The Immune System#android#iPad#retweet

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…One of the fascinating aspects of the immune system is that it has a memory and the capacity to learn. Long ago physicians realized that people who had recovered from the plague would never get it again–they had acquired immunity. In order to have room for all the cells needed to match millions of possible enemies, the immune system stores just a few of each kind. When an antigen appears, those few matching cells multiply into a full-scale army. After their job is done, they fade away except that the system forever retains a “blue-print” for rapid reactivation should it ever be needed…

…The amount or concentration of a particular antibody that is in solution can be measured in a laboratory. This is called a “Titer Test”. Common sense would indicate that if a Titer Test revealed that antibodies for a particular disease already exist at appropriate levels–booster shots are not required!…

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There Is No Vaccine War, Only Smart Parents Making Smart Decisions: An Open Letter to PBS#android#iPad#retweet

by Jennifer Margulis

After PBS’s Frontline aired five years ago, I wrote the producers a letter. Their decision to re-air their one-sided and irresponsible documentary tonight has prompted me to republish the letter in a slightly edited form.

When the show first aired live, the voice-over falsely identified me as someone who did not vaccinate my children, despite the fact that I repeated several times to the producer during the many hours that she was filming me that I was (and still am) pro-vaccine. My lawyer threatened PBS with a lawsuit. The voice-over was corrected for accuracy. But the damage was done: hate mail and death threats came in from around the country…

Despite the media’s love of a “war,” you actually can be pro-vaccine and against the current schedule.

The bottom line: We all care about the same thing: keeping every child in America safe and healthy. If our current vaccine schedule were actually doing that, we wouldn’t be having this conversation…

 

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http://jennifermargulis.net