Yeah, I wonder what happened to erythromycin. That was the drug I ALWAYS got as a kid because of my allergies.

Same here. Allergic to sulfa antibiotics as well. Clindamycin & Levaquin have been my buddies when it comes to antibiotics. (On that note, Levaquin is especially suited to sinus infections as well)

  But regarding allergies, I think there's a much higher instance of people being allergic to *cillin's than other antibiotics. That's purely based on my own experience talking to people I know though, so someone feel free to correct me.

My thought exactly. Clindamycin and Biaxin are especially good at treating sinus infections. Why they used a drug like amoxicillin is beyond me...

These diseases are all over the world. They're nowhere near extinct. The reason they "appear" to be extinct in the US is that the vast majority of people have immunizations. They gives the appearance of extinction, but it's a far cry from actual extinction.

Or was that your point?

By that way of thinking, anyone who straps their baby into a carseat and drives somewhere is in the same group of people who get abortions...?

Only a complete moron would make that connection.

Kids are dying all the time these days from diseases they could have been vaccinated against. The idea that they're extinct, or nearly extinct, is a lie invented by people who need to make themselves feel better about a lousy decision.

Things like whooping cough are on the RISE right now because of the idiotic parents who refuse to vaccinate their kids.

Not being argumentative here, but so does driving a car. A small percentage of drivers are in an accident every day. You just hope it's not you.

For that matter a small percentage of people randomly develop food allergies and die of anaphylactic shock. Or get food poisoning. That doesn't mean eating is a bad idea.

What in the hades are you spouting about?

We're talking about medical science and disease immunity here. I'd sure like to see how you connected some imaginary dots between that and abortion...

No kidding. When these idiots have kids dying of whooping cough, hepatitis, or worse, they'll come to deeply regret their ignorant, short-sighted (not to mention medically disproven) position.

Being a freeloader is no excuse. There are free vaccine clinics all over the place which operate on a few $ donations, and a huge supply of free surplus vaccines that would otherwise be thrown in the trash.