"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 29 Oct 2014 15:24:59 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
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>> "sf" > wrote in message
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>> > On Wed, 29 Oct 2014 01:24:13 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > > wrote:
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>> >> Actually, TB is back. Perhaps not so much in this country but it is
>> >> here.
>> >
>> > TB never went away. What's back is all the childhood diseases,
>> > including whooping cough, thanks to stupid parents who don't vaccinate
>> > their children.
>> > http://www.cdc.gov/pertussis/images/...ph-2014-lg.jpg
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>> The vaccine isn't very effective. Angela had it but was still sick for
>> about 2 months with the whooping cough. So was my mom.
>
> The vaccine was not a panacea, but it was a good start. What if she
> hadn't been vaccinated and died? Would you want to be responsible for
> that?
> http://blog.sfgate.com/gurley/2010/0...u-should-know/

She still could have died. The shot doesn't protect against that.