tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post6204895370043667390..comments2024-03-27T19:51:28.984-07:00Comments on The Burrow: Vaccination BluesAshleigh Burroughshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05790757220725900941noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-47567156874356533032015-02-05T14:14:46.389-07:002015-02-05T14:14:46.389-07:00Ellyn, I think this is at the core of the issue. ...Ellyn, I think this is at the core of the issue. The young parents who are not vaccinating today have no memory or real life experience of these diseases. You had no choice in contracting measles. I had them around that time, too, and mumps and chicken pox as well. I was so grateful that the Rubella vaccine was created so I could be protected - fear of mumps or Rubella (German Measles) during pregnancy was very real back then..... and, I fear, coming to be so again, soon.<br />a/bAshleigh Burroughshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05790757220725900941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-5161882038449278632015-02-05T14:11:36.058-07:002015-02-05T14:11:36.058-07:00I go to fury instead of despair, Megan. Your pare...I go to fury instead of despair, Megan. Your parents' generation (and mine) lived with polio and the fear of contagion was close enough to their lives as parents themselves that they raced as fast as they could to immunize us all. <br /><br />As we become safer, we become cavalier, I guess.<br />a/bAshleigh Burroughshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05790757220725900941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-4186729020081527132015-02-05T14:09:02.011-07:002015-02-05T14:09:02.011-07:00I, too remember needing an Immunization Record in ...I, too remember needing an Immunization Record in order to enter school on the first day. Our parents were so grateful that we were not in fear of polio, which terrorized them as children, and saw medical breakthroughs as true life savers, which they were. <br />a/bAshleigh Burroughshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05790757220725900941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-87063213401342106812015-02-05T11:03:27.501-07:002015-02-05T11:03:27.501-07:00I brought home measles in 1960, my little sister w...I brought home measles in 1960, my little sister was under the age of one and there were no vacinations then. She caught the measles, ran a fever of 105 and it fried the nerves in her ears, causing a severe hearing loss. She has worn hearing aids since the age of 4. It is not a harmless virus, it can cause severe problems, just ask my sister. Ellyn Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-40807683186417330712015-02-04T18:40:23.139-07:002015-02-04T18:40:23.139-07:00As you have seen on my FB page, this is VERY perso...As you have seen on my FB page, this is VERY personal for me. Having a friend whose child had a transplant and then people being so cavalier about vaccinations infuriates me. I agree with Rain--no child should be admitted to a public school unless they have been vaccinated or have a medical reason why they have not. No exceptions. This whole thing of my child is pure or my child leads a healthy lifestyle is a bunch of BS. <br /><br />My uncle almost died of polio as a child and he still is handicapped because of it. One leg is longer than the other and he has to wear a shoe that's raised on one foot. My sister had mumps as child and we were vaccinated. My husband is allergic to chicken and all vaccines are incubated in eggs. BUT... his mother STILL had him vaccinated as a child--just in very small intervals. She did it because she wanted to make sure he was protected. And then there is my friend whose child had a lung transplant last year. She could die just from getting the common cold, much less a life-threatening disease. I have no patience for all of this anti-science crap. <br /><br />The people that don't want to vaccinate their children, should not be allowed to bring them out in public. They are endangering the lives of children and babies that don't have a choice in getting a vaccination. They cannot due to their medical condition or their age. <br /><br />I heard from one friend today that she has a friend who doesn't believe in vaccinating because they have side-effects. I guess your child dying from not getting vaccinated is not bad enough. <br /><br />I despair at the stupidity of some people. :(<br /><br />Thanks for writing this post. <br /><br />Megan xxxMShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02622415628314992252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-11501433278261750802015-02-04T11:38:55.259-07:002015-02-04T11:38:55.259-07:00I totally agree. If a child doesn't have an im...I totally agree. If a child doesn't have an immune problem, they should not be admitted to any public school without vaccinations. I am old enough to remember bringing signed permission from home and getting my shots right there in the school. The current anti-vaccination movement is as bad as anti-science for the ignorance behind it. If a child has a real medical reason to not have them, then it should require a doctor's signed slip.Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.com