doctor_ben

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Aldi had $300 mattresses not too long ago

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How much do I have to donate to move up the list? I'm not very good at waiting 3+ years.

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I have a question about the pertussis vaccine. Kids aren't fully protected from it until they are 15 months old, right? But it is an attenuated vaccine. Which means that people can still be carriers of the disease, and not show symptoms, right?

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So if I, a fully vaccinated adult, contracts pertussis, I won't show any signs or symptoms of it, I won't know that I am a carrier. I then come in contact with someone who is under 15 months old. Won't I be risking exposing them to pertussis without even realizing it?

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Wouldn't it be better to not get the pertussis booster? I'd rather get 100 bad coughs (and stay away from people until I am no longer contagious), than infect an infant unknowingly.

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