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Uptick In Whooping Cough Linked To Subpar Vaccines
sciencehabit writes "Whooping cough, or pertussis, has exploded in the United States in recent years. A new study (abstract) confirms what scientists have suspected for some time: The return of the disease is caused by the introduction of new, safer vaccines 2 decades ago. Although they have far fewer side effects, the new shots don't offer long-lived protection the way older vaccines do."
you have proof the DNA of the disease is the same then as now?
He is correct that the debate is religious. The pro-vaccine side insists that either you accept vaccine dogma 100% or you are a baby killing heretic. The first lie of the pro-vaccine dogma is that 'vaccines' are a single thing. Vaccines are a class of medicine. You can have good vaccines and you can have bad vaccines. Anyone that insists that all vaccines are good is just as religious about the issue as a person that declares all vaccines bad.
A fine example of a bad vaccine is the Chicken Pox vaccine. Chicken Pox is a disease that is less dangerous than home cooked meals. Part of the reason that it is so mild is that children naturally fight the disease very well. Adults on the other hand are 10x more likely to die from the disease if they catch it than children. The vaccine has also proven out to only offer short term protection. The Chicken Pox vaccine wouldn't be a bad vaccine if it were only given to people post puberty, but today that isn't the case.
The pro-vaccine religious nuts call me an 'anti-vaxer' and a murderer for pointing this out. The fact that I am all for an entire host of other vaccines doesn't matter. Either you follow the vaccine dogma that all vaccines are good, or you are a baby killing heretic.