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lostnfound

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13. My son exhibits some sensitivity to vaccines

Thu Jan 29, 2015, 11:28 PM

Jan 2015

After the MMR shot in particular, he was suddenly uncoordinated, stumbled around, appeared confused, had a swollen abdomen for a couple of days and more or less stopped talking and language development for about a year. i was scared to death that he had been damaged. My mom survived polio back in the late 1920s so i wouldn't dream of skipping vaccines altogether, but the MMR shot was scary.

It just sucks how easy it is for people to fault parents for every dang thing they do and don't do. It's exhausting to be constantly criticized when you're doing the best you know how.

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The Disneyland measles crisis: how to make negligent parents pay [View all] HuckleB Jan 2015 OP

I would not be opposed to charging parents with child endangerment Agnosticsherbet Jan 2015 #1

Exactly! HuckleB Jan 2015 #4

I agree FLPanhandle Jan 2015 #12

Well said! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2015 #26

Specifically, the anti-vax parents ought to be charged with child endangerment at least meow2u3 Feb 2015 #27

Kick.... daleanime Jan 2015 #2

No more fast pass for them!!! hollysmom Jan 2015 #3

If we cite non-vaxxers, then what to do with non-vaxxing unregistered immigrants and poor people? NYC_SKP Jan 2015 #5

Undocumented Immigrants do not refuse vaccination. Agnosticsherbet Jan 2015 #7

Undocumented Immigrants consistently refuse publicly provided services out of fear. NYC_SKP Jan 2015 #8

We could ammend the immigation system so workers could more easily get work permits Agnosticsherbet Jan 2015 #11

It's a public health issue. That's why schools address this very concern. HuckleB Jan 2015 #17

I'm not optimistic. "Public Health Issue" is regularly used to workaround matters of civil rights. NYC_SKP Jan 2015 #20

"Civil Rights" include the right to not unnecessarily be exposed to preventable diseases, HuckleB Feb 2015 #24

Vaccines should be free for poor families meow2u3 Feb 2015 #28

Except that for many, cost isn't the issue, fear of deportation is, or may be. NYC_SKP Feb 2015 #29

Better throw those Disney EMPLOYEES Parents in jail HockeyMom Jan 2015 #6

Yeah, what use are professional epidemiologists when I've got a Google machine?! NuclearDem Jan 2015 #9

Thanks for your usual anti-vaccine misinformation. HuckleB Jan 2015 #15

3% of the vaccinated never develop immunity -- that complicates this a lot GreatGazoo Jan 2015 #10

There is a very real difference between knowingly putting people at risk, and... HuckleB Jan 2015 #16

Exactly but what if it turns out to be someone in that 3% who vaccinated and still has no immunity GreatGazoo Jan 2015 #19

You still don't get it. NuclearDem Jan 2015 #21

If 100% of children were vaccinated HockeyMom Jan 2015 #22

Herd immunity requires the vast majority of an entire population to be immunized. NuclearDem Jan 2015 #23

If you understood herd immunity, you would know how unlikely that would be. HuckleB Feb 2015 #25

My son exhibits some sensitivity to vaccines lostnfound Jan 2015 #13

You're the parent. Everything is your fault. jeff47 Jan 2015 #18

Never going to happen this way because...freedom daredtowork Jan 2015 #14