Gee, me being cranky? What a surprise.

[missmiah]

Got into an argument about vaccinations with a stranger on the internet because of course I did.

Hey, don't want your kiddo to get his shots because it could give them autism/mercury poisoning/makes them cry, that's your business. But I think the polite thing to do is to let me know your kid hasn't received all his jabs before you let him play with my son who is not old enough to receive all of his shots - which we are giving him on schedule because I would rather have a living, breathing baby than one who might catch whooping cough and die, thanks.

I'm not saying you have to vaccinate your kids, I'm just saying I don't want him playing with my son if you don't.

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[greek-jester.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow. Other parent has a special kind of entitlement whorishness.

The last year we've had a few waves of measles epidemics (particularly bad in Wales) thanks to the autism scare (which has been disproved multiple times!) There have been a few deaths, usually very young children, and of course some of the non-fatal after-affects of the same.

If you're not willing to vaccinate your kid, you keep them away from other kids; not just for the sake of the other kids, but for your own kid's sake, since they have no protection against those diseases.

[missmiah.livejournal.com]

My husband came down with whooping cough when he was in junior high or high school. He says he was out of school for weeks and thought his ribs were going to break. Neither of us can understand why someone wouldn't want to do anything in their power to keep their little one from experiencing that.

[greek-jester.livejournal.com]

Quite apart from the possibility of death/permanent disability, of course.

[scatteredlogic.livejournal.com]

Good for you! Herd immunity here is breaking down rapidly, and you have to do what's best to protect your child and yourself. ~nods~

[kauricat.livejournal.com]

Amen. My sister is someone who was doing "delayed" vaccinations for no reason other than sticking to the official schedule makes her nervous. I'm sure she got a doctor to sign off, but it pisses me off. I'm not sure if she's got him all caught up yet or not. I should probably find out since we're seeing them for the holidays.

Before we even had the boy, my husband said pretty much what you've said here. He (and I) would rather risk being wrong and causing Stormy to develop autism over risking any of the diseases that we can easily vaccinate against.

And HELL YEAH if you are not vaccinating (or if you're behind in vaccinations) you had better Goddamned tell me before I let my son near your child(ren).