Blackbyrd (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} blackbyrd2) wrote,@ 2008-05-10 05:57:00 |
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Thanks to (who else?) ajollypyruvate for the link. She's got another one on whooping cough.
Measles outbreak in San Diego in January-February, 2008
Note that of the initial eleven secondary infections, 3 were infants too young to be vaccinated who were infected at the pediatrician's office. That's better than 25% who were exposed and infected for no good reason, whose parents had no choice about protection, all because someone's religious beliefs told them not to take normal, sane protective measures for their children. These people likely don't associate with the source family and would have no way of knowing that such a risk existed, especially in this day and age when vaccinations have all but eliminated diseases like this from our society.
Generally, the socially accepted guideline for liberty/rights is if it doesn't adversely impact others, you should be free to do as you see fit.
OK, so when your kid kills a kid and/or sends dozens or hundreds more to the hospital because you believe God doesn't want you to get vaccinations, I'm pretty sure that's what we'd call adversely impacting others.
Here's my proposal. You don't want your child vaccinated? Fine. You keep him/her (and you) out of public places, (stores, buses, airplanes, malls, McDonalds, doctor's offices, everywhere. Get the picture?) provide home schooling with an approved curriculum and periodic testing by the state, and inform the child by the age of 18 of exactly what's being withheld with appropriate documentation which shows the benefits to be received from vaccinations, and explain that until they get vaccinations, they, like you, get to live in isolation. No jobs where they work with others, no access to public buildings, not even church, unless said church is approved for this type of belief system.
You think I'm being harsh? Hey, just hook up with the rest of your friends that believe the same way. According to that article, 9.6% of the children at that school had PBEs filed. Y'all just hang out together, spread diptheria, whooping cough, measles, rubella, all that stuff amongst yourselves. In a decade or so this won't be a concern to the rest of us.
ajollypyruvate for the link. She's got another one on whooping cough.Measles outbreak in San Diego in January-February, 2008
Note that of the initial eleven secondary infections, 3 were infants too young to be vaccinated who were infected at the pediatrician's office. That's better than 25% who were exposed and infected for no good reason, whose parents had no choice about protection, all because someone's religious beliefs told them not to take normal, sane protective measures for their children. These people likely don't associate with the source family and would have no way of knowing that such a risk existed, especially in this day and age when vaccinations have all but eliminated diseases like this from our society.
Generally, the socially accepted guideline for liberty/rights is if it doesn't adversely impact others, you should be free to do as you see fit.
OK, so when your kid kills a kid and/or sends dozens or hundreds more to the hospital because you believe God doesn't want you to get vaccinations, I'm pretty sure that's what we'd call adversely impacting others.
Here's my proposal. You don't want your child vaccinated? Fine. You keep him/her (and you) out of public places, (stores, buses, airplanes, malls, McDonalds, doctor's offices, everywhere. Get the picture?) provide home schooling with an approved curriculum and periodic testing by the state, and inform the child by the age of 18 of exactly what's being withheld with appropriate documentation which shows the benefits to be received from vaccinations, and explain that until they get vaccinations, they, like you, get to live in isolation. No jobs where they work with others, no access to public buildings, not even church, unless said church is approved for this type of belief system.
You think I'm being harsh? Hey, just hook up with the rest of your friends that believe the same way. According to that article, 9.6% of the children at that school had PBEs filed. Y'all just hang out together, spread diptheria, whooping cough, measles, rubella, all that stuff amongst yourselves. In a decade or so this won't be a concern to the rest of us.
