[KatiesEd-dad]

Originally Posted by ProspectiveSingleMom

The reality is that not everyone has to be vaccinated for everyone to benefit ... .

That statement is very false and misleading. Just because a high percentage of children are vaccinated does not mean that the virus does not exist in the wild. You can be vaccinated and still be a carrier. These viruses do not totally disappear. With the amount of international air travel, viruses can spread around the world very quickly. Vaccinations were developed because these diseases were horrible. While everyone is entitled to raise their child their own way, I cannot understand why parents would want to take the risk of their child developing an awful, possibly fatal, disease. This has been highly charged issue in previous threads and I don't expect this one to be any different. As someone who works in healthcare and sees the suffering first hand, I can't imagine why anyone would put there child through that if there was a vaccine available.