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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]WhiteTara
(29,692 posts)55. Bully for you. Too bad for the rest of us.
Because your "we" event affects not just you, but the entire population. Note the Palatine nursery measles event, that is now spreading across Chicago.
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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