Unvaccinated grandchildren

Posted by bmoneyc @bmoneyc, Jun 12 6:28pm

Hey all, I am recently diagnosed and have been inspired by many of you. I know we are supposed to be careful to avoid sickness or infection. I have some grandchildren that are unvaccinated. Am I okay to be with them, do I need to take any precautions? Thank you!

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Proteggersi con la mascherina da cosa è da chi?

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Please. Just stop with this. Millions of people died from smallpox, polio, measles, COVID, etc.
I know and love the Lord with all my heart.
God wonderfully created vaccines so people could LIVE!
It’s your decision not to get vaccinated, I get it. But as an RN and twice cancer survivor, I would lovingly turn away loved ones who are not vaccinated. And they understand and still love me.

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I have MDS and somehow got an infection in April. I was in the hospital for 10 days. And I was being careful! My low white cell count was to blame.
Be careful & put yourself first.

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@drawlings0803

Please. Just stop with this. Millions of people died from smallpox, polio, measles, COVID, etc.
I know and love the Lord with all my heart.
God wonderfully created vaccines so people could LIVE!
It’s your decision not to get vaccinated, I get it. But as an RN and twice cancer survivor, I would lovingly turn away loved ones who are not vaccinated. And they understand and still love me.

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I did not mean to offend anyone by my post. All I was trying to say is not to live in fear. God has numbered our days, we will not live a day longer than what He has ordained for us. I’ve had shots for polio and measles.

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Ask your primary care doctor to see if you have antibodies. I assume you were vaccinated at one time.
With a blood cancer, you cannot get a measles vaccine - it is a live vaccine.

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@drawlings0803

Please. Just stop with this. Millions of people died from smallpox, polio, measles, COVID, etc.
I know and love the Lord with all my heart.
God wonderfully created vaccines so people could LIVE!
It’s your decision not to get vaccinated, I get it. But as an RN and twice cancer survivor, I would lovingly turn away loved ones who are not vaccinated. And they understand and still love me.

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God love you for your post! I’ve always believed He does help those who help themselves.
And, just when I despair there are no more miracles I realize that every new medical discovery is just that, miraculous.
Ignorance and denial are always forces that need to be recognized and dispelled! For reasons Im still trying to understand, there are forces who want us to go backwards where people get sick and die from diseases we had “conquered”.

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@vicky58

Proteggersi con la mascherina da cosa è da chi?

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Can someone translate this? I get “protect yourself”…..

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@gramma62

I did not mean to offend anyone by my post. All I was trying to say is not to live in fear. God has numbered our days, we will not live a day longer than what He has ordained for us. I’ve had shots for polio and measles.

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I have always believed we will not live one moment longer than we will BUT it’s how we live that matters. Ignoring science would have people live in misery, and in iron lungs, blind, crippled, in constant pain. And so on.
There is NO real science that argues masks are dangerous.

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@christina3444

Can someone translate this? I get “protect yourself”…..

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Why the mask? to protect themselves from whom or what?

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@vicky58

Why the mask? to protect themselves from whom or what?

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Hi @vicky58 For anyone who is immunocompromised, masks still remain one of the most helpful tools we have to avoid airborne illnesses; along with frequent handwashing, use of hand sanitizers and avoiding situations of exposure.

When our immune systems are compromised we have a difficult time fighting diseases. Even something simple like the common cold can become a major ordeal. So, whether we have cancer, or undergoing treatments, taking meds that lower our immunity, or any number of chronic diseases that reduce our ability to fight bacterial, viral or fungal infections, it’s important to try and avoid the issues altogether.

Countless studies confirm the efficacy of wearing masks to help avoid illness. People who are ill can also wear masks to avoid sharing their disease with others. It’s the polite thing to do.

Here’s an excerpt from a Mayo study. “Compared with a baseline of 1-foot separation with no masks employed, particle count was reduced by 84% at 3 feet of separation and 97% at 6 feet. A modest decrease in particle count was observed when only the receiver was masked. The most substantial exposure reduction occurred when the aerosol source was masked (or both parties were masked). When both the source and target were masked, particle count was reduced by more than 99.5% of baseline, regardless of separation distance or which type of mask was employed.”
https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(21)00401-8/abstract
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It’s obviously a personal choice to wear masks. I still mask up in social settings, riding elevators, crowded events or even family gatherings if we’re in close contact. My friends and relatives are respectful of my health and ask if they should mask up too. Unless they’re ill, I say no. I’m comfortable with my level of protection with my N-95 mask.

Did you wear a mask during the major Covid outbreak?

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