Whackos

[mountain_hiker]

Some people come up with the nuttiest ideas. I would just get my damn kid vaccinated (if I was ever to have one).

Parents Skip Vaccine, Spread Disease Through Mail(CNN) -- Parents who don't want to give their children the chickenpox vaccine are choosing instead to buy mail-order lollipops already sucked on by sick kids

Comments

[drowsyfantasy]

So instead of a tiny one-time pinprick, they'd rather have their child DEFINITELY get sick, putting stress on the medical system and paying for it financially and emotionally later on when their children may have scars or permanent disfigurements from diseases we could prevent GENERATIONS ago.

[nikoel]

Exactly! I had chickenpox before there was a vax, but it just seems ludicrous and cruel to seek out a disease to expose your kid to when there is a readily available vaccine for it.

[drowsyfantasy]

It's just so much..."POLIO, HAVE YOU HEARD OF IT" kind of feeling.

Also, the possible side-effects of vaccines are much, much more rare than things like scarring from CP, which is VERY common, especially since young children will. not. stop. scratching! (I know this - I got CP before I could get a vaccine, and I have scars from it).

[nikoel]

I have scars as well as the memories of being in pain. Why subject your child to it if you don't have to?

[stormrunner1981]

I have 3 scars myself and my sister got none - but my mother was very....liberal with the calamine lotion XD.

[mooserat]

I have my scars from chicken pox. I honestly don't remember it, I was only around four, but from what my mom says, I had a bad case of it. I think at one point I was so feverish I was hallucinating because my mom remembers me sitting on the couch, babbling to myself. I don't know why you would subject your kids to misery like that when it's easily preventable.

[stormrunner1981]

A lot of kids get like this.

I was very lucky I was just running around like nothing was wrong (same with my sister of 2 at the time) - just obviously we were only able to play with each other with 6 years difference that gets old pretty fast for an 8 year old. I was glad when my school work started rolling in for me XD.