sartresue wrote:
A pox here, a pox there!
Jaded, your kids will get it, sooner or later. My two younger kids did, just before the chicken pox vaccine was available. I had them too, and anyone who has had the disease is more at risk of getting shingles when older. Yuck.!
I eagerly await them to contract chicken pox. It's when you start vaccinating against such a thing that it becomes dangerous. Currently, the medical profession is unsure how long the varicela vaccine even lasts. Hence, when my children are older, they could contract shingles because they haven't had a full-blown case of chicken pox. Vaccinated children are at risk for shingles - even if they catch a mild case of chicken pox - because they don't have complete immunity to it. It is irresponsible. Also, the vaccine was marketed and added to the required vaxes because employers lost too much money when their female employees took the requisite 2 weeks off to care for children who had contracted the pox. Varicela is hardly lethal.
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I suppose it is your right and choice to vaccinate or not. But if your board of education complains, you will have to pull your kids from school. Of course you can home school them. Good luck.
I'm not sure what country you live in, but in the US, every state but one has a waiver of some kind (be it medical, philosophical or religious). In CA, we have all three. All that is required is signing the back side of the immunization form included in the school's registration packet. Of course, they are trained to tell you you absolutely MUST have your children vaccinated for them to attend public school. When you tell them that you are NOT vaccinating and you want the waiver, they change their tune. It is misleading and deceptive. Anything that I find as such is guaranteed to be rejected. I do not appreciate underhandedness or being treated like a sheep.
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