[SupaModel]

Originally Posted by Whirled_Peas

It is so sad that people are called selfish because they disagree with others. No matter what their personal thoughts, convictions, or concerns. No matter what information the accusers do not have.

If you are concerned that your child will get a vaccine preventable disease, vaccinate it. Hope that you don't have any major reactions (short term or long term,) and hope the vaccine "takes." Then trust in your god or whatever that what's best for your child will happen. If that's not enough guarantee for you, put your kid in a bubble. There are plenty of other scary diseases out there right now that are not vaccine preventable. And be very careful about what you feed your kid, because who knows what long term problems you'll find from the chemicals that are added to the food. By the way, don't put your kid in a car, either. You have no guarantees about the other drivers you may encounter on your trip across town or that you won't have a flat tire that leads to a fatal car crash.

As far as "suing" a daycare or family regarding diseases that are spread via unvaccinated children or those whose vaccines don't "take." Every state allows exemptions for medical reasons and most allow for personal and/or religious reasons. So, there is no legal basis for a lawsuit.

I don't want any child, mine or yours, to have disabling diseases. However, it is my responsibility to make my decisions for my child based on what I think is the best for our circumstances.

So please, let's agree to disagree. So far, the only people I see slinging insults are the pro-vaccine people. I obviously did not make the same choice you did, but that doesn't mean your choice was wrong. For arguments sake, let's say I do not agree with your choice. If that were the case, at least I would believe you did what you thought was best for your child. As a parent, that is priority #1. And, if your choice keeps my kid from getting chicken pox (and I have some major concerns about the varicela vaccine,) I am not going to blame you or sue you that my child is at risk for problems down the road because he did not get chicken pox as a young child. I am just going to accept that sometimes life and society happens no matter how much we feel injured by it.

My intent was not to personally sling insults. I'm just stating how I feel and what I would do if I found myself in that situation.

I can agree to disagree but if anything happened to my child then that's a whole other story.

Again i'll never apologize for that.