Required to Vaccinate??


There was a law passed in the State of California, deeming getting your kids vaccinated mandatory for every child in the state in order to attend school or daycare. I’ll save my opinion on the fact for the end but I’m sure you will feel which way I lean on the matter all through this post.

Some parents feel like they don’t have to listen to trained professionals because they know more they think that the “big pharma” companies are trying to make our children sick intentionally because they probably gain some sort of power in doing so. I guess. But then there are some parents who feel like there is no debate on weather a child should or should not get vaccinated.

The argument is always “I’m 30 and I didn’t get vaccinated and I turned out just fine, why add all of these poisons if they aren’t needed?” Well when I was growing up I got every vaccine on time as most of the kids I went to school with did minus the very rare few who didn’t. Which gave all the kids who didn’t get vaccinated this thing called Herd immunity. Basically the risks of un vaccinated children getting the diseases were slim because they were protected by the kids who did have vaccinations. This was the majority of children in school, so if the vaccinated kids weren’t getting the diseases then they wouldn’t spread it to non vaccinated children. But the point being the whole reason non vaccinated kids weren’t getting the diseases is because they were protected by vaccinated kids. Thus by default they kind of were vaccinated, without the pricks but with all the benefits. You know unless they went to a third world country where they were still trying an begging for the vaccinations we take for granted, then they were in fact at risk of contracting these very diseases for no real reason other then perhaps thinking they were doing what was best for their kid by not listening to a person who they are paying to help educate them in the well being of their child’s health.
The parents who decided not to vaccinate really have no real scientific facts, they just act off of emotion and what they have heard.

Well I guess you can see where I stand. I am so elated that this law has passed and I hope that other states follow suit. Right now it really doesn’t affect me because I don’t live in California but one day it may. I think that most parents are just trying to protect their children from getting hurt if it’s not needed, but you have to think of the long term affects of not vaccinating your kids. They could in fact get very ill and it could be potentially deadly. Just look at what happened at Disney World, I’m sure this was one of the determining factors in making it mandatory because only 1 or 2 of those many kids who got infected were vaccinated. I know this is a controversial topic but I honestly don’t care that this may potentially upset some people who I guess know better than doctors, but really wont someone think of the children?