Someone Decides To Warn Their Neighbours On Anti-Vaxx Mom Living There, Writes A Letter To The Whole Neighbourhood
More and more people are looking for inventive ways to keep themselves and others safe from the measles outbreaks across the nation. One group of concerned moms instead of taking to the internet to spread information took a more old-fashioned route and passed out letters throughout their neighborhood warning of a health risk right in their area.
In the letter, they warned that one of their very own neighbors was unvaccinated and that the others, particularly those in high-risk groups, should take cautionary measures when interacting with them. The letter not only singled out their neighbor but gave detailed information on the outbreak, anti-vaxxers, and the outbreak. Scroll down to see what these moms had to say.
A group of concerned Wisconsin moms outed one of their anti-vaxx neighbors in a letter
Image credits: UN Ukraine (not the actual photo)
Wisconsin is one out of 17 states that allows parents to opt-out of vaccinations due to personal beliefs. According to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, the last confirmed case of measles was in 2014. In March an unimmunized Wisconsin man was put on quarantine for suspected exposure to the disease and was accused by police of breaking the mandated isolation by attempting to go to a gym.
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Dear Resident,
Your neighbor, ______
does not believe in vaccinating herself or her family. This puts anyone at risk if they are medically fragile, immunocompromised, or out of date in their vaccinations. Please use caution when sharing work or personal space with this individual, eating foods prepared by this individual, or attending gatherings at this individual’s house if you or the people who are important to you fall into medically at-risk categories. The unvaccinated pose a unique threat to infants, who often don’t yet have a full course of vaccinations completed, and can quickly become deathly ill or die. People who are unvaccinated have caused outbreaks in Arkansas, Oregon Washinton, California, New York, North Carolina, Michigan, Virginia, Texas, Kansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Florida, Minnesota, Colorado, and Pennsylvania, with more outbreaks expected. Nearly all outbreaks of disease were started by unvaccinated individuals, who pass along vaccine-preventable diseases to those without adequate protection.
People who don’t believe in vaccines often hold other views that are at odds with widely accepted facts related to science and medicine. Protect yourself, your family, and your community by using caution when interacting with these people. They have caused hundreds of thousands of vaccine-preventable disease in recent years, costing several hundred million dollars around the globe, not including the costs associated with preventable deaths and disabilities The outbreaks and subsequent deaths they cause are tracked here:
http://www.vaccineswork.org/vaccine-preventable-disease-outbreaks/
Thank you, and be safe.
Sincerely, Concerned Moms of Wisconsin
Image credits: lazylikewally (not the actual photo)
While there has been no measles outbreak in Wisconsin yet, there has been a state-confirmed case of mumps as of 2019 – another vaccine-preventable disease. Mumps is a virus caused disease passed through the air or saliva that causes swollen salivary glands.
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Share on FacebookAs I normally dislike exposing stupid people, this is needed for everyones safety. It's like the public list of sex offenders.
I think @uwetheiss forgets a key issue: SCIENTIFIC FACT. This isn't fascisto playbook techniques to "find a common enemy" (read up on how Mussolini basically developed fascism). This is an ignoramus putting people in danger because they reject science in lieu of ignorance. Stupid Straw Man arguments like this need two tight slaps.
Load More Replies...There is not one single REAL religion that bans vaccines. Not ONE. If a "religion" says it bans vaccines then it's a cult, not a religion.
Exactly. My religion (Roman Catholicism, for the curious) states that we must consider the common good and vaccinate our children - although I'm not old enough to have children yet! Anyone who quotes bits of Holy Writ out of context to make it look like the Lord opposes vaccines is not a Christian, for he causes the suffering of those unable to access vaccines for whatever reason.
Load More Replies...If someone in the neighborhood has a newborn, or is on chemo, or similarity immunocompromised, they DO deserve to know...I keep saying, a good polio outbreak would shut these antivaxxers up so fast...There were 6 kids 4-5 yrs. ago in CO that died from chickenpox, and a couple of adults..HERD IMMUNITY IS NOT GOVERNMENT CONTROL, IT"S KEEPING YOU AND YOUR KIDS HEALTHY!! Unfortunately, I think eventually the government will need to step in, if these outbreaks keep happening... and enough people die..
