tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post6370564225901123338..comments2024-03-28T12:59:00.516-04:00Comments on Heroes, Heroines, and History: Would You Have Allowed Jenner to Inoculate You?Debbie Lynne Costellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16381517812227326616noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-87167319521323559832013-10-30T10:03:13.298-04:002013-10-30T10:03:13.298-04:00Hi there, Melanie,
I remember getting the smallpox...Hi there, Melanie,<br />I remember getting the smallpox vaccine and developing the scab on my arm. When I was playing one day I rubbed up against the school building and OUCH! I won't go into the details. :)Jillian Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12565274151603868808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-73782556818223122282013-10-30T00:09:56.940-04:002013-10-30T00:09:56.940-04:00Jillian, I loved your post! I found it very intere...Jillian, I loved your post! I found it very interesting. I grew up getting every inoculation that was offered since my mother worked for our small town doctor. Sugar cube polio vaccine, mumps vaccine, small pox vaccine.....Melanie Backushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09727406782355039525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-33464172546245606022013-10-29T21:30:32.813-04:002013-10-29T21:30:32.813-04:00Not pretty that's for sure but the vaccine bea...Not pretty that's for sure but the vaccine beats the disease. Just Google photos of smallpox victims.Jillian Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12565274151603868808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-69670149775261339542013-10-29T20:37:19.036-04:002013-10-29T20:37:19.036-04:00Sounds disgusting- puss, infection, etc. Who woul...Sounds disgusting- puss, infection, etc. Who would have thot vacines came from this. sharon, CA wileygreen1(at)yahoo(dot)comsharon mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10130208778591424260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-19937086337822700822013-10-29T20:11:43.330-04:002013-10-29T20:11:43.330-04:00Hi Jenny,
I'm glad you brought that up. I don&...Hi Jenny,<br />I'm glad you brought that up. I don't think I have had a booster for whooping cough. I wonder if you've had once if you can get it again. Probably. I work in a hospital and we have to have flu shots. I'm so sorry about your Mum, Jenny. Thanks for joining the conversation here today.Jillian Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12565274151603868808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-3122994792516541712013-10-29T18:56:19.095-04:002013-10-29T18:56:19.095-04:00Thanks, I will check it out Thanks, I will check it out J.Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16248267015658076920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-42100267303444422702013-10-29T17:20:53.731-04:002013-10-29T17:20:53.731-04:00I know people who have had Whooping cough and they...I know people who have had Whooping cough and they say its now becoming bad again as many who were immunized haven't had a booster and the immunity has worn off. We are having more cases and they are asking people to think about being immunized. So I asked the dr while there and they did it there and then. In not in contact with a lot of kids but after my friends baby had it years back and almost died I would hate to get it and infect someone (I dont want it either). Have never had the flu jab. Mum had it once and got the worse flu she had ever had. she never got the flu again until last year and it did lead to her death but it was well and truely time. She was more than ready to go to heaven at 93 and no quality of life left. Ausjennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07644698706787568679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-79937308068153209382013-10-29T14:18:12.350-04:002013-10-29T14:18:12.350-04:00Hi Naomi,
I forgot to hit reply to your comment so...Hi Naomi,<br />I forgot to hit reply to your comment so it's further down on the list. I'm curious what you would consider "a really good reason." I would be too scared not too have my kids vaccinated. I know there's a debate out there about vaccinations and autism but I really don't much about it.Jillian Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12565274151603868808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-40217345396091374082013-10-29T13:54:00.597-04:002013-10-29T13:54:00.597-04:00Speaking of yellow fever, J. Grace, I've read ...Speaking of yellow fever, J. Grace, I've read a great book, written for young readers called, Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson: http://www.amazon.com/Fever-1793-ebook/dp/B004ZZRZ7W/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1383068962&sr=1-1&keywords=yellow+fever+by+anderson<br /><br />Jillian Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12565274151603868808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-80715131454939704542013-10-29T13:39:13.539-04:002013-10-29T13:39:13.539-04:00Hi Martha,
I also get pneumonia easily. They final...Hi Martha,<br />I also get pneumonia easily. They finally allowed me to get the pneumovax about 3 years ago and I've stayed much healthier.Jillian Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12565274151603868808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-61035527792209364872013-10-29T13:35:42.110-04:002013-10-29T13:35:42.110-04:00Interesting post, but I don't think I would wa...Interesting post, but I don't think I would want to do it.<br /><br />I did do the recommended vaccines when I traveled to South America(yellow fever, hepatitis A...) I didn't mind the sore arm from the vaccines and it was better then finding myself very ill in another country. J.Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16248267015658076920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-50546335552565196312013-10-29T08:23:56.104-04:002013-10-29T08:23:56.104-04:00Oh, I had whooping cough too back in 1942, and it ...Oh, I had whooping cough too back in 1942, and it was awful. I have a lung disease today called Bronchiectasis as a result. I have to be careful or a cold can turn into pneumonia very quickly.Martha W. Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02415972499923372153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-48797850682710794152013-10-29T08:18:38.374-04:002013-10-29T08:18:38.374-04:00Although the diseases are rare in these days, you ...Although the diseases are rare in these days, you never want your children to have any of the those prevented by the DPT shot. My boys had no side effects from these and none from the polio vaccine. I lived through the awful polio epidemics that crippled children and left them in braces or iron lungs, so I made sure the boys had all the vaccines available to them. Of course they couldn't go to school either without proof of those shots.Martha W. Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02415972499923372153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-35491601688268521962013-10-29T07:10:35.590-04:002013-10-29T07:10:35.590-04:00Hi Jenny,
I had whooping cough as a child and it w...Hi Jenny,<br />I had whooping cough as a child and it was very scary. I couldn't catch my breath. I'm glad we don't have most of the terrible diseases that used to plague us, but I hear what Naomi is saying too. However, I would be too scared not to be vaccinated today even against the flu.Jillian Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12565274151603868808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-32739290483091764722013-10-29T07:04:27.266-04:002013-10-29T07:04:27.266-04:00Hi Naomi,
I don't think there will ever be a v...Hi Naomi,<br />I don't think there will ever be a vaccination that doesn't carry the risk of side effects. I remember being vaccinated against polio when I was very young. I would hate to see that make a resurgence in the world again and smallpox was horrible. Still, in that day I would have probably waited to see what happened to everyone else and pray I didn't succumb to smallpox in the meantime. Jillian Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12565274151603868808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-32438487879735538802013-10-29T07:02:08.859-04:002013-10-29T07:02:08.859-04:00No me either. I did know how it was done all the m...No me either. I did know how it was done all the more reason not to have it done. I have to say im glad its different today as I had the booster for whooping cough, diphtheria and tetanus today and have to say the arm is a little sore. Ausjennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07644698706787568679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-60317462215167635212013-10-29T05:01:48.829-04:002013-10-29T05:01:48.829-04:00No! I totally would not have allowed Jenner to ino...No! I totally would not have allowed Jenner to inoculate me, and I don't allow doctors today to inoculate my children unless they have a really good reason. (So far, I'm still waiting for that really good reason, and the vaccination that doesn't pose any threat of side effects.)Naomi Rawlingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02431203734855694561noreply@blogger.com