You also do lose immunity over time to other diseases. This is why you get tetanus boosters, etc. Lots of people don’t know that after about 5 years you lose immunity to whooping cough (pertussis, part of DTaP). The whole cell pertussis vaccine used in the 90s gave better longer immunity but also had more side…

I can’t find anything official on it but there are a lot of baby blogs that talk about it. One person said her OB told her that 20-30% of women lose their immunity to rubella over time (R in the MMR vaccine). My doc said it was common. You get tested for rubella immunity in your first trimester. I was immune during my…

Didn’t realize the vote totals. That had to be so disappointing

There is no way Trump ate most of this

I am so at odds about this meeting.

Maine confuses me so much. How is this decision possible in a state that elected your governor?

When they talk about total money does it take into account inflation/ticket prices? No shade on the new movie- just curious when these decades differences are made for lots of movies. It always sounds like people are going to movies less (because of streaming services) but the highest grossest movies are usually newer.

It does blow my mind that Texas has so much early voting (at least in the Austin area. It opens 2 weeks before voting day 7am-7pm and you can go to any polling place in the county (I think this is specific to my county). And electronic polling machines. In Michigan, it was single day only, at your specific polling…

they’re both awful. Neither one seems to care about SJP. I guess I didn’t like the sister more because she’s her sister. And Claire Dane’s acting is always so aloof. I think I also thought her character unnecessary. The whole switching couples thing is so weird. And no way in hell SJP ends up with Luke Owens forever.

Yep. Herd immunity is supposed to protect those who are unable to be vaccinated. Not the people who choose not to be vaccinated for no logical reason.

I agree that it made Samantha more human- we can’t all be 100% happy all the time. Also, I’ve never gotten the anger about how the girls all end up with a man when the show was about being single. Samantha yes, but the entire concept of each episode was trying to find the one for the other three. Why are we mad that…

I totally agree. He’s gone through his whole life with people bowing down to him or kissing his ass cause he’s rich. For the good of the world tell him the truth! And make him stand at the end of the line in the picture for gods sake. He wants to act like a petulant child, don’t reward him.

This is why I’m mad about that picture with the leaders standing in a row. He did not deserve to stand in the middle with Trudeau. I don’t care if the US is the most powerful. If he wants to act like a child then he should be treated like one. Put his ass at the end of the line.

YESS!!! I think they had an SVU episode on this once. I think the mom won (someone else at her kid’s school got measles because she didn’t vaccinate her kids).

I think a lot of schools/states allow personal exemptions. I know there was a Mumps outbreak at the university that I work at. My OB’s office was worried (and preparing) for a measles outbreak. I lost my measles immunity after a miscarriage and couldn’t get the MMR while pregnant the second time. My OB told me I would…

There are parts of that movie I really like. The instances of each family member coming to terms with Diane Keaton’s illness are good. Then there are the dumb aggravating parts. I want to like Claire Danes but her character adds nothing to that film. What is she so okay with coming to a strange house during a family…

The whole delaying vaccinations to one at a time is so stupid too- so you want your kids to have more shots and have to go to the doctor more? I didn’t even realize they had more antigens- great link from previous poster I will repeat it.

I was so happy to find our pediatrician. Their office doesn’t allow patients to not vaccinate their kids. I’m not sure on the whole “delay” thing. But we tried to trick him during our prebirth interview by asking how he felt about vaccines. Instead of saying we were provaccine, I figured this was the only way to see…

I wish it was illegal to do this. You are endangering others and your child. Your child didn’t have a choice to be born to someone who actively rejects science.

I was going to star you anyway but double stars for “wafflestomp”