True story. He also had pretty bad postherpetic neuralgia.
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Replying to @BlueLionBlog @_mamadeb and
You haven’t explained your hypothesis of how his children’s vaccination status led to him developing shingles. You do know that shingles is caused by having had chickenpox, right? And that the varicella vaccine causes neither clinical chickenpox nor shingles?
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Because the kids never had chickenpox there was no re-exposure for the adults.
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Replying to @BlueLionBlog @_mamadeb and
How. Would. That. Cause. Shingles? Show your work.
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Re-exposure causes exogenous boosting of immunity. That can prevent or delay shingles in people with a history of cp infection.
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Replying to @BlueLionBlog @kfunk937 and
So. Kids should get sick so their parents should not? Even though there are vaccines for both, and vaccinated kids won't get chickenpox?
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I'm not making a judgement call. Every person should decide what's best for their family.
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Replying to @BlueLionBlog @kfunk937 and
I am. I totally am. I am judging people who would rather their kids get sick than they do.
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Because your idea of sickness is flawed.
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Replying to @BlueLionBlog @kfunk937 and
My idea of sickness is that parasites are bad things, fevers are bad things, and no one should want their kids to suffer.
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Parasites are bad things, but fevers are the most powerful weapon of the immune system. That's what radiation treatment is for--a kind of harmful, dangerous substitute for fever.pic.twitter.com/1R3fC94gnu
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