s/o vaccines-would you keep your kids away from non-vaxed kids?

TefLepOM · March 2012

+adamwife+:
Sibil:

I'm a vaccinated adult who's scared of pertussis. Food I disapprove of given on occasional visits probably won't kill my child or make her otherwise miserable for months, possibly years.

yes, but they could kill MY child.

and so could you not vaccinating....even against the flu.

Mamasaurus · March 2012

+adamwife+:
Sibil:
The fear that an unvaccinated individual can present a huge risk to your child isn't unreasonable. No, you can't live in fear of kids on the street or randoms in the grocery, but you can definitely be nervous about a grandparent. At a minimum I'd want close family members to be up to date on pertussis, and I can't imagine anyone in my family refusing that. They'd rather put their grandbaby at risk than get a shot? Really?

The thought never crossed my mind to ask them. I'm really not worried about it.

And I'm not alone, apparently, because there have been a lot of babies born in our families over the last five years and I don't remember anyone ever asking me about the status of my or anyone else in my immediate family's vaccines.

Like I said, maybe it's the area in which I live. I just don't think people worry about it as much here. I'm honestly more concerned about my FIL giving my children food I don't approve of or exposing them to toxins in his home than passing my children pertussis.

This.

The way people freak out when I say we're skipping rotavirus, you'd think I was telling them I was going to take my baby swimming in a sewer. Yet, I know for a fact that, at least among the people I know IRL and probably a lot of people online, they let their children eat hollandaise sauce, use one cutting board for all the food prep in their home, and don't keep abreast of recalls on frozen fish and poultry. It seems really selective to me that some people get on their high horse about every.last.vaccination but are totally lax about foodborne illness. I was taken to the ER as a child for salmonella but stayed home sick for one day with some soup and gatorade when I had rotavirus that same year. In a country with ready access to potable water, it is just not that big of a deal in most children who are old enough to be vaccinated.

I sort of feel like after a certain age, asking parents about vaccinations is like asking if parents let the kids lick the spoon when making cupcakes or cookies at a sleepover. I know I would certainly never ban my kid from seeing her best friend because the friend's parents might let her eat raw cookie dough, even though I would never allow it in my home because of the risk of illness.

Giggity19 · March 2012

Mamasaurus:
This.
The way people freak out when I say we're skipping rotavirus, you'd think I was telling them I was going to take my baby swimming in a sewer. Yet, I know for a fact that, at least among the people I know IRL and probably a lot of people online, they let their children eat hollandaise sauce, use one cutting board for all the food prep in their home, and don't keep abreast of recalls on frozen fish and poultry. It seems really selective to me that some people get on their high horse about every.last.vaccination but are totally lax about foodborne illness. I was taken to the ER as a child for salmonella but stayed home sick for one day with some soup and gatorade when I had rotavirus that same year. In a country with ready access to potable water, it is just not that big of a deal in most children who are old enough to be vaccinated.
I sort of feel like after a certain age, asking parents about vaccinations is like asking if parents let the kids lick the spoon when making cupcakes or cookies at a sleepover. I know I would certainly never ban my kid from seeing her best friend because the friend's parents might let her eat raw cookie dough, even though I would never allow it in my home because of the risk of illness.

Yes, and as a PUBLIC HEALTH issue, I would expect people to not take their salmonella-ridden kid to a public pool. Or bring known salmonella treats to school for a birthday.

You are talking about ridiculously different things here.

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