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In reply to the discussion: We got a letter from the government telling us our daughter should be vaccinated-we refused [View all]Response to RandySF (Reply #28)
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We got a letter from the government telling us our daughter should be vaccinated-we refused [View all]
KellyW
Feb 2015
OP
YOU got a letter, not your children. YOU make the choice for them, it is not a WE event. UNREC.
Fred Sanders
Feb 2015
#1
Yes, it is a "we" event, involving 2 parents, who made the medical decision for their daughter. n/t
pnwmom
Feb 2015
#40
Did you get a TB vaccine? Did your children? Her family had no more need of the vaccine than you. nt
pnwmom
Feb 2015
#97
I'm sure the poster makes considered, informed decisions on all other issues of health care,
pnwmom
Feb 2015
#41
Driving/riding in a car has a higher percentage of risk of death/injury, but I bet
Fla Dem
Feb 2015
#107
TB is not a recommended or widely used evaccination in the US for good reasons
magical thyme
Feb 2015
#69
"But your kid should then be isolated from society..." So should adults whose vaccines are no longer
mzmolly
Feb 2015
#95
I got a TB vaccination when applying to be a substitute teacher in CA, circa 1971 n/t
eridani
Feb 2015
#35
most health professionals are not vaccinated either, unless they work in high risk fields
magical thyme
Feb 2015
#68
actually, no you couldn't present vaccination records to assume a false positive
magical thyme
Feb 2015
#71
1.3 percent of tuberculosis cases in the U.S. were resistant to both isoniazid and rifampin
KellyW
Feb 2015
#19
Perhaps it was the TB/PPD screening test. My kid had that as a toddler. n/t
winter is coming
Feb 2015
#31
I'll stipulate that the swine flu vaccine was a mistake, with the facts as you present them
steve2470
Feb 2015
#34
"the right to decide for themselves and their dependents if and when to vaccinate" or gvts telling
uppityperson
Feb 2015
#38