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Blaukraut

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23. My daughter has bought into the anti vaxxer crap

Reply to HuckleB (Original post)

Sun Apr 24, 2016, 12:32 AM

Apr 2016

She has avoided vaccinating my granddaughter so far. The girl is going to be three years old and has yet to have a single vaccination. Tried everything to convince my daughter to at least vaccinate for polio. (she even has a perfect example in my cousin who contracted polio at the age of two and has had to live with partial paralysis all her life). Nothing doing. Daughter and BF have even gone so far as to move TO Germany, and now back to the US (because German kids go to Kindergarten at age three and homeschooling is frowned upon) to fly under the vaccination radar. Yes, she's gotten to the point where she is going to home school if the alternative is to have the baby vaccinated.

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5 REASONS TO NOT VACCINATE YOUR KIDS [View all] HuckleB Apr 2016 OP

I had some woman browbeat me for vaccinating my kids gollygee Apr 2016 #1

Yikes! HuckleB Apr 2016 #3

Frightening....very frightening... bvar22 Apr 2016 #2

Iron lungs, and a couple of crippled kids in every school. But not the ones in wheelchairs... Hekate Apr 2016 #9

Polio vaccine was given in a sugar cube to us in the 60s. cwydro Apr 2016 #15

I too remember seeing those Iron Lungs on TV and the people walking on Jim Beard Apr 2016 #19

Germany has got it down MisterP Apr 2016 #4

The very first thing that popped into my head was that you really didn't like them. Clicked and OregonBlue Apr 2016 #5

I'm not going to say Aerows Apr 2016 #12

Did you click on the link? First thing in the article is you don't like them that much anyway. OregonBlue Apr 2016 #14

Somehow I missed your reply the first time. HuckleB Apr 2016 #18

That one is a big old Aerows Apr 2016 #22

I'm pretty sure they were agreeing with you that "you don't like them" is a reason... Hassin Bin Sober Apr 2016 #30

Ka-ching. jomin41 Apr 2016 #6

? HuckleB Apr 2016 #13

Does he think you're a paid shill for Big Pharma? Rob H. Apr 2016 #32

All too often, unfortunately. HuckleB Apr 2016 #35

Thanks ! eom reACTIONary Apr 2016 #7

Gawd forbid that... SoapBox Apr 2016 #8

There are stacks of stupid people. Aerows Apr 2016 #10

+1,000 ... 000 HuckleB Apr 2016 #11

Dang it! I had to get the small pox shot now that I am an old codger Jim Beard Apr 2016 #20

Everyone over 65 needs to get the shingles Vax. That usually goes hand in hand with the pneumococcal AgadorSparticus Apr 2016 #24

I'm pro-vac but also pro-choice bigwillq Apr 2016 #16

And they should keep their kids out of the public, then. HuckleB Apr 2016 #17

And let all the very young children be exposed because of someones supposed right. Jim Beard Apr 2016 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author rjsquirrel Apr 2016 #28

Public health is not a choice really nadinbrzezinski Apr 2016 #33

My daughter has bought into the anti vaxxer crap Blaukraut Apr 2016 #23

Polio's probably a year or so away from being eradicated entirely LeftyMom Apr 2016 #26

This message was self-deleted by its author rjsquirrel Apr 2016 #29

That seems highly unlikely. LeftyMom Apr 2016 #31

I will add one more reason nadinbrzezinski Apr 2016 #34

1. You're nuts 6000eliot Apr 2016 #25

It should be illegal to not vaccinate unless a child has a proven allergy or ... Kalidurga Apr 2016 #27