Is smallpox really gone everywhere? Just out of curiosity?
I should probably stop accepting medical issues from ER as facts, huh?
Time for some thrilling heroics.
Jayne ,'The Train Job'
Spike's Bitches 40: Buckle Up, Kids! Daddy's Puttin' the Hammer Down.
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Amy - Mar 18, 2008 6:14:28 pm PDT #514 of 10001
Because books.
Aims - Mar 18, 2008 6:25:07 pm PDT #515 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I'm okay with Gardasil too.
Soon as Em can have it (first period, I think), she's getting it.
P.M. Marc - Mar 18, 2008 6:25:12 pm PDT #516 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Smallpox was eradicated about 30 years ago, after an intense global effort.
I suspect, however, that the cost/benefit analysis regarding eradication of chicken pox isn't something that pans out. It's rarely more than a nuisance, the vaccine ain't cheap, and frankly, there are a hell of a lot more pressing concerns that the world's public health dollars should be spent on.
amych - Mar 18, 2008 6:33:05 pm PDT #517 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Someone make me stop reading WHO stats before bed.
(eta: on the plus side, epidemiology maps! who needs sleep?)
(eta+: measles sadly not nearly gone: 242,000 deaths worldwide in 2006 (compare: ~1 mil for malaria). BUT what I went looking for -- polio is the new smallpox; it's down to 1300 cases (2007), and is endemic in only 4 countries. Fucker's going DOWN.)
(Umm, I'll shut up now.)
ChiKat - Mar 18, 2008 7:24:37 pm PDT #518 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
I can't imagine having an infant with it, Burrell. You're so right -- the baby would be miserable, but would never remember it.
I had chickenpox when I was 18 months. Don't remember it at all. My 2 older sisters had it and I got it from them.
Hiya, Bitches!!!
DCJensen - Mar 18, 2008 7:32:20 pm PDT #519 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
When I was a kid, I had the mildest case of measles my doctor had ever seen.
My mom always says I had "measle."
Laga - Mar 18, 2008 7:32:30 pm PDT #520 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I've been trying to meet up with this guy from OK Cupid for a week. We might be able to do Monday but the scheduling is tricky so we'd have to exchange cell phone numbers. Should I go for it?
erikaj - Mar 18, 2008 9:09:49 pm PDT #521 of 10001
I'm a fucking amazing catch!--Fiona Gallagher, Shameless(US)
I think they made up the chickenpox vaccine because it's super-dangerous to kids who are sick in some other ways to get cp. (The things I learned in my wannabe-doctor phase. Unfortunately, they weren't things like math.)
Laga - Mar 18, 2008 9:36:03 pm PDT #522 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I'm supposed to learn a new word today and it's not too late. What's your favorite obscure word?
WindSparrow - Mar 18, 2008 10:24:10 pm PDT #523 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Laga, my favorite obscure word is gloaming, but I doubt it is obscure enough for your purposes. I like the way it sounds and I like the time of day/lighting conditions it means.