Comments on: Polio Precautions

By: Joan B

Joan B — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 14:52:40 +0000

please let me know where I could get a hi-res on the above cartoon on polio for printing in our march health article!
203-380-6600 X.319
or e-mail me at jbarrow@connecticutmag.com
asap
THanks Joan

By: John R

John R — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:37:09 +0000

Yes, it’s supposed to say H. influenza B — the link goes to the CDC website on Hib. (Hib causes a form of bacterial meningitis that’s very dangerous for babies. The vaccine for it is very effective.)

By: BPK

BPK — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:20:15 +0000

Did you mean H. influenza B instead of A or am I misremembering? In my pediatrics internship we always called it “HIB”.

By: MrBuddwing

MrBuddwing — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:02:13 +0000

I visit Dr. Scott’s site to read his terrific reviews of “House, M.D.” Remember that episode in which House lambasted some kid’s parent for being anti-vaccine? We could use some more of that common sense.

But before I get on my high horse about being pro-vaccine, I have to confess, I’m not all that anxious to get the swine flu vaccine. (I did get my seasonal flu shot.) I’m old enough to have been part of the Great Swine Flu Panic of 1976, when I received a swine flu shot courtesy of President Ford, and have been grateful ever since that I didn’t come down with Guillain-Barré Syndrome. Besides, being middle-aged, I’m not considered as high a priority for the current swine flu vaccine as kids and the elderly. So I guess I’ll bide my time.

By: Trench Reynolds

Trench Reynolds — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 01:15:38 +0000

But Jenny McCarthy said…

By: Marotti

Marotti — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:43:58 +0000

Reminds me of the story of a baby in Australia who died of pertussis (whooping cough). Funny thing: The parents of the baby were NOT anti-vax. The kids that exposed the baby to the disease before she was old enough to get the vaccine were.
Think anti-vaxers just hurt themselves? Nope, they hurt those too young to vaccinate…

By: carol

carol — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:52:30 +0000

What? No link for polio? Complete with images of children in one of those iron lung contraptions? (sorry, I’d do it if I knew how)

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:04:10 +0000

“Don’t mix with new groups” ‘They carry disease! They’re filthy! Strange people do terrible things to you!’
And I’d thought accounts of 1950s paranoia were exaggerated.

By: Charlene

Charlene — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:09:34 +0000

Oh, but vaccines aren’t naaaatural!!!! And they only kill other people’s children, not and never our white upper middle-class families! And a high school dropout conspiracy nut says they cause autism, so they’re totally awful!!!!!