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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am very much pro vaccine, but some of you are nuts— and/or assholes. 
I know a family whose older child had a very bad reaction to a vaccine as a baby. Consequently, they waited until the kid was older to finish the vaccines. The next kid is 2 or 3 and hasn’t had any shots yet. The parents want to get her caught up now, but are having trouble finding a doc who will take them, since they aren’t up to date on shots. 
This is that the hateful attitude and shunning of people who don’t toe the vaccine line does. 
It makes people less likely to vaccinate their kids, not more. 
Understanding & education are better approaches. 
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The voice of reason. I’m that family. My little one is partially vaccinated for that reason. Shunning people is not helpful. [/quote]

Then you and the family pp describes are the definition of a reasonable medical exemption and you should be more angry than anyone that anti vaxxers are endangering children like yours who could previously have depended on herd immunity to keep them safe. [/quote]

Getting a medical exemption is extremely difficult. In our case, the reasons are definitely medical and not ideological, but drs are reluctant to give exemptions. So we are in this grey zone were her pediatrician respects our concerns and  gives us  advice on which shots would be the most important for her to have given her medical history. But no,i don’t have medical exemption. [/quote]

So the reasons are ideological and not medical?[/quote]

No not ideological. [/quote]

Sorry, sister. A "grey zone where her pediatrician respects our concerns," is in fact, your ideology or ignorance. Not medical.[/quote]

You have no clue what you’re taking about, sister. My other kids are up to date. You’re the dogmatic one here. Nuanced thinking is not your strength. [/quote]

What are the medical concerns?  DP.   I want to understand because I don’t.  Surely you can expand on this, with honesty, and still preserve anonymity?[/quote]

It's several things. She caught a pretty rare and deadly - non vaccine preventable - virus when she was 5 months old that landed her in the hospital for a week (now she has recurrent outbreaks of that virus and need daily antivirals to try to prevent them). She's has severe allergies (I mean really SEVERE, she's allergic to lots of things and has had anaphylactic reactions several times). She also severe eczema and asthma, hence lots of steroids in all forms that are messing with her growth and immunity. I am aware that most people would probably still follow the schedule. But I don't feel confortable with it for her. We are pretty much picking the shots she should have in order of priority and leaving the less crucial ones for later. I personally have some autoimmune diseases as they run in my family, so I take all of this seriously. I am not asking for validation or sympathy. But you asked so I wanted to answer truthfully.[/quote]

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