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This Mother Became Furious Because Her Unvaccinated Daughter Wasn’t Invited To A Party, And Her Revenge Attempt Failed
Vaccines have saved millions of lives, but there are still people who refuse to acknowledge that their choice to not get vaccines puts the lives of other people at risk. On a Reddit thread where doctors were asked to share their worst experience with anti-vaxxers, a mother decided to tell her infuriating story. When organizing a birthday party for her child, she decided not to invite an unvaccinated girl because she could compromise the health of another guest who recently had cancer. The anti-vaxx mom found her choice unjust and decided to get back at her in a very petty way. (Facebook cover image: lorenkerns)
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Dorothy Parker 7 years ago
The anti-vaxxers have such esteemed medical professionals as Jenny McCarthy and now Kat Von Di that I don't know how we can argue with them. Oh yes, I forget, they're pathetic dolts who can't understand facts.
diane a 7 years ago (edited)
Me and my brother got mumps. I was female and got away with it. He was male and had to utilize IVF to have children . Vaccinate your kids
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FortnitePlayerGirl 7 years ago (edited)
I once saw a car covered in explanations and facts in white marker about why vaccines don't work. I took a photo and sent it to my mother, who has a medical career. She was ROFL at how silly that was. Vaccines save lives, people.
Stannous Flouride 7 years ago
I wonder if the owner of that car uses their seatbelt or if they feel it is "unwanted government intrusion into their life".
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Cora Woodcook 7 years ago
Even simple things like washing your hands everyday when you come home can help you not get sick, but vaccines do better
Hendra Lim 7 years ago
the thing is, even if you aren't sick. as long as you brought the germs and virus, other people still could be sick because of it
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diane a 7 years ago (edited)
It is worrying about antivaxxers passing down less immunity to future generations. As I understand it, a vaccinated mother will transmit a degree of immunity to an infant,enhanced by breast feeding. An unvaccinated mother and their unvaccinated child is surely a candidate for serious illness for the child. What really makes me laugh (although it isnt funny) is that parents can be so fixated on possible "allergies" peanuts, eggs, dairy etc etc that might potentiallyharm their child, but ignore recommendations for innoculations against killer diseases. There isnt an "Epipen" for measles.
Carol Emory 7 years ago
And many of them use the argument that they do not want their child to get autism. Science has already proven that Autism is a hereditary disease and not caused by vaccinations. Yet these yahoos still believe a single study that's been debunked for years and the person behind the bogus study has been stripped of his license. Besides the fact that I find it strange that these anti-vaxxers would rather have their children become crippled or dead from a preventable disease because they can't stand the thought of their child being anything less than perfect. My son was diagnosed with autism at 4 years old..but we noticed signs of his condition at 3 months of age..before his first vaccines. Hmmm....
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Vonskippy 7 years ago
Ironic that a reasonable chunk of the population thinks that a few hundred differentiated cells equal a human being and therefore must be protected by law as a life form - yet blissfully ignore the real human beings that are being put in grave risk by parents to stupid to understand basic science.
Rebekah Getz 7 years ago
I would much rather get the vaccine and face *potential* danger than not vaccinate and face the absolute reality of polio, smallpox, etc. The diseases aren't non-existent, which I honestly can't believe they claim. We haven't eradicated them. They're simply dormant inside of us because we're protected. You can be a carrier without actually being ill yourself. My father is an antivaxxer now (recently, I had all my shots as a kid) and I couldn't be more embarrassed about it. He's friends with a lady and they feed off each other. Mind you, this woman is... well, I really don't want to bash her, but she's had several miscarriages and her surviving son has Cerebral Palsy. She's constantly blamed a number of different things, doctors, medications and now she's blaiming vaccines. Anything but her own body. I realize that it's a tragic and terrible thing to admit to yourself as a woman, that your body can be unsuited to carrying children. But this is what happens when you live in such denial.
diane a 7 years ago
Utterly agree - some women's bodies are just not going to work well to reproduce for whatever reason. My mum had Rubella as a child in the 1930's. I am the final result of 9 miscarriages. Bless my parents - they got me eventually
Load More Replies... Wayne 7 years ago
Seriously, thank you all! I was diagnosed with Common Variable Immunodeficiency in 2009 at the age of 48 - my immune system collapsed and stopped producing antibodies. How did I learn of this? I had pneumonia five times in seven months. Bit of a wake-up call. I get a flu shot every year and pneumonia shots every so many, and we're not certain it helps, but it can't hurt. I'm looking forward to getting the new shingles vaccination when my doctor gives me the OK: I spent two months at my parent's a few years ago when my wife got the old one because I can't be exposed to live vaccines. This year I was sick with recurring sinus infections from March through October and on rotating antibiotics that entire period of time. I didn't realize how much of a fog my brainn was in until a few weeks ago when it finally lifted, and now I'm trying to regain muscle tone that was lost. It's not an easy life.
