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Hermit-The-Prog

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46. show the consequences!

Fri Mar 8, 2019, 04:20 PM

Mar 2019

I think you're exactly right. All of my local, broadcast tv stations do just as you describe -- they show "a baby getting stabbed with a long sharp needle and none at all of a kid sick with a preventable disease."

Tv *can* educate; the producers and directors just need to choose to do so.

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It Took Two Months and Nearly a Million Dollars to Save an Unvaccinated 6-Year-Old From Tetanus [View all] littlemissmartypants Mar 2019 OP

Horrible story, and at the end it says the parents still won't vaccinate marylandblue Mar 2019 #1

Willfull stupidity. Archae Mar 2019 #2

Sociopathetic stupidity was what I was going to say, but you beat me to it. nt littlemissmartypants Mar 2019 #13

Parental malpractice! lastlib Mar 2019 #64

It makes no sense Stargazer09 Mar 2019 #9

Because they're self-important assholes, Volaris Mar 2019 #22

Bingo! FiveGoodMen Mar 2019 #23

Exactly! Stargazer09 Mar 2019 #61

The parents aren't gonna suffer, they all GOT their shots. Volaris Mar 2019 #66

I am willing to bet this family did not pay the full medical bill, the article does not say. trc Mar 2019 #25

If I choose to smoke my health insurance would almost double Norbert Mar 2019 #63

Naked child abuse workinclasszero Mar 2019 #48

They live on a farm, cleaned the wound at home and didn't get him vaccinated? Farmer-Rick Mar 2019 #3

I am allergic to tetanus (or is it anti-tetanus). Not sure what the alternatives are BSdetect Mar 2019 #4

That's awful. Mariana Mar 2019 #11

I sometimes wonder if parents who don't vaccinate their children really understand the risks Arkansas Granny Mar 2019 #5

We need mandatory educational films Stargazer09 Mar 2019 #10

That's been the missing link: education that includes pictures and videos... Hekate Mar 2019 #33

show the consequences! Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2019 #46

They showed some pretty gruesome vids in my driver's ed class. Mariana Mar 2019 #50

You are so right! Stargazer09 Mar 2019 #62

If schools refused to admit children who aren't immunized... dawg day Mar 2019 #54

On the contrary, they homeschool. nt Hekate Mar 2019 #65

I think that's the missing piece of the puzzle of why people don't vaccinate. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2019 #57

Antivaxers are the most frustrating people you can encounter. gordianot Mar 2019 #6

They've been around much longer than that. Mariana Mar 2019 #14

My favorite is do not resuscitate orders for medically fragile children. gordianot Mar 2019 #17

One of Gutenberg.org recent acquisitions in e-books was an anti-vax book from that era... Hekate Mar 2019 #36

What I remember is that this essay really covered the bases. Mariana Mar 2019 #39

Found the book I referred to and updated my post. Loved the Transcriber's Note, which I included. nt Hekate Mar 2019 #40

Wallace wrote that? Mariana Mar 2019 #43

Oh! No, I didn't know who he was. Sometimes I learn the darndest things here. Hekate Mar 2019 #45

The collective intelligence of DU is legendary. nt littlemissmartypants Mar 2019 #58

I hope the bill went directly to the parents. Can these people get insurance? spanone Mar 2019 #7

I hope they get the bill too. Baitball Blogger Mar 2019 #12

It would be fitting if family had to file for bankruptcy. But probably sinkingfeeling Mar 2019 #8

That may be the thing that would get these people to vaccinate. Mariana Mar 2019 #15

Agree! Lonestarblue Mar 2019 #24

They're endangering some of the vaccinated people, too. Mariana Mar 2019 #42

They are probably anti socialist. justgamma Mar 2019 #26

"The wound was cleaned and sutured at home..." Mariana Mar 2019 #16

Anti-vaxxers probably knew a doctor would insist on a tetanus shot. SunSeeker Mar 2019 #21

I can't believe they haven't been arrested and charged. Mariana Mar 2019 #44

Good point! Their unlicensed practice of medicine butchery itself could have imparted tetanus. SunSeeker Mar 2019 #49

doing my family research on ancestry, I found a 15 year old relative who died from tetanus EveHammond13 Mar 2019 #18

There is a Cultivated Ignorance that Creates these Situations dlk Mar 2019 #19

K & R for exposure of anti-vaxx child abuse. SunSeeker Mar 2019 #20

Non-evidence-based vaccine exemptions/refusals for minors are immoral, and should not be legal. RockRaven Mar 2019 #27

+∞ LongtimeAZDem Mar 2019 #31

Could not agree more, LongtimeAZDem. nt littlemissmartypants Mar 2019 #35

+3 mr_lebowski Mar 2019 #53

"sutured at home"? That's more than what I would call a "scrape." suffragette Mar 2019 #28

I bet they didn't have any local anesthetic for the pain of suturing. JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2019 #29

I bet you're right. suffragette Mar 2019 #30

I'm 64. akraven Mar 2019 #32

I had to get a booster not long ago. littlemissmartypants Mar 2019 #34

Correct Sgent Mar 2019 #68

Thanks so much for the reply, Sgent. littlemissmartypants Mar 2019 #69

Among the non-fiction books I have on WWI nurses recounts the deaths of soldiers by tetanus... Hekate Mar 2019 #37

Only negative vaccination reaction I ever had, same as you, very sore arm mr_lebowski Mar 2019 #55

Oh yeah, typhoid fever. We moved to Hawai'i before Statehood, and had to get those shots. Ouch.nt Hekate Mar 2019 #60

Betcha they vaccinated all the livestock on their farm. procon Mar 2019 #38

Sad, but telling point. littlemissmartypants Mar 2019 #41

Bill the parents for the full amount. They put their child through hell EllieBC Mar 2019 #47

put the parents in jail and have them pay the medical expenses for all involved juxtaposed Mar 2019 #51

How is that not child abuse? Child endangerment? Neglect? Solly Mack Mar 2019 #52

Me too, Solly Mack. nt littlemissmartypants Mar 2019 #59

He Was In EXCRUCIATING PAIN Me. Mar 2019 #56

His parents should pay. Drahthaardogs Mar 2019 #67

Kick ck4829 Mar 2019 #70

Fuck antivaxxers. Fucking ignant morons. Tetanus is a really nasty disease. backscatter712 Mar 2019 #71