Vaccination Debate
New Vaccines for Hep C, Norovirus, and the Flu
These ridiculously smart and innovative scientists are always coming up with new vaccines to protect us against various diseases and viruses. Vaccine Prevention for Hep C Michael Houghton, a University of Alberta researcher and Canada Excellence Research Chair in Virology, may have discovered a Hepatitis C vaccine. Oddly enough, Houghton also led the team that more
I’d rather suck on a lollipop licked by a stranger with chicken pox than get the vaccine, because vaccines aren’t safe
If you think my headline is a joke, it isn’t. Many parents, afraid of vaccines such as the Varicella (Chicken Pox) vaccine are opting to take their children to Chicken Pox Parties so they can naturally contract the virus and avoid the shot mandated for school entry. While I’m not totally opposed to the idea more
Flu Shot Reactions – Is the Flu Shot Safe?
Is the flu shot safe? It’s flu season, and naturally, with the new flu shots out and those combined with H1N1 (Swine Flu) which is still relatively new, many people continue to question the safety and usefulness of the flu vaccine. I was once one of those people, insisting the flu vaccine was dangerous and more
No vaccines? No school! – San Francisco students, get your booster shots!
San Francisco schools are going to send some kids home next week if they don’t get their pertussis booster. It’s not a surprise that California is concerned with pertussis. The reduction in vaccination rates have caused this deadly disease, also known as whooping cough, to make a come back, infecting individuals across the board. San more
