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    Teenage Reform council leader hits out at Labour's vaccine plans claiming chickenpox is just 'part of life' | LBC
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    Teenage Reform council leader hits out at Labour’s vaccine plans claiming chickenpox is just ‘part of life’ | LBC

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    1. SlightlyAngyKitty on

      So was measles, smallpox, tuberculosis, polio etc.
      Maybe he’d like a dose of those

    2. Krabsandwich on

      Many cases of chickenpox are mild and children get over it relatively quickly, if however a child gets a severe dose or the rash gets infected its a different story. Immunisation means children are protected and I for one think that’s a bloody good idea.

    3. ahothabeth on

      Death is just a part of life (the end part); so let’s not treat cancer, heart disease etc.

    4. pppppppppppppppppd on

      >”I think the way they were doing it originally was fine, wasn’t it? Chickenpox parties, you know, it gets it out the way when they’re young.

      >”I had chickenpox, I’m still here, I think it’s just a part of life.

      >”I’m not a medical expert but I don’t know why they’re now encouraging it when it was fine for years and years and years and years.

      Can’t read this any other way than “I’m alright, Jack”. It also says a lot about a person when they explicitly acknowledge that they have no idea what they’re talking about but still feel the need to offer their tuppence.

    5. Scotsmania on

      Being anti-vax seems like a good measure of whether someone is fit for public office. Either they’re an idiot or trying to con you into something.

    6. HateFaridge on

      What medical qualifications does he have to say this?

      Or is it the maga / rfk approach.

    7. laredocronk on

      > “**I’m not a medical expert** but I don’t know why they’re now encouraging it when it was fine for years and years and years and years.

      Then maybe you should stop spouting uninformed opinions and listen to the people who *are* medical experts.

    8. DesignerElectrical23 on

      We’re in a bizarre stage of human existence where the generation that suffered with diseases, which have been vaccinated against, are dying out. So we’re in this human invisibility phase of ignorance.
      These Reform councillors need to turn off GB, Fox News and stop looking at the mental decisions the likes of prune face RFK in America is making.

    9. AlienPandaren on

      “I’m not a medical expert but”

      Hey no need to be modest now! You got the suit and everything those science people they got no idea what they’re talking about 

    10. ACompletelyLostCause on

      So the, anti-vaxers are back again. I expect the bot farms will be pushing this as well as migrant scare stories.

    11. cactusnan on

      Proof that reform is getting all of its polices from the dumbest people in America. Reform is an offshoot of maga. Women’s rights and children’s health are in danger, women are dying from sepsis due to the lack of healthcare services during pregnancy and kids are dying from measles. Careful what you wish for because this won’t end well.

    16. the_magicwriter on

      Cancer is a part of life so presumably he’d just be happy to die if he got such a diagnosis.

    17. ash_ninetyone on

      He’s 19. How’s he remember chickenpox parties? I don’t think they’ve been a thing in decades?

      Vaccines are a safer and more controlled way to gain immunity than contracting the disease it protects you from.

      I know chickenpox is usually not fatal or serious. But it can be in a few people, and in others, the virus can manifest as shingles.

    18. Kousetsu on

      *Christ* the bar is so fucking low he can’t even speak about the real (potentially minor) concern of the increase in shingles if we provide a chicken pox vaccine. Like, it would be cool to have a real conversation about reality and not this fucking bullshit nothing. How can anyone listen to this and think “perfect, got my vote”?

    19. vocalfreesia on

      Chicken pox seems minor until it’s not. Worked with a family whose kid had two brain stem strokes after chicken pox. Went from typically developing kid to wheelchair, trache, tube fed, cognitively harmed for life. I would vaccinate even if I had to pay privately if I had kids.

    20. Orangesteel on

      Ah, the UK’s very own MAGA. There are important reasons for this vaccine. Research based reasons. Anti-science as a stance should worry everyone. It’s ill informed and not just stupid, worse, it’s dangerous. Please, however you protest. Don’t vote reform.

    21. NagelRawls on

      I nearly died from chickenpox when I was very young, highly doubt nearly dying at the age of 3 is a supposed to be just a part of life.

    23. Gingy2210 on

      Chicken pox is the leading cause of stroke in children. That’s the worst that can happen in a disease that also can cause encephalitis, meningitis, and sepsis from infected spots. At best it’s a week off school being irritable, at worst it can kill. Yes chicken pox is part of life, doesn’t mean it has to be.

    24. Chosty55 on

      Its comments like that that just show how inept reform will be if they do get power.

      The vaccine isn’t to prevent chickenpox. That would be a nice side effect. But no. The vaccine isn’t to reduce how many children get the disease, and the cost-benefit of less children who get adverse reactions (and need nhs care) will be reduced by an amount far cheaper than the cost of the rollout.

      If reform get in, they need to find ways to reduce monetary spend across the country. The NHS for all its plaudits, is expensive. It drinks money for fun. If he doesn’t understand that politics decisions are being made by organisations like NICE to help cut costs and get the best outcomes for the NHS he shouldn’t be anywhere near a political position that influences healthcare.

    25. DiscoTech1639 on

      I had chickenpox as a kid. I now get shingles as an adult.

      Fuck all the way off with this bullshit