They don't do any good.
I was one of the last of the generation that had to endure the fear of The Crippler - Polio.
But God, in his infinite wisdom, reached down from Heaven and banished it. Polio is now incredibly rare and the vaccination program had nothing to do with it. No Sir!
And TB. Tuberculosis. No, it's not a disease of potatoes, it was once a disease that crippled and killed tens of thousands of Brits per year. And again, God reached down and banished it to filthy heathens who couldn't afford vaccinations.
Or Smallpox. Vaccinations against Smallpox didn't eradicate the disease. It was God.
I'm not mad...
Cheers
(, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 12:06, Reply)
Then it must be god punishing us for a reason... www.thatsfuckingstupid.com/index.php/2009/02/just-a-quickie-update/
No. No, I will not get angry. I will balance the stress with the cute.
(, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 12:11, Reply)
Punishing you for wickedness and believing in *SCIENCE*
On a more serious note, when I was a kid, before vaccines for measles, mumps and chickenpox, we used to have disease parties. If one kid got it their parents would have a party where all of the neighborhood kids would turn up with the specific intention of catching the bloody thing and getting it over with.
If you think I'm kidding, Google it.
Cheers
(, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 12:15, Reply)
give it a couple of hours, there should be more sites hosting than the lawyers can cope with :D
(, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 12:25, Reply)
Interestingly TB is back with avengence.
An interesting studys done in London GP surgeries published a few years ago showed that when testing was compulsory for all lung complications TB positive tests increased by 20%.
(, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 12:14, Reply)