I hate anti-vaxxers

Exactly! And when I was late for my vaccine (I'd actually been living overseas and had been vaxxed there) both times I saw a doc, GP & at hospital, I was quizzed as to why I wasn't vaccinated.

NO support at all for a possible anti-vaxxer.

WLI aren’t vaccines.

I left the decision up to my DD - she decided not to have it and still at 21 would rather have younger, more regular smears than risk the side effects. This is simply what we feel comfortable with and to each their own. DD is someone who often has severe reactions to vaccines (her childhood vaccine schedule had to be altered due to this), hence she really only has the absolute essentials. I personally don’t feel that HPV is one of these, especially at that age.

I always hear this and funnily enough I don’t have a single antivaxxer among the several medics in my family. My obstetrician was openly dismissive of antivaxxers (surprisingly!) when we were discussing the the roll out of the RSV vaccine.

Yep

Do yo include adults who choose not to have Covid or flu vaccines in that?

I have a needle phobia and having the Covid jab was a huge thing for me but I felt I had to because of the pressure. I had one booster and haven't had one since. Thankfully I'm not in one of the eligible groups so aren't being pushed.

I agree.

But I do think people should have the choice over what they do with their own bodies.

However, I don’t think this should extent to children.

I think it’s awful that these people care more about their conspiracy theories and ‘sticking it to the man’ over the health of their own kids.

I still don’t think they should be forced to have their kids vaccinated but they obviously lack basic parenting skills and so should be supported by social services.

Agreed.
In young children asthma often presents as a cough too. not necessarily as a wheeze at first. A fact I’d like more teachers to know, incidentally.

Sounds like you just want to neglect your kids and for nobody to be able to intervene tbh.

I know an antivaxxer who isn’t obese, yet is on weight loss injections while breastfeeding to lose baby weight

then they are not anti vax, they are literally having and taking vaccinations and picking and cooking which medications they use

All that matters is how things are addressed moving forwards and how health education can be improved. Hindsight is a wonderful thing.

What a load of bollocks. Of course infections diseases are everyone's concern.

Sorry what? You wish you could have another Covid vaccine despite the fact that it affected your heart and you’ve been medically advised to not have it, but you would like others to take it for you despite them having the same risk? How does that make you any less selfish than an anti vaxxer?

No, they're not.

Agree OP.

I couldn’t live with myself if anything happened to my child because of complications of a disease or illness I might have prevented by ensuring they’re vaccinated. It’s a risk I am not willing to take.

I know an antivaxxer who isn’t obese, yet is on weight loss injections while breastfeeding to lose baby weight.

this is so not true it's laughable - except its not actually funny to be putting vulnerable people at risk because you think your 'online research' is more reliable than decades of actual scientific research and data.

I do not think the unvaxxed make up 1 in 4. There honestly aren't that many idiots around.

I don't have anyone in my social circle that is anti vaxx. I only met ONE fool (at work) who was anti vaxx and he also believed in the 5G idiocy.

You want to opt out of society. Opt out.

yeah, im with you

if my granddaughter gets ill she has seizures, some last 45 minutes and can end up in picu, if the a&E staff can't stop the seizures as they have to put him in an induced coma. He is under 1 and this could easily kill her.

Small pox has been irradiated due to vaccinations - if the vaccination hadn't have been developed and issued then approximately two hundred million people would now be dead.

Yes measles is a really hideous disease and people have forgotten. The NHS will be absolutely fucked if there’s an outbreak.

To the posters saying their vaccination decisions are none of anyone else’s business - the decision not to vaccinate is the same as you saying out loud to every parent you meet, wherever you go, “I don’t give a fuck if your baby dies because of me”. It’s not about feels, it’s about causing harm to others through your choices.

I gave my dcs all the jabs going and paid for chicken pox and meningitis. I refused covid jabs for them though. Am I an anti vaxxer?

I would support moving to forced vaccination in childhood

i think people who choose not to vaccinate (ie not those with medical issues preventing it) are idiots

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My kid got measles at about 10 months old. This was years ago.

Some idiot took a knowingly measles exposed but unvaccinated kid round his nursery including the baby room!

He was a friendly little chap so was the first to get it, GP insisted we go to A and E (wrong decision we waited outside!) very impressive public health response followed. As well as the largest measles outbreak for a few years I think!

I'm just going to post this again

RFK Jr praises anti-vaxxer hours after attending funeral of 8-year-old who died from measles

A child who died from a disease that they could have been vaccinated against

No we do judge those who dont want to take advantage of not going blind or deaf or infertile or losing limbs or dying for their children

I mean I totally do - anyone who doesnt have a valid reason (unable to for medical reasons, I have a friend who reacts to some of the carrier ingredients in vaccines so has to be careful, and have their jabs in hospitals in case of reaction) is basically stupid. So in that case, its a little natural selection - hopefully they wont take too many people with them.

RFK Jr praises anti-vaxxer hours after attending funeral of 8-year-old who died from measles
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/rfk-jr-anti-vax-measles-death-funeral-b2728812.html

Aiono Professor Alec Ekeroma, Samoa’s Director General of Health: “We cannot and should not stay silent. We know what this appointment means. It means more platforms for anti-vaxxers and less funding for vaccines and health programmes. It must be treated as a threat to our health security.” The Guardian, 11/25/24]
Hawaii Governor and ER Doctor Josh Green: “As both a physician and Governor, I’ve seen the devastating effects of misinformation about vaccines. During a measles outbreak in Samoa, RFK Jr.’s rhetoric led to widespread fear, causing many to avoid vaccinations. Tragically, 83 innocent children lost their lives.” X, 11/15/24]

https://www.protectourcare.org/experts-say-deadly-samoan-measles-outbreak-caused-by-rfk-jr-s-disaster-visit/

Before the measles vaccine was invented in 1963, millions of people died every year from this horrific illness. More than 500 children per year in the U.S. were its victims, and that doesn’t count the tens of thousands of hospitalizations with terrifying side effects, including life-threatening and life-altering welling of the brain. As Dr. Samuel Katz, a pioneer of the first measles vaccine, once said, “You don’t count your children until the measles as passed.” Do we really want to go back to waiting to tell people how many children we have until they’ve all survived the measles?

https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/5157915-anti-vaxxer-movement-health-risk/

Good luck to your kids with a parent like you guiding them through life