out of context comments without allowing people to explain them. I don't know of anytime he's ever called somone a racist. It's usually the racists who do that.

Of course the legislative condemnation of MoveOn was over the top, but the public condemnation wasn't and it's horrible that Democratic senators wouldn't do it for an actual in context statement that was purposefully hateful but then jumped to do it for an extremely out of context comment on the same subject. The Republican legislative act was at least based on the truth. The Democrats drafted theirs knowing it was based on a lie. That is despicable. And they did it to an individual, not a political group. That is rotten and downright evil to the core.

What Moveon said was outrageous and that the New York Times gave them a discount to say it proves that they are a radical left wing advocacy paper, not an impartial news source.

Don't you think this is just a little suspicious?

I mean, this would be like a congress critter sending his/her staff out (on the public dime) to study the arm-movements of NFL officials.

During the Super Bowl.

When I'm president, privatization is off the table because it's not the answer to anything.-Hillary Rodham, September 3, 2007 AARP Legislative Conference.

i have no idea how you couldn't follow it. also since you don't know the story, he said it. i don't care if he's racist, that's his right. i'mnot complaining about his comments being racist, or stereotyping, or prejudicial, i'm complaining about how he is a liberal and those reasons are more disturbing than any of the afore mentioned conditions of his comments.

so before you start saying you're going to defend someone i suggest to follow up on the story. and you completely got the quote wrong too. his own words are what are coming back on him and that's why i wont let up on the poor guy cause you feel a litl sorry for him.

lunaticcringeradio

The second link I provided includes the healthcare worker recommendations.  I would have used that as a primary link except for the fact that it is bulky.  The first link I provided does indeed list childhood immunizations schedules, but, as I said in the text, there are clickable PDF links for each immunization which provide an easy read on the immunization including recommendations for adults.  It surely is an easier read for laypeople than the one you discussed in duplicate.

I don't know what you mean by "sort of point out".  Exactly how more specific was necessary for this discussion?  You appear to  duplicate what I had already said.  My post dealt directly with the specifics of what, alledgedly, were Thompson's office recommendations, not a complete discussion of all immunizations and specific situations concerning vaccines and adults. 

I do like your comment about "free-styling" though.  We can not be sure of precisely what Thompson's office actually advised since it is filtered through a "journalist".  Who did more "free-styling" - Thompson's office, the "leaker", the reporter or the editor - we may never know.

The governement officials have never been described as "healthcare workers" but would presumably be "adults" and thus the Adult recommendations (as provided in my second link in the original post) would most likely be applicable.  For completeness, I will consider the government officials as "health care workers" where applicable in vaccine guidelines. 

I highly doubt that Thompson's employee's will be practicing medicine in two different States (Alabama and North Carolina) as there are regulatory and licensing issues that would require not only approved training and testing but also time in order to be a legal provider.  There is no mention of VA hospitals/clinics, CDC operations or Homeland Security crises which would obviate the need for individual State licensures.

As to what immunizations would or should be required of adults from your post, Meningococcal vaccine would probably not be required of the government officials as well as most adults in the USA.  As can be found in the second link from my original post (N.B. - The following all excerpted from the specific link(s).  Please see link(s) for full explanations.):

"ACIP continues to recommend routine vaccination for persons aged 19--55 years who are at increased risk for meningococcal disease: college freshmen living in dormitories, microbiologists routinely exposed to isolates of Neisseria meningitidis, military recruits, travelers to or residents of countries in which N. meningitidis meningitis is hyperendemic or epidemic, persons with terminal complement component deficiencies, and persons with anatomic or functional asplenia."

Varicella vaccine, to prevent Chicken Pox and/or Shingles (Herpes Zoster), is given to adults and healthcare workers if current immunity can not be verified.  A blood test will determine immunity and the requirement for further immunization.  As such,  most adult US citizens will not require further VZ vaccine:

"All healthy adults should be assessed for varicella immunity, and those who do not have evidence of immunity should receive 2 doses of single-antigen varicella vaccine 4--8 weeks apart."

"To improve individual protection against varicella and to have a more rapid impact on school outbreaks, second dose catch-up varicella vaccination is recommended for children, adolescents, and adults who previously received 1 dose."

"To prevent disease and nosocomial spread of VZV, health-care institutions should ensure that all HCP (health care personnel) have evidence of immunity to varicella. Birth before 1980 is not considered evidence of immunity for HCP because of the possibility of nosocomial transmission to high-risk patients. In health-care institutions, serologic screening before vaccination of personnel who have a negative or uncertain history of varicella and who are unvaccinated is likely to be cost effective. Institutions may elect to test all HCP regardless of disease history because a small proportion of persons with a positive history of disease might be susceptible."

MMR vaccine (Measles, Mumps and Rubella) is given to adults (including health care workers) who cannot provide proof of immunity available via several mechanisms:

"A personal history of measles and mumps is NOT acceptable as proof of immunity. Acceptable evidence of measles and mumps immunity includes a positive serologic test for antibody, physician diagnosis of diseases, birth before 1957, or written documentation of vaccination. For rubella, only serologic evidence or documented vaccination should be accepted as proof of immunity. Additionally, persons born prior to 1957 may be considered immune to rubella unless they are women who have the potential to become pregnant."

"Persons who have documentation of receiving LIVE measles vaccine in the 1960s do not need to be revaccinated. Persons who were vaccinated prior to 1968 with either inactivated (killed) measles vaccine or measles vaccine of unknown type should be revaccinated with at least one dose of live attenuated measles vaccine. This recommendation is intended to protect persons who may have received killed measles vaccine, which was available in 1963-1967 and was not effective." 

"All persons who work in a medical facility should have evidence of immunity to measles and rubella. For most persons born after 1956, this means documentation of two doses of MMR vaccine, or serologic evidence of measles and rubella immunity. Persons born before 1957 can generally be considered immune to all three diseases, but age does not guarantee immunity. As a result, ACIP recommends that facilities consider recommending a dose of MMR to persons born before 1957 if there is no other evidence of immunity (such as serologic testing)."

"Persons born in or after 1957 who work in health care facilities of any kind and cannot document prior vaccination should receive two doses of MMR separated by at least 4 weeks. Alternatively, serologic testing could determine if the person is immune to measles and rubella. Persons born before 1957 are generally considered immune to measles. However, ACIP recommends that at least one dose of MMR be considered for persons in this age group who do not have documentation of a measles-containing vaccination, history of physician-diagnosed measles, or laboratory evidence of measles and rubella immunity."

Complete information concerning child, adult, health care worker, etc. vaccinations can be gleaned from the two links in my original post.

Killing them with kindness isn't working.  Time to get scrappy with the Donkeys.

Right-o, I was reacting to the same original remark that you were.

"He was, and is yet, most likely, the wearisomest, self-righteous
pharisee that ever ransacked a Bible to rake the promises to himself
and fling the curses on his neighbors." -Emily Bronte

"Mission-Essential". I like that. May have to steal it.

David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive