missing boy located, mum is an antivaxer.

[davidc4430]

a little bet of knowledge can be so dangerous.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/amber-alert-missing-boy-chase-walkersteven-allegedly-f...

you can allways ask for a second opinion if you have doubts about anything medical.

[icyfroth]

If parents don't want their kids vaxed, they should'nt be forced or coerced into it.

It's a free country, is it not?

[davidc4430]

as i am single, not likely to be having any children now, it really i guess doesnt bother me if some dills are choosing to ignore medical advice re vaxinations.

however if i was someone who was planning on starting a family id be really angry that there are people who would endanger my future children by not imunising their children.

i really couldnt give a stuff if not vaxinating ones child only meant that child was open to terrible infections. its the fact those children and their i presume unvaxinated parents can become carriers of some deseases and spread them to babys too young to be vaxinated that bothers me.

[imastawka]

Children can't start kindergarten, let alone school, without an up to date

immunisation certicate.

My youngest grandson was up to date, but the Health Department hadn't updated

his records.  

It was up to his mother to provide proof.

[icyfroth]

Yeah I know.

That's fair enough, I guess.

This woman wasn't trying to get her little boy into Childcare though, was she?

[icyfroth]

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@davidc4430 wrote:

as i am single, not likely to be having any children now, it really i guess doesnt bother me if some dills are choosing to ignore medical advice re vaxinations.

however if i was someone who was planning on starting a family id be really angry that there are people who would endanger my future children by not imunising their children.

i really couldnt give a stuff if not vaxinating ones child only meant that child was open to terrible infections. its the fact those children and their i presume unvaxinated parents can become carriers of some deseases and spread them to babys too young to be vaxinated that bothers me.

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But your children would be vaxed, if that were the case, wouldn't they?

[imastawka]

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@icyfroth wrote:

Yeah I know.

That's fair enough, I guess.

This woman wasn't trying to get her little boy into Childcare though, was she?

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He's gotta go to school sooner or later

[icyfroth]

Not really.

The parents can keep him at home if they can show just cause.

[davidc4430]

i'm no expert but believe there are some vaxinations a baby cant have until they reach a certain age. therefore they are at risk until that age is reached and a vaxination done.

i may be wrong but i thought i heard that when a discussion on not vaxinating was on radio one day.

[morgana2408]

That is right David. Babies/Children can't be vacinated until certain ages. The problem with the anti vaxx crowd is they don't just endanger their children but other children. They endanger the too young, those people who legit can't be vacinated and unborn babies. Some illnesses like rubella can lead to birh defects and misscarrage. You have the right to do wish with your own but you have no right to harm others.