The New 'Do You Have A Gun in The House' Playgroup Question

‘Are Your Children Vaccinated?’ Is the New ‘Do You Have a Gun in the House?’

A recent article on the Time [magazine] website written by David the Amateur Idiot/Professional Dad blog has brought up this question and I thought I'd add my opinion to it. Please excuse the sarcasm.

You won't find the article on his blog though because he writes for Time.com but you can find it here.


David,

Most of my parenting decisions don't affect you? Since when did you become the parent in my family?

No judgement here on my part, it's not my business what you want to think about my family or what you feel is the right decision for my family, especially when it comes to weapons, of any kind.

A loaded weapon in my house is none of your business, the same goes for my decision to immunize my children.

Most parents who keep a loaded weapon in their house, don't leave it in the toy box, or the pantry, the dresser, the refrigerator, outside or in any of the drawers and cupboards with the child safety locks on them.

A loaded weapon should be kept out of view of little ones, even tweens and teens who do not know how to handle a weapon of any kind. It should be in a gun safe, one of those safes that have a biometric reader on it. That's where mine are.

Now, lets talk about your steak knives in the drawer or even in plain sight in places such as the knife block. I'd consider that a 'loaded weapon' because of the ease of access from being used as a cutting tool to used as a weapon.

Knife deaths happen all the time, why should they not be considered as a weapon?

Let's move onto your opinions of parents who don't vaccinate their kids.

Good for you for making that decision to you feel is important for your family, it's YOUR decision, not mine so no judgement here either but I hope you've done your research, if not it's your choice, not mine. HOORAY FOR YOU!

One thing I hate about the news media, especially the news media in social media for the plain and simple fact that I don't feel that facebook, twitter or other social media sites should include biased opinions such as yours, but don't worry, I won't judge there either.

If you have done any research on vaccinations at all, you'd know that your 2 year old is not due for their second MMR vaccine for at least 2-4 years. That MMR is given at 12-15 months and again at 4-6 years so again, I won't judge you on you calling your child's pediatrician to check on their vaccination status but I'll go ahead and judge that same pediatrician if he/she did go ahead and recommend your child's 2nd MMR at 2 yrs old.

Catastrophic if your child got measles after one vaccine with no booster? Vaccines work right, so why are you so afraid of your child getting measles, mumps or some other vaccine preventable disease? While your at it, please find an actual scientific study that proves that the anti-vaccine movement is bringing back these diseases. The only proof I've found is the news media and pro-vaccinators.

Accidental anti-vaxer? Now that is moronic to know that, as a pro-vaxer as yourself, you think that you should feel shame for forgetting to get your child vaccinated 2-4 years early. Shame on you for feeling that you have done your research and have decided not to inject poisons into your child.

Feeling a little judgemental yet?

You seem to like to judge which dad in the group has a career that you feel is 'out there' and why should you care what wacky stuff they are up to, including their child's immunization status and how they follow the vaccination schedule or not.

I see a lot of pro-vaxers who feel that their child does not need all the vaccines their child is scheduled for.

I don't feel that newborns or toddlers need to be immunized with a vaccine that is made to protect against a disease that is contracted through sex, IV drug use, dirty tattoo needles etc. Is it alright with you that I judge you if your 2 and 5 yr olds are doing activities such as those. I'm sure you'd probably judge them too.

Chicken pox is another one. I had chicken pox when I was six. Sure it was uncomfortable but my sister, brother and I got to count each others pox and see who had the most each day. Then, we were given oatmeal baths and Calamine lotion to slather all over each other. My 3 yr old brother didn't even care if it was pink.

Sure, we'll always have the chance to get shingles but then again, with the live Varicella virus in the vaccine, so do your kids. Congratulations, you just gave your children an opportunity to get shingles without having chicken pox! Woo Hoo!

Many doctors don't mind giving their patients one vaccine at a time, keep your patients so you still get their money, isn't that right? They aren't dropping their patients because their parents refuse to get all suggested vaccines at one visit because they still have a vaccinated patient in their practice.

I'm sure that you hand pick those dad's in your New York City Dad's group according to whether their kids are fully vaccinated on schedule, one vaccine at a time or not vaccinated at all. I'm sure the list grows considerably smaller too when you factor in how many of those  dad's who vaccinate, have any kind of loaded weapon in their home or not.

Wait, I'm confused. Not all vaccines are 100% effective, yet your children are out of the danger zone but that they still have a small chance to be the unlucky few who are vaccine resistant? Ignorance at it's best.

Ah, there it is! I was wondering when you were going to bring in the topic of 'herd immunity'. Of course it is not a total admission of 'herd immunity' on your part, just implying that children are banking on others being vaccinated just about says it all, yet shows your biased opinion when you label a parent who has done thorough research on vaccinations as selfish, yet you seem pretty selfish in your opinion that everyone should vaccinate because your children are too vulnerable because they haven't gotten their boosters 2-4 years early. 
 
Formaldehyde, aluminum, polysorbate-80, human fetal cells (MRC-5 and WI-38), bovine serum, monkey and dog kidney cells, lactose, Ethanol, Phenol, Detergent, egg proteins and a host of other toxic ingredients along with yes, you guessed it, Thimerisol. 

All are listed on the CDC vaccine ingredient list

No thank you! Pretty scary if you ask me, especially if you read the vaccine package inserts and see the side effects of each vaccine.

Yes, I secure my firearm(s), make sure my husband secures his and demand that my teen secures hers. She doesn't have the privilege to have access to our biometric gun safe, but it will happen when she is responsible enough to be privy to that. Yes, it is my responsibility as a responsible parent to make sure that my children and their friends, do not have access to something as deadly as a firearm.

There it is again, with a full admission that herd immunity actually exists, yet you don't know about the concept of herd immunity. That's right, it is a C-O-N-C-E-P-T and cannot be proven because as you said above, no vaccine is 100% effective, even if 100% of the population is vaccinated, it can never be achieved because of that 100% ineffectiveness.

A pro-vaxer in my child's playgroup should not, and will not get their business in my choices. It may not be a topic that you should debate but it sure will bring one if you go out and ask someone about their child's vaccine status. Which reminds me, what is YOUR vaccine status? Do you ask the other parents about their vaccine status?

Sincerely,
Naturally Healthy Mama

P.S. Your ignorance is showing.