PeachPossum 7 years ago
To all the anti-vaxxers out there: The cure is NOT worse than the disease. The summer my mother turned 13 years old, she went to the state fair with her best friend. We have a photograph of the two of them together in a photo booth, hugging each other close and smiling. The very next day, my mother developed a fever and within hours, she was bedridden and could barely breathe. The doctor diagnosed polio and placed her in quarantine. For weeks, her parents fretted whether she would live or die. Meanwhile, her lucky friend remained healthy. Yet another classmate wound up in a wheelchair from the disease, still another died with the same symptoms my mother had. When she recovered, my mother was left with a weak heart, weak lungs, weak diaphragm, weak esophagus. She'd choke on the simplest things, couldn't cough it up. We kids learned the Heimlich maneuver and saved her life a few times. She lived to be 87, but at the end she couldn't swallow anything. So, yes, polio did finally kill her.
Janine Randall 7 years ago
I totally agree with all the parents not wanting non-vaxx kids around a sick child. I look fine, but have a compromised immune system. Why take a chance on infecting your kid because some stupid parent believes Jenny McCarthy (who later said her son wasn't really autistic) is a better source of medical information than every other doctor on the planet (the study she used as proof was done by a Dr. who has had his license yanked and is no longer practicing). I guess those parents would rather have a dead child instead of an autistic one is the impression I get.
Crouching_Penn_Hidden_Teller@yahoo.com 7 years ago
I don't know about her kid but Jenny McCarthy is stupid and there's no cure for that.
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Fixin'Ta 7 years ago
My cousin's daughter is vehemently anti-vax, and refuses to even entertain the idea that the Real Science behind vaccinations is a thing. She's convinced they cause autism so not only refuses to have her two children vaccinated, but gets upset when her kids can't do activities, attend certain preschools or be invited to parties because of her decision. She thinks she is protecting her children, but she's actually putting them at greater risk. No use telling her that, though, unless you want your head bitten off. (Fortunately, I've had a tetanus booster in the last ten years, so if she DID bite my head off, I'd be good there... ;) ) Even sadder, though, is a friend who was the head of the nursing department at a local private, highly acclaimed university. She has suddenly lost all her marbles and thinks essential oils cure everything and that vaccines are of the devil. Honestly, I couldn't believe that this otherwise intelligent, clever and reasonable woman had gone so far wrong.
Dorothy Parker 7 years ago
The anti-vaxxers have such esteemed medical professionals as Jenny McCarthy and now Kat Von Di that I don't know how we can argue with them. Oh yes, I forget, they're pathetic dolts who can't understand facts.
diane a 7 years ago (edited)
Me and my brother got mumps. I was female and got away with it. He was male and had to utilize IVF to have children . Vaccinate your kids
Load More Replies... FortnitePlayerGirl 7 years ago (edited)
I once saw a car covered in explanations and facts in white marker about why vaccines don't work. I took a photo and sent it to my mother, who has a medical career. She was ROFL at how silly that was. Vaccines save lives, people.
Stannous Flouride 7 years ago
I wonder if the owner of that car uses their seatbelt or if they feel it is "unwanted government intrusion into their life".
Load More Replies... Cora Woodcook 7 years ago
Even simple things like washing your hands everyday when you come home can help you not get sick, but vaccines do better
Hendra Lim 7 years ago
the thing is, even if you aren't sick. as long as you brought the germs and virus, other people still could be sick because of it
Load More Replies... diane a 7 years ago (edited)
It is worrying about antivaxxers passing down less immunity to future generations. As I understand it, a vaccinated mother will transmit a degree of immunity to an infant,enhanced by breast feeding. An unvaccinated mother and their unvaccinated child is surely a candidate for serious illness for the child. What really makes me laugh (although it isnt funny) is that parents can be so fixated on possible "allergies" peanuts, eggs, dairy etc etc that might potentiallyharm their child, but ignore recommendations for innoculations against killer diseases. There isnt an "Epipen" for measles.
Carol Emory 7 years ago
And many of them use the argument that they do not want their child to get autism. Science has already proven that Autism is a hereditary disease and not caused by vaccinations. Yet these yahoos still believe a single study that's been debunked for years and the person behind the bogus study has been stripped of his license. Besides the fact that I find it strange that these anti-vaxxers would rather have their children become crippled or dead from a preventable disease because they can't stand the thought of their child being anything less than perfect. My son was diagnosed with autism at 4 years old..but we noticed signs of his condition at 3 months of age..before his first vaccines. Hmmm....