The earth ain't flat. It shapes like a pear.
Load More Replies...Can we just move on and make it illegal already? Stupid people should be left to do whatever they want.
I need to print one of these out about my anti-vax neighbors! When I was eight years old they told me and my six year old sister that our mom was going to die after she got her flu shot :(
Honestly, people like this who willingly put their children and others at risk because of what a quack doctor said 20 years ago make me sick. Their children (who could grow up to cure cancer or to colonise Mars) do not deserve to have their beautiful lives ended so early.
Hawaii doesn't have rabies. To bring your pet here you have to have documented proof the of current rabies vaccine. And, you know what? Hawaii still doesn't have rabies.
I wonder if any of this "concerned moms" went to talk to those "individuals" as they called them. I dont see here concern about safety but camouflaged hostility and lack of courage to express this openly towards the obcject of it.
Anti-vaxxers are not really famous for being open to friendly debates, are they?
Load More Replies...This is a harsh tactic, but public safety comes first. As for the harshness of the tactic I paraphrase Thomas Jefferson, When I say, "The rational and the ridiculous cannot be reconciled the only real response is ridicule."
Just as the measles were declared gone in all places but labs.... They need to think about the others not just listen to the internet. (unless they are telling you to get vaxxed). But seriously it's just stupid. Unless you have a perfectly good reason you need to vaxx. Thank you BP for reading this and please take my advise
If vaccine causes autism and this and that, how come that this parents took vaccination as child and don't have nothing of this, to now deny that to their children.?
I think this letter is wrong. But what should they do, an intervention?? "Well Karen, thank you for coming, as you can see this is not a cul-de-sac bbq but an intervention. Because, Karen, you are so painfully stupid it's a real threath to our perfect little community here. Now, Susan, start the power point please"
I think that she is doing the right thing, because if she didn't her kids could have gotten others sick, because they probably don't wash their hands either.
A great example of neighbourhood watch. To be honest if I knew for sure that one of my neighbours is pro-disease, I'd warn my neighbourhood too. Including name and adress. Imagine if you saw a pregnant neighbour walking in and out of a pro-disease house? Wouldn't you want to warn her for the risks? How woud you feel if you later heard that she lost her child because of some disease she contracted in the contacts with the pro-disease household? I'd say name them and shame them. Pro-disease make a very conscious decision to live that way, than let them also be conscious of the consequences.
In just here to make myself feel smarter by reading an antivaccer's comments.
Mumps are very bad t get, if you are a young adult male or any male. It can and has caused infertility. So if you aren’t vaccinated for MMR , go get. It, also if you were vaccinated get a booster .. I actually had it all as a kid, and when I was working as a nurse, there. Was an outbreak of measles . They made me get a booster. Just in case!
Even though I understand the concern, I don't agree with this method. Speaking to the family beforehand and telling them they would be letting others in the community know for everyone's safety is one thing, not signing the letter shows a cowardice that I do not appreciate, especially since they are specifically naming another.
I just had to note the irony that they took the old fashion way of doing this and yet it still ended up online
Now I come to think of it: America has a sex offenders register where you can look up people that are hazardous for children. Wouldn't it be great if you could look up anti-vaxxers or pro-diseasers in a register? After all: they are not only hazardous to children but als to unborn children, people with a weakened immune system and elderly people.
on the sheets that tell you why to get a flu shot also tells you how many deaths there are caused by flu RELATED symptoms. not the flu
I agree with the cause, but not with the tactics. We have enough hate-mongering going on in this country without adding another layer. One way to deal with the threat is to elect representatives who will require vaccinations except when there is a medical reason. Personal beliefs, even religious ones, are not a good reason to threaten our herd immunity. I'm glad I don't live in this neighborhood and not because of the anti-vaxxer.
