Comments | roga: Day 12: I mean as far as diseases go, at least its name's kind of cute

roga

Day 12: I mean as far as diseases go, at least its name's kind of cute

Dec 13, 2014 03:01

So, as I've mentioned, the NHL has been dealing with an outbreak of the mumps. It started in California, transferred to Minnesota, New York, and the latest, New Jersey. I have no idea what the NHL is actually doing in order to prevent the spread of the disease, but its questionable secrecy regarding player injuries is becoming more than ridiculous ( Read more... )

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kita0610 December 13 2014, 01:46:59 UTC

Uh. Yeah that's mumps.

I thought we immunized against that- he seems too old to have been a member of the asinine "my kid isn't getting vaccinated bc he might become autistic" movement.

roga December 13 2014, 07:31:53 UTC

Yup, it's in the MMR shot, but apparently that wears off after a while, so unless you take a booster shot (in this case - in time), you're still at risk, especially once it's started to spread in your surroundings. One theory is that it originated somewhere (Orange County?) with lower vaccination rates.

It's all such a weird, bizarre mess.

kita0610 December 13 2014, 07:33:43 UTC

Yes to all of that. I googled after I left the comment bc I had to know. I never realized that MMR wore off! Damn.

Anyone who doesn't vaccinate their children or their pets should be put out on an ice floe and left to fend for themselves. Lord preserve the gene pool.

roga December 13 2014, 07:38:10 UTC

Yeah... The whole cycle really does work only if people continue to vaccinate kids. I hadn't realized that either.

(Anti-vaccination has spread here too :( In lower volumes than in the US, but it's definitely here, and it's. Unfortunate.)

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hooloovoo_42 December 13 2014, 10:09:16 UTC

Given that mumps can cause sterility in men if they get it when they're older, you think they might actually give the whole of the league booster shots if it's going around.

roga December 14 2014, 09:03:30 UTC

Yeah, let's not talk about how inappropriately worried I am about the state of grown men's potential sterility while all this is going on.

I know that they offered it to teams - probably encouraged it - but I don't think they (don't know if they CAN) mandated it. I know that Ryan Suter declined it, and what do you know he then got the mumps. And god, I just read an article from a few days ago with a quote from a Blackhawks player saying:

"I know some teams have been hit with it," Bickell said. "We're not thinking that way. Our team keeps nutritionists and we keep our bodies healthy to hopefully avoid things like that."

...please tell me you're taking a shot with that green kale shake. Please.