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Jenna "the clam" Elfman

Leland

Crusader
Traveling the world over, when I was young.....one had to not just have a PassPort......but an immunization "passport" also.

The immunization passport was yellow.....and listed all the shots one had.

Let me tell you.....to go from the US to Pakistan in 1965.....one had to get a "butt load" of shots....

There were Immunization Check Points at points on egress and ingress to the USA....along with PassPort Customs check points....

I don't think anything like this is done anymore????
 

Lone Star

Crusader
It's not the poor who are refusing or missing vaccinations, it is primarily the wealthy areas. (see link above) Some vaccinations cannot be given until a child is old enough, though, so they are vulnerable to catch it from adult carriers. Elderly can sometimes lapse in getting booster shots simply because they're less mobile and it doesn't occur to them.

California is the first to provide a map breakdown by area, so we have to use Calif as an example. Calif's vaccination rate is terrible, but not the worst.

Yes you are right. The wealthy areas have the lowest vaccination rate. Many of the upper and upper middle class Moms listened to that dingbat actress. Forgot her name. Was in Beverly Hills 90120 I think.
 

Smurf

Gold Meritorious SP
Yes you are right. The wealthy areas have the lowest vaccination rate. Many of the upper and upper middle class Moms listened to that dingbat actress. Forgot her name. Was in Beverly Hills 90120 I think.

"Who is choosing not to vaccinate? The answer is surprising. The area with the most cases of whooping cough in California is Los Angeles County, and no group within that county has lower immunization rates than residents living between Malibu and Marina Del Rey, home to some of the wealthiest and most exclusive suburbs in the country."

http://www.wsj.com/articles/paul-a-offit-the-anti-vaccination-epidemic-1411598408

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/a...ation-rates-are-as-low-as-south-sudans/380252

http://viralvill.blogspot.com/2015/06/heres-fairly-comprehensive-list-of-anti.html
 

Lone Star

Crusader
The issue of Vaccination and Scientology seems tangential to me. I do see that this subject and this OP video have been previously discussed in the following thread. Can anyone please provide a clear verification that the CoS has an official anti-vaccination agenda?

http://www.forum.exscn.net/showthre...-LA-Vaccines&p=1044849&viewfull=1#post1044849

I don't know if it's official or not, but every Scientologist I know is against vaccines. Most of them buy into the theories that "the government" is putting things into the vaccines that end up making you sick. They also buy into the theory that they cause autism.

But I've not heard of what DM says about it. Jenna Elfman says that she vaccinated her kids. Fine. She should STFU then.

(I reeeeeeeally don't like her).
 

TheOriginalBigBlue

Gold Meritorious Patron
I don't know if it's official or not, but every Scientologist I know is against vaccines. Most of them buy into the theories that "the government" is putting things into the vaccines that end up making you sick. They also buy into the theory that they cause autism.

But I've not heard of what DM says about it. Jenna Elfman says that she vaccinated her kids. Fine. She should STFU then.

(I reeeeeeeally don't like her).

If you are an affluent Scientologist who can afford to put your kids in private schools then maybe you can get away with exercising your "Parental Rights" to not vaccinate but what if you aren't so fortunate and your kid is in a public school with 40-45 children in a classroom and a high percentage of non vaccinated children from 3rd world countries? If there is going to be a provision to allow people to not vaccinate then there should be an equal provision for parents to place their children in other schools with less risk.

http://www.kcra.com/news/more-sleeping-tb-cases-discovered-at-high-school/25984888

More 'sleeping' TB cases found at Sacramento school
7:49 PM PDT May 14, 2014

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KCRA) —More than 100 students at Grant High School in Sacramento have been diagnosed with a "sleeping" version of tuberculosis.
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The health department says some of the dormant cases weren't discovered until officials re-examined the air-conditioning system and started testing students who were in classrooms connected by air ducts.
 

Enthetan

Master of Disaster
"Who is choosing not to vaccinate? The answer is surprising. The area with the most cases of whooping cough in California is Los Angeles County, and no group within that county has lower immunization rates than residents living between Malibu and Marina Del Rey, home to some of the wealthiest and most exclusive suburbs in the country."

http://www.wsj.com/articles/paul-a-offit-the-anti-vaccination-epidemic-1411598408

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/a...ation-rates-are-as-low-as-south-sudans/380252

http://viralvill.blogspot.com/2015/06/heres-fairly-comprehensive-list-of-anti.html

I guess they figure "let the peasants take any risk of vaccination, while my little dear enjoys the benefit of herd immunity". Oops...
 

Mick Wenlock

Admin Emeritus (retired)
It's not the poor who are refusing or missing vaccinations, it is primarily the wealthy areas. (see link above) Some vaccinations cannot be given until a child is old enough, though, so they are vulnerable to catch it from adult carriers. Elderly can sometimes lapse in getting booster shots simply because they're less mobile and it doesn't occur to them.

California is the first to provide a map breakdown by area, so we have to use Calif as an example. Calif's vaccination rate is terrible, but not the worst.

That is. indeed ironic. I read once - I think it was an article in The Atlantic which was about exactly the point you are making above - that the highest levels of the "new unvaccinated" were among parents who had money, good jobs and education. One of the areas (again going from memory here) that had the highest rates of unvaxed was marin county.

The HIT (Herd Immunity Threshold) for the most common diseases are:

Disease Transmission R0 HIT
Measles Airborne 12–18 92–95%
Pertussis Airborne droplet 12–17 92–94%
Diphtheria Saliva 6–7 83–86%
Rubella Airborne droplet 5–7 80–86%
Smallpox Airborne droplet 5–7 80–86%
Polio Fecal-oral route 5–7 80–86%
Mumps Airborne droplet 4–7 75–86%
SARS 2–5 50–80%
Ebola
(Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa) Bodily fluids 1.5–2.5 33–60%
Influenza
(influenza pandemics) Airborne droplet 1.5–1.8 33–44%

(apologies for the formatting...)
 
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