flacaltenn
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Anybody over 65 running for Prez and contemplating hugging people and shaking hands and kissing cheeks all day ---- They would have been vaccinated by their medical team as tho they were visiting a 3rd world country. And that includes a FULL series of Pneuma-vax shots.
Your ignorance is MY problem???? ? It is now recommended for all kids entering kindergarten. Required in MOST hospitals and clinics for public health workers. It is WIDESPREAD inexpensive protection for the disease.
If you are running for Prez and your med team HASN'T done this --- they are negligent. Exposure to THOUSANDS of people per day at THAT AGE --- it would be CRIMINAL if her doctors didn't shoot her up..
Pneumococcal Disease (includes pneumococcal pneumonia, pneumococcal meningitis and pneumococcal bacteremia)
What is the best way to prevent pneumococcal disease?
The single best way to prevent this disease is to be vaccinated.
Children should be vaccinated with a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) at 2, 4, and 6 months. They also need another shot, or booster, at 12 to 15 months of age.
Adults 65 years and older should be vaccinated with the PCV13 vaccine and a pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23).
Adults who are 19 to 64 years of age with certain health risks should be vaccinated. These risks include: diabetes, smoking, alcoholism, asthma, chronic heart, liver, lung or kidney disease, sickle cell disease, a spleen that doesn't work, cancer or other diseases that affect the immune system. Talk to your doctor about which pneumococcal vaccines are right for you.
What is the difference between the PCV13 and the PPSV23 vaccines?
While both vaccines help to protect against the bacteria that cause the types of blood infections and meningitis that are included in the vaccines, the PCV13 offers protection against pneumonia too.
What are the pneumococcal vaccine requirements for school attendance?
Your children in day care, Head Start or nursery school, should have received 1 to 4 doses of pneumococcal vaccine depending on their age. Please refer to the school attendance requirements at: Child Care Programs, Schools and Post-Secondary Institutions.
What should I or my family members do if we travel out of the country?
Pneumococcal disease occurs around the world. It is more common in developing countries. You may be at higher risk if you spend time in crowded settings or come in close contact with children in countries where pneumococcal vaccine is not routinely used. Make sure that you are vaccinated according to the recommendations above.
Such a shame. You used to be rational and intelligent. You've devolved to nothing more than the same type of partisan shill as hazlnut.
Me? A partisan shill? For educating you about the preventibility of pneumonia?
You're the over the cliff lemming partisan here. Chasing stupid ass stories like this and ignoring your country's leadership crisis.
BTW --- What brand of partisan shill do you THINK I am?