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RadicalDreamer143
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After reading that chickenpox post, an UO
RadicalDreamer143
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I hate hearing that term, "It's what right for my family" thrown about for everything. For cases where your child is highly susceptible for allergens, then say, "I am doing x y and z because my family has these allergies." Don't sit there and throw out that lame, "It is what is right for my family," get flamed, and then backpedal about how your kid can't get vaccinated because he MIGHT be allergic to gelatin. And then ignore the posters who say there is a gelatin-free version of the vaccine.
To me, that phrase just screams, "I am doing this because it is trendy/read about it on the internet/want to be cool."
To me, that phrase just screams, "I am doing this because it is trendy/read about it on the internet/want to be cool."
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Re: After reading that chickenpox post, an UO
Agree.
I think for that particular post, the OP stating she was doing it because "it's whats right for my family" is lame.
Doing things that are right for your family in general is not lame.
This.
But it's not Thursday anymore! UO's are not allowed on any other day.
Ok I am just teasing!
I would point out that DD is severely allergic to eggs, yet we still do the vaccines that involve eggs. We chose to do them in the allergists office and challenge them over a period of time just to be safe, but come on. I know my child has allergies and I still manage to vaccinate.
Totally. Especially at work. It makes my job so much easier.
I certainly hope this is unpopular.
I think exposing your child in hopes that they contract a fairly preventable illness is cruel. I am completely baffled by the amount of people in that post who are okay with it.
But what is so hard about explaining your reasoning for other things? It really makes me feel like there IS no reasoning, which lessens my opinion of the post.
Yet it is thrown about on the board constantly!
No, I think you were probably spot on about it being "trendy on the interwebz", so she thought she could get more support. She likely didn't have a good enough reason, so went with something that she thought would work (allergies), thus the backpedaling.
ITA and was going to post something similar. I think people toss out "it's right for our family" as some sort of broad rationalization for doing some really stupid shiit. Sure there are some things where this applies, like deciding to formula feed or breastfeed or starting solids or whatever, but it does not apply to exposing your child to a deadly disease.
From reading the post, it didn't appear that there was, which is sad for that 1 year old if he does in fact contract CP.
In addition to the "it's what is right for my family", there's also "well I've never known or heard of a baby dying of CP." [This excuse is used for most everything.] I've never known anyone personally that died from breast cancer. Does that make it nonexistent?
I hate when people use anecdotal evidence to try and prove their point.
I personally feel this is the true reason for a lot of people doing things that aren't what the majority of the population do. Not true for everyone, I'm sure, but the ones I personally have interacted with......totally.