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NPR: Defying Parents, A Teen Decides To Get Vaccinated
- Thread starter Digital Dinosaur
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i'm sure they'll blame it on the fluoridation of water or something else.
He likely only made it that far because other parents aren't idiotic tools and actually get their children vaccinated. Likely he knows this too, as herd immunity is one of the most important reasons to get vaccinated.
So glad antivax are not a thing here. The current vaccination campaign here for children is at 85% complete and all remaining children will be vaccinated even if they health personal has to go to each school personally. 100% vaccination is the goal as every year.
IKR?
It's almost as if it's in the word 'TEENager'.
OT: good on this kid, and it's heartening to see more kids from these backgrounds self-starting immunisation.
Not that they should have to ofc.
I'm sure she does, but I'm an only child so it never comes up and doesn't really matter. She's into all sorts of alternative health stuff that I try to convince her is bullshit.
I don't think I can ever forgive my parents if they did this to me, especially if I contracted a preventable disease. Luckey for this young adult he didn't and good on him for defying his batshit insane parents.
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He was more defying his mother than his father to be honest:
https://undark.org/article/vaccine-exemptions-children/
https://undark.org/article/vaccine-exemptions-children/
Wow my sympathy meter for that mother shot even lower than I thought possible. It was never about him, it was about her and her self-righteous "I am right" attitude.
I know and accept that we as a species are doomed and are fucking garbage, but that quote really drives it home. So glad I get to exist and witness all this. I don't know what else to say.
I love how she is stating it as if it were a similie, when it is quite literally that.
Can't believe everything you see online (ha) but I saw a Reddit post on /vaxxhappened of an anti-vax mom arguing with an autistic kid online who didn't get vaccines: she said that his parents getting vaxxed caused it.
I don't know why people are harping on you for this. The headline is clearly misleading. A legal adult choosing to get immunized is not what "teen defying parents" implies.
Good job. I hope he manages to help his younger siblings get vaccinated. The mom sounds absolutely bananas.
I hope you did more than just mock. Your mom put your life and those of people around you in danger. Hopefully she no longer has those irrationally beliefs?
While anecdotally it feels that way, if a non-antivaxxer man is a comparent with an antivaxxer, it is his duty as a father to ensure his child(ren) get properly vaccinated. Both parents should be legally responsible for any health issues or death related to their decision not to vaccinate their children.
No, she still does, as I was brought up in a cult by my parents and she is quite ignorant of science. She's a very kind hearted, simple minded, completely ignorant person who I am one step away from being shunned by at any given moment. I have no other family and friends who haven't shunned me and my wife just left me in October so I will keep this last vestige of human contact for a little while longer.
As someone who went through his own "doing what's best for me instead of doing what my parents think is best for me" moment recently all I can say is good on this dude.
Glad he got the HPV vaccine too. It's a great vaccine for both men and women and can prevent some horrible complications.
Your immune system encounters thousands of times more pathogens in a single day than all the vaccines given to you combined.
Not really, though I'm sure it was kept to 4-5 at a time, as the article mentioned multiple rounds.
Your immune system encounters thousands of times more pathogens in a single day than all the vaccines given to you combined.
Jehovah's Witnesses, most know them, there's already a thread on it.
Teenager is not an actual stage of human development, a person is only called a teenager, because the word 'teen" is in their age. Biologically, the 3 main stages of human development are child( a human being below the age of puberty), adolescent(a human being that has begun puberty, transitioning into an adult), adult(a fully developed human). 18 begins legal adulthood, but at that age you still have developing to do. For instance, the studies that show the brain isn't fully developed till around the age of 25.
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I'm glad for the guy. It must of been hell for him having to wait till he turned 18.
Gotcha, I work for scientologists so I'm fascinated by cults. Used to work with a JW, he was a super nice dude, but that org is rotten.
