vaccines

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I have a friend constantly posting anti vaccine stuff and i find it so irritating and selfish that I don’t think we can be friends anymore. I also don’t want my vaccinated baby around her unvaccinated one. Would this bother you ?

I also don’t want my vaccinated baby around her unvaccinated one. That's odd as your baby is the one who is protected!

Tell her you think her opinions on vaccines are nuts and then avoid her!

YANBU, but if your baby has been vaccinated then why does it make a difference if they are around an unvaccinated one?

Because vaccines arent 100% effective that's why. I thought this was common knowledge.

And OP YANBU. Vaccines arent 100% so theres always a chance. I'd just unfollow and stop hanging out so much.

YANBU. I have no patience with anti-vaxxers.

I also don’t want my vaccinated baby around her unvaccinated one. Would this bother you ?

No- why?

The Vaccinated Baby might be a good MN username, pub name or metal band name.

Isn't your baby covered if you've vaccinated him or her anyway?

Being friends with somebody stupid enough to endanger their child by not protecting them from preventable diseases would be impossible for me though.

@sh13

I don't want my vaccinated baby around HER unvaccinated one.

Why?

Yes it would bother me. You’re not overreacting. Of course there are genuine cases where children cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons, but I’m assuming this isn’t the case if she’s sharing anti vaxx propaganda?

The uk has lost its measles free status recently. It is such a selfish, ignorant and stupid thing to do. Imagine how these people would feel if their child died from a disease that they could have easily been protected from? Which does happen!

It also puts the children who can’t be vaccinated at risk of contracting these illnesses. Herd immunity will no longer exist.

I wouldn’t take my baby somewhere where I know there would be an unvaccinated child. Given, that in some cases, you might not know vaccination status of children that may come into contact with your child, but if you do know, then you can react accordingly.

There’s a country where vaccination is a requirement for school, can’t remember where it is though.

No baby is not covered until there one year old and I don’t think vaccines are 100% effective so I don’t want to knowingly risk put him at risk. It just really winds me up how she can be so bloody selfish.

Thanks @Sammi38 at least I don’t feel like I’m being ott now.
Yes she constantly shares the propaganda, I have to really stop myself from commenting on it ! It’s a shame as we used to be so close.

I don't think I'd be able to keep quiet. I used to show my class this video: m.youtube.com/watch?v=-vQOM91C7us&feature=youtu.be

We moved countries and DS will be up to date with the local vaccination schedule in February (he needs his second chickenpox injection and then he's done until he's six). He attends nursery and they've recently decided that they will no longer accept unvaccinated children.
I know I teach kids, who aren't vaccinated. I think it's nuts.

Definitely not unreasonable. Vaccines are not 100% effective but dramatically reduce infection rates. Having just spent 5 weeks in bed after contracting mumps off a teenager whose trendy parents did not get them vaccinated it’s a sore point. Still ill now, and if I hadn’t been vaccinated it would have been even worse. The lad I got it off has been in hospital and told he probably can’t have kids.