Re: Forget hi-tech cures and dig out Granny's recipe

From: Rubystars (windstorm_at_swbell.net)
Date: 07/19/04 

Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 06:34:38 GMT

"Betty" <betty@nowhere.invalid> wrote in message
news:170720042118179078%betty@nowhere.invalid...
>
> I'm curious. Are more people saved because of vaccination? By that I
> mean do more people live and without complications?
>
> People are so paranoid these days. If your kid doesn't play in the dirt
> and connect with other children and yeh get some of these diseases they
> don't develop their immune systems. I know this may seem simple to some
> of you buy it's something that really bothers me.
>
> I have a basic problem with some of these vaccinations for normal
> childhood diseases which I think are not only affecting our children
> but generations to come. Please don't confuse this with HIV or Polio or
> other such maladities.
>
> betty

Betty, the shot does give them immunity. That's the whole point. Some
vaccines are "live virus" vaccines that cause the immune system to create
the antibodies it needs to fight that disease, and some contain dead viruses
or something else to help the body develop immunity. It's not bypassing the
immune system at all!

-Rubystars

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