[ChloeB]

Mattshark, on 02 November 2009 - 11:51 AM, said:

No, the shot is usually out fast enough, the problem is more people wait till they are infected to get the jab.

Could be, but sometimes doesn't another strain show up that year that they didn't have in the shot?

[DigitalSentinal]

"Oh and DS, your article is a horrendous abuse of any connotation of the word science and is pure paranoid drivel highlighting only your lack of knowledge in this subject."

Go easy on the flattery, Matt. My head swells up way too easily.

[Wickian]

ChloeB, on 02 November 2009 - 12:11 AM, said:

How is the process different? Vaccines are a modified live version or a killed inactivated virus to stimulate the body's response to build up the immunity without developing all the symptoms, seems the same to me.

The smallpox vaccine was different because they weren't infecting you with the very illness you're hoping to avoid getting. They infected you with a one that they knew was harmless except for a little scarring that had the benefit of immunizing you from a much more lethal virus.

The flu vaccines are just weakened versions of the illness you don't want packed full of preservatives for an increased shelf life and mass production. The processes are similar, but not the same.

[ChloeB]

Wickian, on 02 November 2009 - 12:41 PM, said:

The smallpox vaccine was different because they weren't infecting you with the very illness you're hoping to avoid getting. They infected you with a one that they knew was harmless except for a little scarring that had the benefit of immunizing you from a much more lethal virus.

The flu vaccines are just weakened versions of the illness you don't want packed full of preservatives for an increased shelf life and mass production. The processes are similar, but not the same.

Yeah you're right about smallpox, I'm remembering now us talking about that in microbiology - cowpox, the milk maids.

[cerberusxp]

I think Stephanie just became my new hero. What with everything going on like she states, it is paramount that we stay stead fast against over zealous power grabbing Governments.

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This post has been edited by cerberusxp: 03 November 2009 - 03:00 PM