CA has a rule re: vaccinations. No children are allowed to enroll in any school, public or private without presenting a vaccination booklet, or certificate. My daughter even had to present one for a grad school class. Perhaps people ought to be reminded that some people who cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons are very vulnerable, as are pregnant women and infants too young for vaccinations. This is a public health issue; it is not personal.
Load More Replies...Only thing worse than anti-vaxxer in this story are the people in this comment section moaning about how this was the wrong way to go about it.
The people in the comments moaning about how this was handled is WORSE than the antivaxxers themselves?
Load More Replies...Stop posting this hateful s**t. As someone with vaccinated kids, it's a disservice to humanity to keep sharing things that are mean. #1 your kids can be vaccinated, and hang out with only other vaccinated kids, that doesn't stop them from getting anything. For f***s sake, stop making it sound like those who don't vaccinate are going to kill humanity and their unvaccinated kids are the ones who are fault for the spread of illnesses. EVERY SINGLE BEING IS.
You can cry bullying all you want but unless it morally comdemns or harasses her outright simply declaring tht someone in the neighborhood is a community health risk isn't bullying. I NEED to know that kind of thing or I could die. I rely on herd immunity for a LOT of things especially seasonal flus.
lol if your vaccinated you should be safe from the disease? just saying
I think that safety comes first in this scenario and they should DEFINITELY warn people like they are doing, but the letter seems really hostile to me. You can warn people and tell them the truth without being that harsh and belligerent. (Oh, and I live in Wisconsin. How lovely....)
The writers of this are clearly to cowardly too own this by the fact they didn't sign their own names on it. This makes it come across as a bullying and ostraciseing one family. Whilst I agree vaccine hesitancy is a huge problem, these tactics will not resolve it.
There is bullying and then there's behavioral education. There are those people out there that do as they please because they could care less how their lives impact those people around them. They live in their own little bubbles of misinformation and self righteousness..attitudes that can cause unnecessary deaths. If someone is about to stroll out in front of a moving bus, I'm not going to politely tap them on the shoulder and kindly say "there's a bus coming." I'm going to grab the back of their shirt and yank them out of the way while yelling "look out!" If they get their feelings hurt in the process..oh well. At least they're alive to complain about it. Not every situation calls for niceties. My friends daughter suffered brain swelling from a high fever and will now be in a wheel chair for the rest of her life thanks to an anti-vaxxer. I applaud this group (and they did sign the name of their organization) for calling out this person. The cowards are the anti-vaxxers.
Load More Replies...They're worried about the people who are unable to get vaccinated for the reasons mentioned in the letter. Even though I understand the concern, I don't agree with this method. Speaking to the family beforehand and telling them they would be letting others in the community know for everyone's safety is one thing, not signing the letter shows a cowardice that I do not appreciate, especially since they are specifically naming another.
Load More Replies...My coworkers baby cousin was in a car accident and still got injured even though they were in a car seat, so I don't use them because they don't always work. In fact, I even knew a guy who was injured by a seatbelt in an accident. Obviously they do more harm than good. Have you seen how expensive car seats are? Big Automotive just wants your money. Do you see how f*****g ridiculous you sound blaming mercury that isn't even in vaccines which you will blame the 'Big Pharm'. Vaccines save f*****g lives you moron
Load More Replies...Maybe in your specific case it might have been, but looking at it from a world wide perspective I seriously doubt it would be better to allow all these diseases run rampant. Preventative care is in almost all cases much cheaper and effective than reactive care.
Load More Replies...As I normally dislike exposing stupid people, this is needed for everyones safety. It's like the public list of sex offenders.
I think @uwetheiss forgets a key issue: SCIENTIFIC FACT. This isn't fascisto playbook techniques to "find a common enemy" (read up on how Mussolini basically developed fascism). This is an ignoramus putting people in danger because they reject science in lieu of ignorance. Stupid Straw Man arguments like this need two tight slaps.
Load More Replies...There is not one single REAL religion that bans vaccines. Not ONE. If a "religion" says it bans vaccines then it's a cult, not a religion.
