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woodsprite

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28. Two here!

Tue Feb 3, 2015, 04:12 PM

Feb 2015

Their latest vaccines were chicken pox and meningitis two years ago. No health issues that we've experienced (knock on wood). That being said, neither has received the HPV vaccine because we were told recently that they are coming out with an updated one that incorporates more of the strains than the previous version, and we hold off on the pneumonia and flu shots since they're not in a 'high risk' category.

BTW, our pediatrician always gave us all the pros and cons (documentation from reputable sources that he collected in a notebook for parents to view) and he let us decide how far we wanted to go. Even they were 'iffy' re: the HPV vaccine and with the pneumonia and flu shots - only recommend those for kids in high risk categories.

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Let's cut to the chase. Raise your hand if you have, or would, or will, vaccinate your kids. [View all] WilliamPitt Feb 2015 OP

We don't have kids but our cat objected to her vaccinations. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2015 #1

Yeah they get pissed (literally) about the vet. Warren Stupidity Feb 2015 #5

I hate those dirty looks. Enthusiast Feb 2015 #91

Yep. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2015 #98

Of courrrrse libodem Feb 2015 #2

...^ that 840high Feb 2015 #45

Of course. I don't subscribe to Bad Deal rightwing selfish stupidity. Warren Stupidity Feb 2015 #3

I listened to Thom Hartmann's radio show this afternoon and I was dismayed Raine1967 Feb 2015 #80

Bad Deal rightwing ideology - 35 years into it - has permeated everywhere. Warren Stupidity Feb 2015 #104

That's truly sad. nt TBF Feb 2015 #132

Two teens, both fully vaccinated. Arugula Latte Feb 2015 #4

Will, wouldn't a poll work better? yuiyoshida Feb 2015 #6

Nope. WilliamPitt Feb 2015 #7

not to late to edit and include a poll yuiyoshida Feb 2015 #9

Done years ago, two children fully vaccinated. Laurian Feb 2015 #8

My daughters are fully vaccinated and healthy. Avalux Feb 2015 #10

*raised hand* In_The_Wind Feb 2015 #11

Two sons, both in college now, but fully vaccinated as children. 11 Bravo Feb 2015 #12

I don't have kids, and don't plan to. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2015 #13

I will not vaccinate my kids. strategery blunder Feb 2015 #14

My sons are 27 now, both were fully vaccinated. HappyMe Feb 2015 #15

Three sons, all vaccinated, one has autism. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2015 #16

You are right that autism has environmental triggers and all avenues should continue to be examined. pnwmom Feb 2015 #34

I'm looking into what vaccinations I might need to get, or to get again. n/t Orsino Feb 2015 #17

When I took my daughter to get her polio, she had remembered being there before shraby Feb 2015 #18

Don't have any kids (or cats), but if I did . . . markpkessinger Feb 2015 #19

Yes, I care about public health. Maedhros Feb 2015 #20

Of course. herding cats Feb 2015 #21

2 by first marriage, and 3 came with second marriage jberryhill Feb 2015 #22

Never, but only because I'll never have kids. N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Feb 2015 #23

She Who Must be Obeyed went a little slow with the program and spread them over a bit of time Brother Buzz Feb 2015 #24

From personal experience with contagious diseases gopiscrap Feb 2015 #25

Of course I did. Only an idiot wouldn't. Lyric Feb 2015 #26

I wish there had been a vaccination for cancer Downwinder Feb 2015 #27

Two here! woodsprite Feb 2015 #28

My children, grandchildren, and great-granchildren chillfactor Feb 2015 #29

I am autistic, janlyn Feb 2015 #30

Thank you!!! n/t Sheepshank Feb 2015 #57

+1,000,000 ... 000 HuckleB Feb 2015 #59

Two of my three kids are fully vaccinated. Xithras Feb 2015 #31

yup--kid now almost 40 fully vaccinated MindPilot Feb 2015 #32

Of course. But who ALSO has vaccinated THEMSELVES for their kids or grandkids? pnwmom Feb 2015 #33

My wife and I did. It never occured to us to do otherwise. Paladin Feb 2015 #37

With the recent outbreaks HappyMe Feb 2015 #52

Called my doctors office yesterday to have the test that determines the need for boosters. jwirr Feb 2015 #55

Everyone who ever came close to my child. HuckleB Feb 2015 #63

I had to get boosters and a couple of new ones when i started college Rhythm Feb 2015 #124

Yes. All 3 kids - decades ago. Plus boosters. Pathwalker Feb 2015 #35

3 Boys Bettie Feb 2015 #36

Yep, they were. One was a National Merit finalist and the other really successful accountant. Shrike47 Feb 2015 #38

Two children FLyellowdog Feb 2015 #39

Yup, kind of a no-brainer. Daemonaquila Feb 2015 #40

Both of my kids were vaccinated back in the 1960's, even when we had to scrape to pay the doctor. Paper Roses Feb 2015 #41

have would and will... ileus Feb 2015 #42

I did vax mine fredamae Feb 2015 #43

Will never have kids, but of course. hifiguy Feb 2015 #44

Of course. Bluenorthwest Feb 2015 #46

Yes Gothmog Feb 2015 #47

/hand raised (nt) LostOne4Ever Feb 2015 #48

My children, grandchildren and great grandchildren have all been vaccinated. jwirr Feb 2015 #49

yes, all four of my sons shanti Feb 2015 #50

Did it with every child. No regrets. Healthy children. Agnosticsherbet Feb 2015 #51

