Hail his noodley appendages! R'amen!

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I read his gospel every night any thank his noodiliness that it's "rather nots". :D

Yeah, it probably was because if religious reasons. I thought the post made that pretty clear?

Oh, I know what you mean. I have a friend who's becoming a nurse who is against vaccinations for religious reasons. It's scary thinking.

#32 Well they think he's sick because of religious reasons. The FML never specifies whether or not OP's parents decided to not vaccinate him based on religous reasons. But like I said, there's a pretty good chance of it considering their current opinions.

Wait, where in the bible does it say you can't get vaccinated?

OP is 26. We usually get our childhood vaccinations by 2 years old. OP would have been about 6 when the chicken pox vaccine came out in 1995. So his parents may have gotten him the initial vaccines, but not have known to get him the chicken pox one. I'm 4 years older so I never got one either. We had "pox parties" so we would catch it in our youth. Sucks you got them OP, hopefully they don't stay long!

Even if vaccines caused autism, how can people prefer that over deadly diseases?

FML's very own DocBastard has a Twitter (@DocBastard) where he goes on and on about the woes of anti-vaxxers and their (deadly) shenanigans. It's worth a look.

Because the people who make these vaccines don't even vaccinate their own children. Because most politicians decline to answer when asked if they vaccinate their children but the ones who do have no problem answering yes. Oh right, idiots.

#66 Well I know some religions emphasize celibacy until marriage. Some parents refuse to let their kids have the HPV vaccines because they think that the threat of disease is good because it will make them fear sex. It's quite ridiculous.

Because, don't you know? Autism is literally the worst thing that could happen! The worst!!!1!!one! (Obvious sarcasm is obvious)

NewGuy - Unfortunately trying to educate those people is exhausting and rarely productive.

Well if it's leprosy it's much better. All you need is for Jesus to touch you. He did it all the time in the Bible.

hope you know that it can spread digitally through touch screen phones as well. go check urself in mirror.

What are you talking about he needs to get right with God by praying and asking to forgive him to get Satans rash off of him! Not sure how that religion has lasted for this long.

You are an even bigger idiot, the one doctor that made that link has been found to be fraudulent in his claims and has lost medical lic.

See also: Joke, Sarcasm, etc.

They're joking.

For a site that supposedly prides itself on wit, it seems the vast majority of people seem to gloss right over simple sarcasm. It's paradoxical.

Thank you for saying that I always tell people that but they think I'm lying thank you at least your seat enough to know that

So the vaccine came out when he was 6. That's still plenty of time to get him vaccinated before he was an adult.

"Only" protects. Most likely because there could be other strains that come about in 20 years. That's still a pretty long time.

The vaccine came out in '84. If you are going to bring up facts, at least do us all the courtesy of googling it first.

You are not supposed to get vaccinated against chicken pox anyway. You're supposed to get the disease at a young age.

@107 according to the CDC site, it was licensed in the US in 1995. Maybe you should have read further. Just because it was commercially available doesn't mean it was available everywhere or to everyone. When was the last time you bought a vaccine commercially? http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/varicella/

It may have come out then, but at least in Canada it wasn't a thing most people knew about until around 2000 or 2001. I'm 17 and never got it. But I did have chicken pox as a kid.

#107, the stipulation you bring up, with it not being commercially available in the US, is a pretty big jump to a conclusion that #6 had not specified. "Come out" could mean any number of things, discovery, creation, mass production, commercially available and then commercially available by country. So yes, while it wasn't commercially available in the US in '84, it was commercially available in '84, so technically it "came out" in '84.

If you catch chickenpox, even once you've gotten better the virus lies dormant in your nerve tissue and can develop into Shingles later in life, which is more painful and can result in nerve damage. If you can avoid catching chickenpox it's probably a better option.

Pretty much everyine gets chicken pox, usually as a kid. Mono is much the same (iirc, something like 95% of adults carry mono). Also, don't think there was a chicken pox vaccine when op was a kid. i certainly didn't get it as a kid and i got my others. i'm 29 now.

If you get the vaccine for chicken pox you can still get shingles because the virus is in your body.

Yes, let's put op through shit just so it doesn't 'bother' his parents. When your kid breaks a leg, are you just gonna tell him to walk it off too because casts are too much of a bother to get?

