If you think that issues regarding vaccination should be part of the Democratic Party Platform

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15. But we also best not ridicule and demean people for discussing their fears

or limitations.

Seriously, if a member of my family had had a severe reaction to a vaccine, or had died from one, as one of the DU posters discussed in the other big thread where everyone is name calling, then I might be very cautious about them as well.

Many parents chose to go slowly with them and so instead of vilifying people for trying to figure out a way to work within their fear barricades, how about encouraging them? And pointing out with eloquence the benefits to the society.

I have a brother-in-law whose boss went to get a flu shot decades ago and died within an hour of getting it, and he simply will not ever go to a doctor. That is how it effected him. And he is a brilliant financial guy. So, medical things that go awry are scary and some people respond by declining to participate, when possible.