, and not giving chicken pox with the MMR together for young kids. What am I missing?

Anonymous wrote:+1

"Oh yeah, you guys, it's not at all like they are going to lose doctors and have to close hospitals in red states because of punting women's health care back into the Dark Ages! That's crazy talk!"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So far all I’ve heard is delaying Hep B so it’s not given at birth, and not giving chicken pox with the MMR together for young kids. What am I missing?

Well, don't forget the ACIP already recommended giving the MMR and varicella vaccines separately over giving the combined MMRV vaccine. I don't think a change was necessary, but it isn't as crazy as some are implying. Some sources made it sound like the ACIP removed the recommendation for the vaccines entirely.

[Anonymous]

Once again, Project 2025 specifically criticized the use of vaccines developed using fetal cell lines, regardless of how they are now manufactured.

Or are we still pretending that Project 2025 wasn't the declared GOP playbook?