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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
My wife's sister is anti-vaccine. Her and her kids came to may house just before Christmas and the discussion came up. I refrained from getting into it too much, but at one point she mentioned that it is good when a child gets a childhood disease because after they recover, they gain a "natural" immunity to the virus. I had to face palm on that little bit of wisdom. All I said; "Yeah, that sounds more convenient than getting vaccinated".
She then mentioned other theories about how recovering from illnesses is good mentally for a child and builds character... I can't recall exactly what she said, because I tuned out.
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This to me is child neglect/endangerment, end of story. There is no excuse for not preventing an illness in a child with readily available means to do so. Do people not realize that although the chance of a child dying is small for things like measles, there is risk of life long complications such a deafness. Google whooping cough in babies and watch the youtube video, then ask yourself if that in some way helps build character in the infant struggling to breathe.
There was the case of that poor little boy who died a few years back in Calgary because he had Pneumonia and his nut job mother didn't take him to the doctor because she believed only herbs could cure him. Or that native girl who has Leukemia and is being treated with vitamins in that hucksters compound in Florida. These are parents that are neglecting their children and should be called on it. Many different shades but all the same problem, child neglect, and claiming it is because you love your child too much is not valid.
The fact we even have to have this debate in a modern supposedly educated society is very disheartening.
Again, listen to the testimony of an unvaccinated child on why that parental choice was so wrong:
http://www.voicesforvaccines.org/gro...-unvaccinated/