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2006-05-29 India-Pakistan

Muslim parents deny polio drops to male kids

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Posted by ryuge 2006-05-29 02:36|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Think of it as Evolution in action.

Posted by gromgoru 2006-05-29 07:22|| 2006-05-29 07:22|| Front Page Top

#2 And we should be worried or feel concerned about this because...?

Posted by anonymous5089 2006-05-29 07:27|| 2006-05-29 07:27|| Front Page Top

#3 Apparently they never heard of Viagra, either.

This whole district is trying to nominate themselves for the Darwin Award.

Posted by Desert Blondie 2006-05-29 08:10|| http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com]">[http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com] 2006-05-29 08:10|| Front Page Top

#4 Unfortunately, they'd become a reservoir for the disease hindering efforts to wipe it out internationally. So the penalty for the stupidity and ignorance would not fall solely on themselves as in a better Darwin Award situation.

Posted by Odysseus 2006-05-29 10:13|| 2006-05-29 10:13|| Front Page Top

#5 #4 - I believe polio virus can (and does, at least in 3d-world countries) exist in nature - unlike smallpox, which existed only in people.

As long as people in western countries keep getting vaccinated, these idiots aren't a threat to us - at least not from the polio perspective.

From the allen-told-us-to-kill-you-all perspective, however....

Posted by Barbara Skolaut"> Barbara Skolaut 2006-05-29 10:42|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2006-05-29 10:42|| Front Page Top

#6 #5 -- I don't think that can be right. For example, according to the UNICEF site, the last case of polio in Europe was in 1998. If polio existed "in nature" (in, say, water fowl, like for influenza) apart from people, some unvaccinated people would still be catching it.

UNICEF further states:

"Importations of poliovirus from endemic to polio-free areas threaten to derail efforts to contain the virus. In the 2002-2003 period, for the first time in history, more countries suffered polio cases due to importations than were themselves endemic for the disease."

So, not only are reservoirs like this a risk to other areas, they have become the principal risk, with importations now exceeding endemic cases.

I've checked other sites and this information is consistent with what they have rather than eccentric.

Posted by Odysseus 2006-05-29 10:59|| 2006-05-29 10:59|| Front Page Top

#7 So the answer is to keep immunizing our kids to protect them against what the idiots are allowing to happen to their kids. *Shrug* That's an acceptable short-term choice.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-05-29 13:15|| 2006-05-29 13:15|| Front Page Top

#8 smallpox, jenner, 1790, zoonosis,

So deadly that, In China children were not named till they had survived the disease.

In effect we could erradicate this disease from the planet but muslim fear & stupidity has prevented that, or at least delayed it by a generation.

Posted by pihkalbadger 2006-05-29 15:09|| 2006-05-29 15:09|| Front Page Top

#9 Of course what they ain't telling em vaccinating those useless girls still can make a difference, from sabin.org
" The short-term shedding of vaccine virus in the stools of recently immunized children means that in areas where hygiene and sanitation are poor and the incidence of polio is likely to be highest immunization with OPV can result in the passive immunization of adults or unvaccinated children within close contact of the vaccinated shedder. As discussed above, the unique ability of OPV to induce intestinal, local immunity is probably responsible for the extraordinary effect of OPV mass campaigns in interrupting wild poliovirus transmission. Due to these advantages, OPV remains the vaccine of choice for the eradication of polio, which would not be feasible with inactivated polio vaccine (IPV)."

Posted by bruce 2006-05-29 20:49|| 2006-05-29 20:49|| Front Page Top

#10 All vaccinations are a plot against Muslims. Antibiotics and antiseptics and anaesthetics too. Food and clean water too. Pass the word.

Posted by Darrell 2006-05-29 20:49|| 2006-05-29 20:49|| Front Page Top

#11 I thought it made their penises fall off or disappear. My memory must be going.

Posted by Hupitle Whomosing6517 2006-05-29 20:54|| 2006-05-29 20:54|| Front Page Top

#12 HW - you know your memory is the second thing to go....

(as for the first.... think about it....)

Posted by CrazyFool 2006-05-29 21:56|| 2006-05-29 21:56|| Front Page Top

#13 No, I still have my hair...

Posted by Hupitle Whomosing6517 2006-05-29 22:21|| 2006-05-29 22:21|| Front Page Top

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