Your Feelings About Vaccines Don't Trump Another Child's Medical Reality

[KitSileya]

20. It's also scary how these parents view their children.

I imagine how people on the autism spectrum must feel when parents say that we would rather have a dead child than a child on the autism spectrum. They would rather have their children in iron lungs, blind children, deaf children, children whose mental stage is frozen as toddlers than to have autistic children. Talk about rejection!

These parents don't care about other children. They don't mind seeing your child dead, if it means they can do whatever they want to their own child. How is that for self-absorbed?

They see their own children as property - the special snowflake mom quoted in one of the articles posted here who didn't think "it felt right" to vaccinate her children, refused when her child asked to have the vaccination instead of missing classes. Her right to choose not to vaccinate was of utmost importance, but she would refuse her child the choice!

We may not force these parents to vaccinate their children, but we can choose to protect those vulnerable by not letting children with anything other than medically documented exemptions from vaccines attend public schools. We can also ostracize parents we know refuse to vaccinate their children - how can we let them help with after-school activities, be little league coaches, scout troop leaders etc, if they do not care about the safety of their own children? It is time to take a stand to protect those weakest among us, those with weakened health, those who live in poverty. Work towards free vaccines for all, and closing of religious exemption loopholes.