That must have been terrible and it’s everyone’s own decision. It was my husband who objected to vaccines to be honest but I agreed with him and there was a lot of negative publicity about the vaccines during the 80s with claims of autism etc. My children are grown up now and will probably vaccinate their children but it’s not as straightforward as it all seems, I just wanted to make the point that I would not be vaccinated against Covid if a vaccine becomes available, I practice what I preach.
I've stayed out of this thread for various reasons, but looked in today out of curiosity. The MMR 'situation' was based on a ludicrous piece of research and has been disproved, and rightly vilified for the trouble it's caused. There have been several cases of measles outbreaks round the country in the last few years because of it. People forget that measles kills, as @punkdoc indicates. I had chicken pox at the age of 42. A man contracted it at the same time as me and died.
The panic buying nonsense is causing more trouble than the r*ddy virus. People are idiots, and they're preventing folk who may actually need protection from getting it.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
In Australia there is a man with cystic fibrosis who can't get tissues, he constantly has to clear his lungs. He is probably one of those who would succumb, and I hope he gets someone to do shopping for him. I do feel we are going to have to help others around us, because the care system and the NHS will not cope.
Is there a chicken pox vaccine? As I said it’s each to their own and we didn’t take the decision lightly. Children had other vaccines but not MMR. In the days before social media information was less speedily available and it seemed too great a risk. Not sure what I would do now.
I don’t want to offend anyone but I have never believed that the medical profession know everything and should be trusted implicitly. My mother took thalidomide when pregnant with me, luckily it made her very sleepy so she stopped after 2 weeks. I was one of the fortunate ones but it has made me a little bit cynical.
There is a c.pox vaccine but we don't use it here as far as I know. They do in other countries.
I think we all know that the medical profession, like anything else, isn't perfect, but who else should we trust? There's good and bad in every institution of any kind. I can understand why you made your decision @debs64
I think the internet nowadays causes a lot of problems - too many 'armchair experts' on everything, so people can be sucked in, and believe info which can be wildly misleading. We have to use a little bit of common sense sometimes. I still find it hard to understand why that MMR research wasn't called into question at the time.
When I had c. pox, I went to A&E and the doctor refused to acknowledge that the pain I had all down my face was anything to do with it. I meant to say - I think you're right @fidgetbones, but judging by what I've seen round here in supermarkets, there's already been plenty of 'me, me, me' behaviour. Too many people are so thoughtless and self absorbed.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Re the panic buying - I have spoken to family, friends and strangers and many of them are saying that they are not panic-buying but just looking out for themselves. I understand this, but when pharmacies start running out of paracetamol for those who actually need it, I bet these same people will say how ‘awful’ that is. My cupboards are fairly full, but I haven’t bought loads extra...maybe I should have... The reality is that whilst people aren’t feeling particularly at risk of being ill, they will shop. When somebody in their household is told to self-isolate but they are not - they will shop. When people are ill but feel ok - they will shop. When people feel that everyone has the virus anyway - they will shop.
I wonder how many bags of pasta will go unused in people’s cupboards this year...
Of course there are good and bad doctors as there are anything it’s just an attitude you sometimes get that “ we know best” when they obviously don’t! Two separate GPs recently diagnosed my son with gastroenteritis and only when he was taken to hospital in agony did they realise his appendix had burst and he had sepsis. The doctors who treated him in hospital were wonderful and thankfully he responded well to antibiotics as in 25 years he had never taken them. I do appreciate that this virus is worrying to those in the at risk group and we all need to be a little more careful but people are being badly frightened for no real reason and encouraged to panic by those who should know better. I can’t help wondering what the government is up to while we are all washing our hands and bulk buying loo roll!
Social 'meedja' has a lot to answer for too @debs64. I had a typical arrogant, condescending consultant when I had my first child. He made me feel like I was an inconvenience to him. When I was having the next one, I said 'can I have a different consultant please'. He was delightful. The doctor who spoke to my Dad after my Mum died, was one of the most wonderful humans I've ever met. Judging by what my daughter said today after coming in from work, the plumbers will have plenty of business. All these folk now buying paper towels in the absence of loo roll.
Swings and roundabouts.....
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Re the paracetamol we would usually dispense for prescriptions from boxes of 100 tablets that obviously cannot be sold rather than 32 or 16s and boxes of 100 are not in short supply so hope that puts your mind at rest a bit.
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The MMR 'situation' was based on a ludicrous piece of research and has been disproved, and rightly vilified for the trouble it's caused.
There have been several cases of measles outbreaks round the country in the last few years because of it. People forget that measles kills, as @punkdoc indicates.
I had chicken pox at the age of 42. A man contracted it at the same time as me and died.
The panic buying nonsense is causing more trouble than the r*ddy virus.
People are idiots, and they're preventing folk who may actually need protection from getting it.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I think we all know that the medical profession, like anything else, isn't perfect, but who else should we trust? There's good and bad in every institution of any kind. I can understand why you made your decision @debs64
I think the internet nowadays causes a lot of problems - too many 'armchair experts' on everything, so people can be sucked in, and believe info which can be wildly misleading. We have to use a little bit of common sense sometimes. I still find it hard to understand why that MMR research wasn't called into question at the time.
When I had c. pox, I went to A&E and the doctor refused to acknowledge that the pain I had all down my face was anything to do with it.
I meant to say - I think you're right @fidgetbones, but judging by what I've seen round here in supermarkets, there's already been plenty of 'me, me, me' behaviour.
Too many people are so thoughtless and self absorbed.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
My cupboards are fairly full, but I haven’t bought loads extra...maybe I should have...
The reality is that whilst people aren’t feeling particularly at risk of being ill, they will shop. When somebody in their household is told to self-isolate but they are not - they will shop. When people are ill but feel ok - they will shop. When people feel that everyone has the virus anyway - they will shop.
I wonder how many bags of pasta will go unused in people’s cupboards this year...
I had a typical arrogant, condescending consultant when I had my first child. He made me feel like I was an inconvenience to him. When I was having the next one, I said 'can I have a different consultant please'. He was delightful.
The doctor who spoke to my Dad after my Mum died, was one of the most wonderful humans I've ever met.
Judging by what my daughter said today after coming in from work, the plumbers will have plenty of business. All these folk now buying paper towels in the absence of loo roll.
Swings and roundabouts.....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...