[ SECRET POST #2718 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2718 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

She's actually stated in her blog that she's not vaccinating her kids because a relative had a severe adverse vaccine reaction, so it's nothing to do with the "but the autisms!" bullshit.

It's still kind of foolish, given the absolute scarcity of adverse reactions in cases where there is no allergy or other condition that would contraindicate vaccination, but it's a lot more understandable. Her kids probably aren't going to have any sort of vaccine reaction, because almost no one does, but general doctrine states that you're at a greater risk for health problems if you've got a blood relative who has them, and while that is far from universally true, she's a neuroscientist, not a geneticist or a biochemist.

[siofrabunnies]

That's much more reasonable, and I think I remember reading something to that effect before. As long as she's not actually saying that vaccination is wrong or telling everyone not to vaccinate, I'm not too terribly against her decision. I disagree with it (like you said, it's really rare to be allergic) and I'd prefer she try it to see if her kids are actually allergic, or avoid only that one vaccine/ingredient, but hers is a much more tolerable position overall, and I can't truly say I wouldn't be hesitant in her position. I mean, my grandmother had melanoma, so I take every protection against the sun I can. The difference there being, of course, that me using sunscreen doesn't risk anyone else. Her children still might carry something to infect other kids. Even people avoiding vaccines for legitimate reasons are lessening herd immunity. We've just decided that it's an acceptable level of risk, as long as everyone who can vaccinate does so.