Just found out my nephew isnt vaccinated at all

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I was absolutely shocked to find out yesterday that my nephew isnt vaccinated at all. This is the first person that I know of in my family/friend circle.

What does this mean for my kids? Would you stop regular get-togethers?

[Anonymous]

How old?

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How old is nephew and how old are your kids? And is he completely unvaccinated or just for things like Covid and the flu.

[Anonymous]

Nephew is 3. My kids are 4 and 6. He's not vaccinated for anything at all.

[Anonymous]

OP I would not go near them.

They are too stupid to be around your children.

Horrifyingly dumb.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nephew is 3. My kids are 4 and 6. He's not vaccinated for anything at all.

100% hell no.

[Anonymous]

The reality is your kids being older they'll be ahead on vaccines so they're probably mostly protected from the insane stupidity. But that really shows a stunning lack of judgment and I'd pull back from anyone who engages in that dangerous conspiracy nonsense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP I would not go near them.

They are too stupid to be around your children.

Horrifyingly dumb.

This, absolutely.

No enabling of dumb, dangerous, destructive behavior.

[Anonymous]

I don’t vaccinate my girls for most of the required vaccinations (not including flu or covid, which we don’t vaccinate for either) only a few that we think were/are more necessary.

They’re 5 & 8, perfectly healthy kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The reality is your kids being older they'll be ahead on vaccines so they're probably mostly protected from the insane stupidity. But that really shows a stunning lack of judgment and I'd pull back from anyone who engages in that dangerous conspiracy nonsense.

This is the answer. Their child is at far more risk than yours, so I’d be less concerned about health implications for your kids than their buy-in to this idiocy.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t vaccinate my girls for most of the required vaccinations (not including flu or covid, which we don’t vaccinate for either) only a few that we think were/are more necessary.

They’re 5 & 8, perfectly healthy kids.

Until they get measles

[Anonymous]

I’m no expert, but as long as your kids have had their vaccines, I don’t think your nephew poses any threat to their health. You should check with your pediatrician to be sure.

While I agree the paranoia and avoidance is foolish and dangerous to the unvaccinated, please keep in mind that there are some people who cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons. While unlikely, it is theoretically possible that the nephew may have legitimate medical reasons not to be vaccinated that OP isn’t aware of.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m no expert, but as long as your kids have had their vaccines, I don’t think your nephew poses any threat to their health. You should check with your pediatrician to be sure.

While I agree the paranoia and avoidance is foolish and dangerous to the unvaccinated, please keep in mind that there are some people who cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons. While unlikely, it is theoretically possible that the nephew may have legitimate medical reasons not to be vaccinated that OP isn’t aware of.

Vaccines are not 100% effective, which is why they rely on herd immunity. I guess OP could get her kids' titers done to see if the vaccines worked for them.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t vaccinate my girls for most of the required vaccinations (not including flu or covid, which we don’t vaccinate for either) only a few that we think were/are more necessary.

They’re 5 & 8, perfectly healthy kids.

People are now dying from measles because we have lost herd immunity in some communities. You vaccinate for your kids and for everyone else’s. Vaccination is probably the greatest single achievement in public medicine ever. You also are operating under the flawed assumption that by opting out of vaccination, you have opted out of risk. That is not true - you have opted into the greater risk pool of what happens when the disease enters back into the population because you are all selfish and ignorant and your unprotected kids pick it up. You have actually taken on a higher level of risk. Exemptions must be reserved for those for whom there is an actual scientific reason why they can’t have one. Everyone else gets it so that we can get to herd immunity so that the discussion of “just how bad are the measles” goes back to being a theoretical one.

And your kids are healthy until they aren’t.

[Anonymous]

I would try to focus on outdoor get togethers and also make sure they wash their hands during and after. Not foolproof, but less likely to catch anything outdoors.

And no sleepovers.

And when they are around crank up the hepa filters and open the windows.