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AllyCat

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8. Another shift in blame is men who don't vaccinate

Reply to zappaman (Original post)

Thu Sep 25, 2014, 03:36 PM

Sep 2014

I work in OB and we vaccinate mothers against Pertussis. We are not allowed to vax the dads because they aren't patients. We ask them to get a Tdap to protect their new babies. Most chuckle and say something to the effect of "I'm okay". My own husband is one of them.

We can place plenty of blame on anti-vaxers. But let's look at all the other groups who don't feel it's important.

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Good read from the WSJ: The Anti-Vaccination Epidemic [View all] zappaman Sep 2014 OP

du rec. xchrom Sep 2014 #1

People think they are getting smarter zappaman Sep 2014 #2

I accept that children of anti-vax parents will die Bragi Sep 2014 #3

In addition, medical science will make progress determining the real cause(s) of autism. tclambert Sep 2014 #7

Sad but true. zappaman Sep 2014 #9

DU rec... SidDithers Sep 2014 #4

Parents who don't vaccinate their children (other than those few children who cannot receive vaccine Arkansas Granny Sep 2014 #5

Agreed. zappaman Sep 2014 #10

Kick, kick, kick! Heidi Sep 2014 #6

Another shift in blame is men who don't vaccinate AllyCat Sep 2014 #8

Agreed! nt Bragi Sep 2014 #19

Yup! zappaman Sep 2014 #20

Apparently State Farm woke up: kiva Sep 2014 #11

yeah right...his first amendment rights were violated. zappaman Sep 2014 #12

Which just shows that Schneider not only doesn't understand science, kiva Sep 2014 #13

The SchniederMan zappaman Sep 2014 #14

The golden rule: those with the gold make the rules Algernon Moncrieff Sep 2014 #15

Well, it is when those views are in direct opposition to the company that hired him. n/t zappaman Sep 2014 #16

You'd have thought they knew that when they signed him Algernon Moncrieff Sep 2014 #17

True, but it's not surprising that they didn't. zappaman Sep 2014 #18

Heartbreaking. Brickbat Sep 2014 #21

Yeah but zappaman Sep 2014 #22

Kick...nt SidDithers Oct 2014 #23