Exactly. My religion (Roman Catholicism, for the curious) states that we must consider the common good and vaccinate our children - although I'm not old enough to have children yet! Anyone who quotes bits of Holy Writ out of context to make it look like the Lord opposes vaccines is not a Christian, for he causes the suffering of those unable to access vaccines for whatever reason.
Load More Replies...If someone in the neighborhood has a newborn, or is on chemo, or similarity immunocompromised, they DO deserve to know...I keep saying, a good polio outbreak would shut these antivaxxers up so fast...There were 6 kids 4-5 yrs. ago in CO that died from chickenpox, and a couple of adults..HERD IMMUNITY IS NOT GOVERNMENT CONTROL, IT"S KEEPING YOU AND YOUR KIDS HEALTHY!! Unfortunately, I think eventually the government will need to step in, if these outbreaks keep happening... and enough people die..
The earth ain't flat. It shapes like a pear.
Load More Replies...Can we just move on and make it illegal already? Stupid people should be left to do whatever they want.
I need to print one of these out about my anti-vax neighbors! When I was eight years old they told me and my six year old sister that our mom was going to die after she got her flu shot :(
Honestly, people like this who willingly put their children and others at risk because of what a quack doctor said 20 years ago make me sick. Their children (who could grow up to cure cancer or to colonise Mars) do not deserve to have their beautiful lives ended so early.
Hawaii doesn't have rabies. To bring your pet here you have to have documented proof the of current rabies vaccine. And, you know what? Hawaii still doesn't have rabies.
I wonder if any of this "concerned moms" went to talk to those "individuals" as they called them. I dont see here concern about safety but camouflaged hostility and lack of courage to express this openly towards the obcject of it.
Anti-vaxxers are not really famous for being open to friendly debates, are they?
Load More Replies...This is a harsh tactic, but public safety comes first. As for the harshness of the tactic I paraphrase Thomas Jefferson, When I say, "The rational and the ridiculous cannot be reconciled the only real response is ridicule."
Just as the measles were declared gone in all places but labs.... They need to think about the others not just listen to the internet. (unless they are telling you to get vaxxed). But seriously it's just stupid. Unless you have a perfectly good reason you need to vaxx. Thank you BP for reading this and please take my advise
If vaccine causes autism and this and that, how come that this parents took vaccination as child and don't have nothing of this, to now deny that to their children.?
I think this letter is wrong. But what should they do, an intervention?? "Well Karen, thank you for coming, as you can see this is not a cul-de-sac bbq but an intervention. Because, Karen, you are so painfully stupid it's a real threath to our perfect little community here. Now, Susan, start the power point please"
I think that she is doing the right thing, because if she didn't her kids could have gotten others sick, because they probably don't wash their hands either.
A great example of neighbourhood watch. To be honest if I knew for sure that one of my neighbours is pro-disease, I'd warn my neighbourhood too. Including name and adress. Imagine if you saw a pregnant neighbour walking in and out of a pro-disease house? Wouldn't you want to warn her for the risks? How woud you feel if you later heard that she lost her child because of some disease she contracted in the contacts with the pro-disease household? I'd say name them and shame them. Pro-disease make a very conscious decision to live that way, than let them also be conscious of the consequences.
In just here to make myself feel smarter by reading an antivaccer's comments.
Mumps are very bad t get, if you are a young adult male or any male. It can and has caused infertility. So if you aren’t vaccinated for MMR , go get. It, also if you were vaccinated get a booster .. I actually had it all as a kid, and when I was working as a nurse, there. Was an outbreak of measles . They made me get a booster. Just in case!
Even though I understand the concern, I don't agree with this method. Speaking to the family beforehand and telling them they would be letting others in the community know for everyone's safety is one thing, not signing the letter shows a cowardice that I do not appreciate, especially since they are specifically naming another.
