If you don't immunize your kids, should they be allowed in school?
By bonbon664
@bonbon664 (3466)
Canada
August 29, 2008 10:12am CST
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gWuAtmmJgSe5zZAfdKbLGzFQCNYA
We have all but eradicated measles, mumps, and rubella with the vaccine. Now, there are cases popping up because people are choosing not to have their kids vaccinated. If that's your religious belief, fine, but I don't want your kids around mine. We are such a global society, it's so easy for these diseases to travel all over the world. With school starting on Tuesday, cases are going to pop up more and more. It's sad.
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7 responses
@skinnychick (6905)
• United States
3 Sep 08
I'm with you, I don't want unimmunized kids anywhere near mine. If mothers would rather have their kids die from the measles instead of vaccinating against it, that's their choice. But I don't want their kids near mine. I don't need my kids getting deathly ill from someone else's poor choices.
@bonbon664 (3466)
• Canada
4 Sep 08
I think they're counting on the rest of us getting our kids vaccinated.
@Foxxee (3650)
• United States
5 Sep 08
I do know my facts && don't think for one minute its rare for a child to die from vaccines. I watched my nephews lifeless body shut down from his vaccination shots && have also met plenty of other parents who have either lost or almost lost a child due to vaccines.
So it works both ways....
Have I seen a child die from measles? No.
Have you seen a child die from vaccines?
Poor choice? No. But that is my opinion.
I can understand why parents would be scared to vaccinate && I don't blame them or think they have poor parenting skills just becasue they choose not to vaccinate...
I don't have that right to judge... && I don't think you do either... even more so because you havn't walked down that path...
@skinnychick (6905)
• United States
4 Sep 08
I meant exactly as I stated. Ignorance Hmmm? Since I'm in the medical field I beg to differ. Children dying from a vaccine is a rarity. Children dying from a disease, odds are much higher. To not vaccinate a child is a poor choice as a parent, IN MY OPINION. It is also my choice to have that opinion, Have you seen a child in ICU with the measles?? Surely if you have then you would change that view pretty quickly. I saw a child die from the Chicken Pox because the parent chose not to vaccinate and the child couldn't handle the fever. The child's heart stopped during a seizure. Now if that was your child, how would you feel? With one vaccination, the mother could have saved the life of her child. See what I have seen and then call me ignorant and check your facts on kids dying from vaccinations through an unbiased source.
@bonbon664 (3466)
• Canada
29 Aug 08
I don't know what that means. So, you're saying vaccines are bad?
@Foxxee (3650)
• United States
1 Sep 08
I think vaccines can be bad, yes. I think it's a very hard choice to make as a parent and we shouldn't be talked down on if we choose not to vaccinate.
You are damned if you do and damned if you don't..
It's like a 50-50 deal... you can either die or you can either live with vaccines!
It's a risk and I took the risk with both my kids and I kind of regret having my second child vaccinated... and I am still doing research to help me continue my choice...
@bonbon664 (3466)
• Canada
2 Sep 08
Those who refuse vaccination for their children are saying that it's ok to place their own self-interest above the common good. Of course, if too many people believe this, then social solidarity breaks down, and in this case deadly diseases such as polio and smallpox, and measles could return.
@stellarjade (1238)
• United States
1 Sep 08
I think that all children should be vaccinated. Like you said, I wouldn't want my kids going to school and possibly catching something. I know that many parents have beliefs against immunizing their kids, but they really need to consider what is right for the kid.
@Foxxee (3650)
• United States
1 Sep 08
I think all kids should be allowed in school, even if they are not vaccinated. People have a right to choose what poison they put in their child or if they don't want to at all. That shouldn't stop them from going to school.
And why wouldn't you want a child who isn't vaccinized around your child? What harm would happen? Your child is vaccinated, so you wouldn't have to worry, now would you?
I'm not against people that vaccinate their children and I'm not against people who don't vaccinate... it's a choice and you really can't blame parents for choosing not to vaccinate.
@bonbon664 (3466)
• Canada
2 Sep 08
Kids that aren't vaccinated are more likely to get mumps, and measles etc. There are people who react to all kinds of things. But, for the greater good, I think vaccines are generally beneficial for the public health. Like penicillin, some people are allergic, but it has helped mankind immeasurably. Child deaths from measles have fallen by 60% following a massive global vaccination campaign, saving hundreds of thousands of lives since 1999, surpassing a UN target of halving deaths by 2005. In the end, you're right, it's a parent's choice.
@rsa101 (40976)
• Philippines
5 Sep 08
Yes it is really sad that these kids are not given the necessary vaccines at all. In my place many do not because of the cost of the vaccines and many because of just plain negligence. That is why in my place many of those diseases you said was eradicated still exist in my place. It is sad even the government provide free vaccines some people just evade having the shots as if they will be harmed doing so and when they finally fall prey to the disease that's the only time they realized their mistakes.
@bonbon664 (3466)
• Canada
5 Sep 08
In this province, there is the free program within the schools where all children can get their shots.
@applefreak (3130)
• Singapore
1 Sep 08
I am pretty curious about the vaccination. It's supposed to make a child immune to the virus isn't it? If so why would a child who is vaccinated be worried about catching the virus? The purpose of vaccination is so that the child will not be infected. If the vaccinated child will still get it, then the vaccine is not working. In the case then, what difference does it make if a child is vaccinated or not? Cheers ;)
@bonbon664 (3466)
• Canada
2 Sep 08
Unvaccinated kids can still contract and spread illnesses to vaccinated but vulnerable children or to those too young to have received vaccinations yet.
@Grandmaof2 (7578)
• Canada
29 Aug 08
Yes I think all kids should be immunized because it is a proven fact it has saved lives and deseases. When you're old enough to make your own choice so be it but until then lets keep our kids as safe as we can.
