Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi - my inlaws booked an OBX house for this summer with them + my husband’s 3 siblings and their spouses, all but one of which have kids.

1 sibling has 2 toddlers (will be 5 and 2) unvaccinated, another family has 2 toddlers (3 and 1) but on a “spaced out” vax schedule.

For this trip we’ll have a 2 yo (fully vaxxed) and a 2 month old (obviously not yet eligible to be vaxxed). I was not pregnant when this trip was booked.

I’ve told my husband (he agrees) that I will not be going with our 2 month old, so he’ll be taking the 2 year old alone. Not putting the newborn at risk.

Beyond that now I’m wondering if our 2 year old should even be around her unvaccinated cousins - this is NC and measles cases are starting up, even though she will be up to date for her age. Also curious how others would approach letting the families know. We haven’t let anyone know our plan. Thanks all!

I would be annoyed if my DH burned his leave to go on this trip while leaving me alone with a 2 month old.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:While I think it’s insane they haven’t vacxed their kids, there are now unvaccinated kids all around us. But you just don’t know. I guess I wonder how your risk is any different?

+1

Yes, not vaccinating your kids is dumb and irresponsible. But this isn't a question about your in-laws parenting skills or intelligence. The question is about your family's safety.

Agree with keeping the 2 month old away for a whole host of reasons.

I think this thought exercise will help: If these kids were unvaccinated because they had an allergy to a vaccine ingredient, would you still send your fully 2 year old to spend time with his cousins? Of course you would. Probably worth checking the news in the days leading up to the trip - if there's an active outbreak of measles in either the town where you are going OR in the town your relatives are coming from, it might make sense to cancel (as it would if they were unvaccinated for Good reasons). But in a state of herd immunity, which most places in the country are still at/close to and which certainly, assuming you're in the DC area, your social circle almost certainly is in, a single unvaccinated family is not a big risk.

Unvaccinated people are all around us. Those doing it by choice are dumb, and collectively, they're opening this country up to risk, but one family is not a real risk to your vaccinated 2 year old. There have always, and will always, be people who are unvaccinated due to age or medical conditions. The car ride to the beach is probably 1000x more dangerous to your kids.

Anonymous wrote:Unvaccinated, like in no vaccinations at all? Sorry, no, we are not going. Do the live off the grid or are just super... I don't even know the word.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:While I think it’s insane they haven’t vacxed their kids, there are now unvaccinated kids all around us. But you just don’t know. I guess I wonder how your risk is any different?

Yes… we walk among the living! My 3 year old is unvaxxed. Her 4 older siblings have all their shots.

Anonymous wrote:While I think it’s insane they haven’t vacxed their kids, there are now unvaccinated kids all around us. But you just don’t know. I guess I wonder how your risk is any different?

Anonymous wrote:Hi - my inlaws booked an OBX house for this summer with them + my husband’s 3 siblings and their spouses, all but one of which have kids.

1 sibling has 2 toddlers (will be 5 and 2) unvaccinated, another family has 2 toddlers (3 and 1) but on a “spaced out” vax schedule.

For this trip we’ll have a 2 yo (fully vaxxed) and a 2 month old (obviously not yet eligible to be vaxxed). I was not pregnant when this trip was booked.

I’ve told my husband (he agrees) that I will not be going with our 2 month old, so he’ll be taking the 2 year old alone. Not putting the newborn at risk.

Beyond that now I’m wondering if our 2 year old should even be around her unvaccinated cousins - this is NC and measles cases are starting up, even though she will be up to date for her age. Also curious how others would approach letting the families know. We haven’t let anyone know our plan. Thanks all!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your kids are fully vaccinated, you have nothing to worry about. Let the other families worry about their own.

This.
Being unvaccinated is not contagious condition.
OP, you understand how vaccines work? The ones who are vaccinated are immune. The ones who are not can catch the virus and are unable to fight it off.

Your vaccinated child can be around measle-y kids and will not get measles.
The unvaccinated cousins are not sickened by a virus - yet.

If your 2 month old is out and about in the world, that 2 month old is being exposed to all sorts of viruses and building up standard immunities. The only thing you need to worry about with your family is their kids getting sick with measles, mumps, rubella, any and all poxes, are contagious and spending that contagious time indoors with your unvaccinated child. Meaning, either they are already sick and bringing it with them to the rental or they catch one of those illnesses during the rental time.
Those who are vaccinated will not get sick under those conditions.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your kids are fully vaccinated, you have nothing to worry about. Let the other families worry about their own.

This.
Being unvaccinated is not contagious condition.
OP, you understand how vaccines work? The ones who are vaccinated are immune. The ones who are not can catch the virus and are unable to fight it off.

Your vaccinated child can be around measle-y kids and will not get measles.
The unvaccinated cousins are not sickened by a virus - yet.

If your 2 month old is out and about in the world, that 2 month old is being exposed to all sorts of viruses and building up standard immunities. The only thing you need to worry about with your family is their kids getting sick with measles, mumps, rubella, any and all poxes, are contagious and spending that contagious time indoors with your unvaccinated child. Meaning, either they are already sick and bringing it with them to the rental or they catch one of those illnesses during the rental time.
Those who are vaccinated will not get sick under those conditions.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your kids are fully vaccinated, you have nothing to worry about. Let the other families worry about their own.

This.
Being unvaccinated is not contagious condition.
OP, you understand how vaccines work? The ones who are vaccinated are immune. The ones who are not can catch the virus and are unable to fight it off.

Your vaccinated child can be around measle-y kids and will not get measles.
The unvaccinated cousins are not sickened by a virus - yet.

If your 2 month old is out and about in the world, that 2 month old is being exposed to all sorts of viruses and building up standard immunities. The only thing you need to worry about with your family is their kids getting sick with measles, mumps, rubella, any and all poxes, are contagious and spending that contagious time indoors with your unvaccinated child. Meaning, either they are already sick and bringing it with them to the rental or they catch one of those illnesses during the rental time.
Those who are vaccinated will not get sick under those conditions.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:While I think it’s insane they haven’t vacxed their kids, there are now unvaccinated kids all around us. But you just don’t know. I guess I wonder how your risk is any different?

Yes… we walk among the living! My 3 year old is unvaxxed. Her 4 older siblings have all their shots.

Anonymous wrote:Hi - my inlaws booked an OBX house for this summer with them + my husband’s 3 siblings and their spouses, all but one of which have kids.

1 sibling has 2 toddlers (will be 5 and 2) unvaccinated, another family has 2 toddlers (3 and 1) but on a “spaced out” vax schedule.

For this trip we’ll have a 2 yo (fully vaxxed) and a 2 month old (obviously not yet eligible to be vaxxed). I was not pregnant when this trip was booked.

I’ve told my husband (he agrees) that I will not be going with our 2 month old, so he’ll be taking the 2 year old alone. Not putting the newborn at risk.

Beyond that now I’m wondering if our 2 year old should even be around her unvaccinated cousins - this is NC and measles cases are starting up, even though she will be up to date for her age. Also curious how others would approach letting the families know. We haven’t let anyone know our plan. Thanks all!

Anonymous wrote:If your kids are fully vaccinated, you have nothing to worry about. Let the other families worry about their own.

Anonymous wrote:If your kids are fully vaccinated, you have nothing to worry about. Let the other families worry about their own.