Vaccinations

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A bit of an aibu and wwyd! My step children have had absolutely no vaccinations ever and their mom feels strongly anti vac. They are both now teens (just!) And I feel quite strongly that they should have their MMR and tetanus, especially as we are planning on going camping this summer. Dp feels it will just start a war with their mum as she gets very upset when its mentioned and they are getting on well at the moment. Does anyone else have experience/advice?

‘Pro vaccine views’

What, science? These crazy people with their ‘facts’ and their ‘peer reviewed articles’ and their not using Facebook as a source of information.

The only certain protection and life long immunity is if you actually get the illness
Er you can get quite a lot of things twice.
Just not as likely.

Update. They're getting vaccinated. Thanks for all advice. Dp had a good chat with them and their DM and she's organizing a vaccination program that will cover them and that she's happy with :-)

Why don't you pay for an antibody test - that will tell you what they have and have not been exposed to and have immunity to.

The tetanus can be dealt with when they have an injury.

If your DH has parental responsibility he can take ex to court for one issue, and get a single issue order so they could get vaccinated

For goodness sake! There's no need for court orders to vaccinate a child! The children are teens and can make that decision for themselves, they don't need a court to decide whether they should be vaccinated.

OP I agree with other posters, this isn't something you should get involved in.