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« on: October 13, 2014, 08:51:34 pm »
The thing about that argument is that an 'immunocompromised' (not sure if that's a word, but I don't have a better suggestion, so let's roll with it) child will be in danger no matter where he or she goes, whether their classmates are vaccinated or not. Unless you have the money to surround your child in a perfectly sterile bubble, your worries are misplaced. For all you know, the secretary might not have been vaccinated. Or the custodian. Or the principal. The parents who decided not to vaccinate their children should not be responsible for the fact that you expect the world to be germ-free. Your situation is tragic, I'm not disputing that. What I am disputing is whether anti-vaxxers are to blame for all your woes.
Note: I'm not entirely anti-vax, I'm vaccinated against the biggies where the risk of not being vaccinated is bigger than any hypothetical side-effect of the vaccination itself, but you won't see me getting a flu shot every year.
There's also a decent helping of Devil's advocate mixed in with the above.
Cue anti-anti-vax dogpile in 3... 2... 1...
