Just found out my nephew isnt vaccinated at all

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Anonymous wrote: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?

My kids have gotten all the vaccines required for school in our state, so I would consider myself pretty middle of the road regarding vaccines. (Although my kids didn't get the COVID shot and we didn't get COVID boosters, so I guess some here on DCUM would consider me an anti-vaxxer.) Basically, I recognize the huge benefits that vaccines have had to public health while also recognizing that some vaccines have a clearer cost/benefit than others. I think the ability to discuss vaccines with this level of nuance would take a lot of the teeth out of the vaccine-skeptic movement.

All that being said, I genuinely don't understand this type of neurotic pearl-clutching. I think parents who refuse all vaccines are misguided, but I don't think it's worth ruining your kids' relationship with their cousin over it.

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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.

Not a lot of data here.....

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My kids are fully vaccinated, including Covid shots and flu vaccines. Unless your kids are medically fragile, I would not keep them away from their cousins. The people on this thread are ridiculous.

Also, your kids WILL be around unvaccinated people, including at school (people get medical or religious exemptions)— you just won’t know it. If your kids are healthy and vaccinated themselves, they will be fine.

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

This 100%. You avoided some perceived risk and put your kids right in the line of a much bigger KNOWN and documented risk. The cognitive dissonance and stupity is astounding

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Hi OP

Are you the person who posted this thread about unvaxxed niece/nephew ?

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1308483.page

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

Not a lot of data here.....

I am not trying to be judgemental here. Did you at least give your kids the Hepatitis B vaccine? This one substantially reduces your kids risk of getting liver cancer.

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Are parents allowed to decide on vaccinations? Should they be allowed?

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Anonymous wrote:Are parents allowed to decide on vaccinations? Should they be allowed?

Your real question is should parents be allowed to kill other people’s children because they are irrationally against vaccines. My answer to that question is no. If you don’t want your kids to get vaccines and you do not have a legitimate medical reason for avoiding the vaccines your kids should not be allowed to attend public school. You should either attend private school or homeschool your children at your own expense.

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Is this the same OP as "my nephew is malnourished"?

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My kids are older and I wouldn’t care. Sure, I think it’s stupid but whatever. I would hope to get a heads up if they’re sick so we can pass on the invite.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids are fully vaccinated, including Covid shots and flu vaccines. Unless your kids are medically fragile, I would not keep them away from their cousins. The people on this thread are ridiculous.

Also, your kids WILL be around unvaccinated people, including at school (people get medical or religious exemptions)— you just won’t know it. If your kids are healthy and vaccinated themselves, they will be fine.

No they won't who the hell brings their kids around idiots on purpose???

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are parents allowed to decide on vaccinations? Should they be allowed?

Your real question is should parents be allowed to kill other people’s children because they are irrationally against vaccines. My answer to that question is no. If you don’t want your kids to get vaccines and you do not have a legitimate medical reason for avoiding the vaccines your kids should not be allowed to attend public school. You should either attend private school or homeschool your children at your own expense.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:Are parents allowed to decide on vaccinations? Should they be allowed?

No they should not be allowed to make that decision if their kids are going to school.

Want to be a sub human stupid and not vacinate go live somewhere far from others and stay out of schools.

There is a reason states mandate vaccines. It is called herd immunity fool.

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Enjoy your 2 weeks of flu, while the vaccinated people get 3 days at most.

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Anonymous wrote:Enjoy your 2 weeks of flu, while the vaccinated people get 3 days at most.

We all got the flu shot so I’m not anti-flu vaccine but this is completely untrue on a number of levels.