Load More Replies... Vonskippy 7 years ago
Ironic that a reasonable chunk of the population thinks that a few hundred differentiated cells equal a human being and therefore must be protected by law as a life form - yet blissfully ignore the real human beings that are being put in grave risk by parents to stupid to understand basic science.
Rebekah Getz 7 years ago
I would much rather get the vaccine and face *potential* danger than not vaccinate and face the absolute reality of polio, smallpox, etc. The diseases aren't non-existent, which I honestly can't believe they claim. We haven't eradicated them. They're simply dormant inside of us because we're protected. You can be a carrier without actually being ill yourself. My father is an antivaxxer now (recently, I had all my shots as a kid) and I couldn't be more embarrassed about it. He's friends with a lady and they feed off each other. Mind you, this woman is... well, I really don't want to bash her, but she's had several miscarriages and her surviving son has Cerebral Palsy. She's constantly blamed a number of different things, doctors, medications and now she's blaiming vaccines. Anything but her own body. I realize that it's a tragic and terrible thing to admit to yourself as a woman, that your body can be unsuited to carrying children. But this is what happens when you live in such denial.
diane a 7 years ago
Utterly agree - some women's bodies are just not going to work well to reproduce for whatever reason. My mum had Rubella as a child in the 1930's. I am the final result of 9 miscarriages. Bless my parents - they got me eventually
Load More Replies... Wayne 7 years ago
Seriously, thank you all! I was diagnosed with Common Variable Immunodeficiency in 2009 at the age of 48 - my immune system collapsed and stopped producing antibodies. How did I learn of this? I had pneumonia five times in seven months. Bit of a wake-up call. I get a flu shot every year and pneumonia shots every so many, and we're not certain it helps, but it can't hurt. I'm looking forward to getting the new shingles vaccination when my doctor gives me the OK: I spent two months at my parent's a few years ago when my wife got the old one because I can't be exposed to live vaccines. This year I was sick with recurring sinus infections from March through October and on rotating antibiotics that entire period of time. I didn't realize how much of a fog my brainn was in until a few weeks ago when it finally lifted, and now I'm trying to regain muscle tone that was lost. It's not an easy life.
PeachPossum 7 years ago
To all the anti-vaxxers out there: The cure is NOT worse than the disease. The summer my mother turned 13 years old, she went to the state fair with her best friend. We have a photograph of the two of them together in a photo booth, hugging each other close and smiling. The very next day, my mother developed a fever and within hours, she was bedridden and could barely breathe. The doctor diagnosed polio and placed her in quarantine. For weeks, her parents fretted whether she would live or die. Meanwhile, her lucky friend remained healthy. Yet another classmate wound up in a wheelchair from the disease, still another died with the same symptoms my mother had. When she recovered, my mother was left with a weak heart, weak lungs, weak diaphragm, weak esophagus. She'd choke on the simplest things, couldn't cough it up. We kids learned the Heimlich maneuver and saved her life a few times. She lived to be 87, but at the end she couldn't swallow anything. So, yes, polio did finally kill her.
Janine Randall 7 years ago
I totally agree with all the parents not wanting non-vaxx kids around a sick child. I look fine, but have a compromised immune system. Why take a chance on infecting your kid because some stupid parent believes Jenny McCarthy (who later said her son wasn't really autistic) is a better source of medical information than every other doctor on the planet (the study she used as proof was done by a Dr. who has had his license yanked and is no longer practicing). I guess those parents would rather have a dead child instead of an autistic one is the impression I get.
Crouching_Penn_Hidden_Teller@yahoo.com 7 years ago
I don't know about her kid but Jenny McCarthy is stupid and there's no cure for that.
Load More Replies... Fixin'Ta 7 years ago
My cousin's daughter is vehemently anti-vax, and refuses to even entertain the idea that the Real Science behind vaccinations is a thing. She's convinced they cause autism so not only refuses to have her two children vaccinated, but gets upset when her kids can't do activities, attend certain preschools or be invited to parties because of her decision. She thinks she is protecting her children, but she's actually putting them at greater risk. No use telling her that, though, unless you want your head bitten off. (Fortunately, I've had a tetanus booster in the last ten years, so if she DID bite my head off, I'd be good there... ;) ) Even sadder, though, is a friend who was the head of the nursing department at a local private, highly acclaimed university. She has suddenly lost all her marbles and thinks essential oils cure everything and that vaccines are of the devil. Honestly, I couldn't believe that this otherwise intelligent, clever and reasonable woman had gone so far wrong.
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