48- it doesn't matter how you are exposed to chicken pox. Either getting it naturally or through a vaccine, you can still get shingles.

I didn't even know there was a vaccine for chickenpox. Mlst vaccines are given out at school in the UK, everyone at the same time. I've never heard of a chickenpox one...

Me either 104... I'm 27 and have a 20 y/o sister, neither of us either know of we're offered a chicken pox vaccine, and I've never been offered one for either of my kids

I'm 17 and live in Canada. I don't have the chicken pox vaccine. It wasn't really a thing here until 2000 or 2001

I'm 28 and in Canada and when it came time to immunize my son last month, I was surprised about a chicken pox vaccine so I asked my mom and she had never heard of it either. But, she made sure my sister and I had chicken pox as kids.

I'm 30 in Canada and never got vaccinated, I got chicken pox through the typical pox partied back in the day. My daughter, 5 months old, got the chicken pox vaccination.

So many people don't know about chicken pox vaccines and to me it seems like the most common vaccine I've ever heard of. My mom was gonna let me catch chicken pox instead of vaccinating me but my school wouldn't let me attend unless I had the vaccine so I got it when I was 5.

Theres still a vaccine for after you get them i think

Woah, why did I get down voted? I'm not saying you shouldn't vaccinate but it doesn't make it any less true that getting the vaccine still leaves you susceptible to shingles.

"Well I have one million results that say they dont.... and one result that say they do" "I knew it!!" "JUST BECAUSE I HAVE IT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S TRUE!!"

They don't.

I love you

No shit, whooping cough isn't fatal for a 25 year old. For a baby? It can be. My mum's friend thought along the same lines as you, she'd had whooping cough and didn't think it was that bad, so decided the pregnancy vaccine 'wasn't necessary'. Her 4 month old son however was far less able to cope than she was and ended up in the hospital with pneumonia and renal failure and very nearly died.

No, parents should not be doing what they "believe" is right. Not when it comes to disease prevention. They should be following the advice of sensible doctors / the WHO.

IMO, that's selfish as hell of you to decide that. Not only for your daughter, but also for other children she might come in contact with. You might be dangering those other kids, since they might be too young to have been vaccinated and react badly to a disease your daughter might infect them with. Just because you believe that's the best thing to do, doesn't mean it really is. Doctors have studied medicine for many, many years, maybe you should listen to them since they know a lot more about the dangers of not vaccinating than you would after a few clicks on google.

I decided to stay on track for exactly that reason. my 3 month old daughter got viral meningitis when she was 5w old. we were in the hospital for 3 days while tests were done and antibiotics given. my Dr asked if I was comfortable vaccinating her a week and a half later and I said I wasn't sure, I know it's better to do it but is it safe or will she react. we vaccinated her to try to prevent her getting it again because the things we vaccinate against can potentially cause you to catch it and anyone can be a carrier and not know.

I swear, too many people think they know more about medicine than doctors. Good luck getting your daughter into college without her meningitis vaccination.

Not only do you endanger a child's life, if you want to risk your own child's life that's on you. But the children should at least have their own schools and places so children who actually CAN'T get it don't have to risk their life because of another parents stupidity. Not only are there children too young, children who's health doesn't allow vaccinations are endangered.

Segregation because of vaccinations? Wow you're going way too far

Not because of hate, I explained in the post. This way, they get their right not to vaccinate and children who are in danger are safe.

Good luck to them getting her into any school. How is your child going to school, btw?

Probably religious exemptions. So stupid. There are students at my college who claimed religious exemption to vaccinations but admit to not being religious. They just either didn't believe in vaccinations or didn't want to bother with getting them or hate needles. **** them.

vaccines done have to be 100% effective to be useful. Many times they'll cut down t he recovery time or reduce t he virulence of t he symptoms. This lessens the chance of you spreading it to the very young or very old, which are the group's most likely to die from exposure

I was vaccinated but got the chicken pox however because I was vaccinated I only got them very mildly thankfully.

See, there's this thing called herd immunity...

No vaccine is 100%. Still not a reason not to get them. The more people who have it, the less likely it is to spread.

98% effective according to the CDC. Your sample size of 3 kids is a mere anecdotal anomaly. The vaccine works so well that so few kids are getting it now that there is an increase in shingles because of a lack of second exposure boosting immunity when adults take care of kids who have chicken pox.