I just had to note the irony that they took the old fashion way of doing this and yet it still ended up online
Now I come to think of it: America has a sex offenders register where you can look up people that are hazardous for children. Wouldn't it be great if you could look up anti-vaxxers or pro-diseasers in a register? After all: they are not only hazardous to children but als to unborn children, people with a weakened immune system and elderly people.
on the sheets that tell you why to get a flu shot also tells you how many deaths there are caused by flu RELATED symptoms. not the flu
I agree with the cause, but not with the tactics. We have enough hate-mongering going on in this country without adding another layer. One way to deal with the threat is to elect representatives who will require vaccinations except when there is a medical reason. Personal beliefs, even religious ones, are not a good reason to threaten our herd immunity. I'm glad I don't live in this neighborhood and not because of the anti-vaxxer.
CA has a rule re: vaccinations. No children are allowed to enroll in any school, public or private without presenting a vaccination booklet, or certificate. My daughter even had to present one for a grad school class. Perhaps people ought to be reminded that some people who cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons are very vulnerable, as are pregnant women and infants too young for vaccinations. This is a public health issue; it is not personal.
Load More Replies...Only thing worse than anti-vaxxer in this story are the people in this comment section moaning about how this was the wrong way to go about it.
The people in the comments moaning about how this was handled is WORSE than the antivaxxers themselves?
Load More Replies...Stop posting this hateful s**t. As someone with vaccinated kids, it's a disservice to humanity to keep sharing things that are mean. #1 your kids can be vaccinated, and hang out with only other vaccinated kids, that doesn't stop them from getting anything. For f***s sake, stop making it sound like those who don't vaccinate are going to kill humanity and their unvaccinated kids are the ones who are fault for the spread of illnesses. EVERY SINGLE BEING IS.
You can cry bullying all you want but unless it morally comdemns or harasses her outright simply declaring tht someone in the neighborhood is a community health risk isn't bullying. I NEED to know that kind of thing or I could die. I rely on herd immunity for a LOT of things especially seasonal flus.
lol if your vaccinated you should be safe from the disease? just saying
I think that safety comes first in this scenario and they should DEFINITELY warn people like they are doing, but the letter seems really hostile to me. You can warn people and tell them the truth without being that harsh and belligerent. (Oh, and I live in Wisconsin. How lovely....)
The writers of this are clearly to cowardly too own this by the fact they didn't sign their own names on it. This makes it come across as a bullying and ostraciseing one family. Whilst I agree vaccine hesitancy is a huge problem, these tactics will not resolve it.
There is bullying and then there's behavioral education. There are those people out there that do as they please because they could care less how their lives impact those people around them. They live in their own little bubbles of misinformation and self righteousness..attitudes that can cause unnecessary deaths. If someone is about to stroll out in front of a moving bus, I'm not going to politely tap them on the shoulder and kindly say "there's a bus coming." I'm going to grab the back of their shirt and yank them out of the way while yelling "look out!" If they get their feelings hurt in the process..oh well. At least they're alive to complain about it. Not every situation calls for niceties. My friends daughter suffered brain swelling from a high fever and will now be in a wheel chair for the rest of her life thanks to an anti-vaxxer. I applaud this group (and they did sign the name of their organization) for calling out this person. The cowards are the anti-vaxxers.
Load More Replies...They're worried about the people who are unable to get vaccinated for the reasons mentioned in the letter. Even though I understand the concern, I don't agree with this method. Speaking to the family beforehand and telling them they would be letting others in the community know for everyone's safety is one thing, not signing the letter shows a cowardice that I do not appreciate, especially since they are specifically naming another.
Load More Replies...My coworkers baby cousin was in a car accident and still got injured even though they were in a car seat, so I don't use them because they don't always work. In fact, I even knew a guy who was injured by a seatbelt in an accident. Obviously they do more harm than good. Have you seen how expensive car seats are? Big Automotive just wants your money. Do you see how f*****g ridiculous you sound blaming mercury that isn't even in vaccines which you will blame the 'Big Pharm'. Vaccines save f*****g lives you moron
Load More Replies...Maybe in your specific case it might have been, but looking at it from a world wide perspective I seriously doubt it would be better to allow all these diseases run rampant. Preventative care is in almost all cases much cheaper and effective than reactive care.
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