Of course underpants Feb 2015 #53

hand raised ALBliberal Feb 2015 #54

My nine-year-old is fully vaccinated. HuckleB Feb 2015 #56

all three vaccinated. all three now healthy adults bowens43 Feb 2015 #58

Two kids, nearly grown up now. Both Vaccinated. lisby Feb 2015 #60

7 year-old daughter vaccinated ybbor Feb 2015 #61

Have n/t whatchamacallit Feb 2015 #62

*raises hand* Sissyk Feb 2015 #64

Everybody in my family is vaccinated. JDPriestly Feb 2015 #65

Here! Dyedinthewoolliberal Feb 2015 #66

Our sons, now 22 and 25 next month.. 3catwoman3 Feb 2015 #67

No kids, but I get my adult boosters and got my cats vaccinated. Warpy Feb 2015 #68

Both were vaccinated... onyourleft Feb 2015 #69

Sure vlakitti Feb 2015 #70

... tosh Feb 2015 #71

Yep, 3 kids and 5 out of 6 grandkids SwissTony Feb 2015 #72

The kids are vaccinated and so are the dogs TBF Feb 2015 #73

I did, but with an altered schedule.. Chakaconcarne Feb 2015 #74

My father was a physician, so... *raises hand* ColesCountyDem Feb 2015 #75

Raised 3 to adulthood, every vaccination and booster shot charliea Feb 2015 #76

of course. eom uppityperson Feb 2015 #77

all three of my kids vaccinated demigoddess Feb 2015 #78

Let's cut to the chase. Raise your hand if you have, or would, or will, vaccinate your kids. The CCC Feb 2015 #79

Now they're recommending that adults get the adult pertussis vaccine more often pnwmom Feb 2015 #135

If I had children, most certainly. nt sarge43 Feb 2015 #81

All 3 of mine vaccinated. trumad Feb 2015 #82

yes but i admit i did it slower ... Wgles Feb 2015 #83

I don't have kids, by choice Terra Alta Feb 2015 #84

I have my hand raised (nt) bigwillq Feb 2015 #85

Have and Would n/t zentrum Feb 2015 #86

All people and animals in this house are vaccinated...flu shots too. Sancho Feb 2015 #87

What kind of a cretan would rather their kid suffer from a disease like measles . . . another_liberal Feb 2015 #88

I did! bravenak Feb 2015 #89

I was, my kids were, my Grand kids were and my Great Grandson, my dogs and my cats. Autumn Feb 2015 #90

I cannot fathom the mentality of people who refuse to vaccinate their children Skittles Feb 2015 #92

I've got no problem with the established stuff or vaccination in general TheKentuckian Feb 2015 #93

This message was self-deleted by its author marlakay Feb 2015 #94

This is what happened to my kid. Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2015 #95

both of my little ones are vaccinated abelenkpe Feb 2015 #96

Of course Android3.14 Feb 2015 #97

Yes re all my kids...me -not the MMR - wasn't around when I was a kid KauaiK Feb 2015 #99

Hand raised here, Will! PennyK Feb 2015 #100

I have no kids, but I would have vaccinated them if i'd had them. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2015 #101

On schedule vaccinations on two kids, ages now 8 and 5 alcibiades_mystery Feb 2015 #102

Of course my kid is vaccinated LuckyTheDog Feb 2015 #103

Fully vaccinated for years and tired of all the hyperbole about NOT vaccinating!!!! benld74 Feb 2015 #105

<hand raised> Flatulo Feb 2015 #106

of course obietiger Feb 2015 #107

Two kids vaccinated according to schedule, now 28 and 24. No autism. mnhtnbb Feb 2015 #108

yes. our 2 daughters were vaccinated. NRaleighLiberal Feb 2015 #109

Both hands raised! polmaven Feb 2015 #110

I would. Jamastiene Feb 2015 #111

Both hands up VA_Jill Feb 2015 #112

If I do have kids, of course they'd be vaccinated sakabatou Feb 2015 #113

of course! nt steve2470 Feb 2015 #114

My kids are grown up..... sendero Feb 2015 #115

She's a teenager now and has received it all. xmas74 Feb 2015 #116

Yes I would without hesitation. gademocrat7 Feb 2015 #117

Of course she's fully vaccinated. Chellee Feb 2015 #118

Most definitely we can do it Feb 2015 #119

Hand raised mcar Feb 2015 #120

Absolutely vaccinated my son. Hepburn Feb 2015 #121

Both of the kids vaxxed... both Lyric and i re-vaxxed Rhythm Feb 2015 #122

All my pups are vaccinated... a la izquierda Feb 2015 #123

My kids have four feet, but yeah. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Feb 2015 #125

Yes, and my "kids" had their kids immunized. 99Forever Feb 2015 #126

Will not. MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 #127

Hyperbolic MrMickeysMom Feb 2015 #130

Not married, no kids, but Yes. Absolutely. Hand raised. DinahMoeHum Feb 2015 #128

I'm a step mother, but I certainly agreed with my son's real mommy... MrMickeysMom Feb 2015 #129

yes samsingh Feb 2015 #131

I have Vattel Feb 2015 #133

yep, have done. mahina Feb 2015 #134

One son now 35 fully vaccinated, twin grand babies just 1 yr. old JEB Feb 2015 #136

Dr Spock said it all... NoMoreRepugs Feb 2015 #137

Yes TuxedoKat Feb 2015 #138

This should have been a poll. Curmudgeoness Feb 2015 #139

All of my girls were vaccinated Blue_In_AK Feb 2015 #140

all 5 of mine had every vaccine available Moostache Feb 2015 #141

I raise my hand to let you know I am trashing this thread! closeupready Feb 2015 #142