11-19-2021, 04:59 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-19-2021, 04:59 PM by danbrotherston.)
(11-19-2021, 04:05 PM)jeffster Wrote:(11-19-2021, 03:41 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: Why not?
Why should my child be endangered by other parents unwillingness to accept science?
This is nothing new, children who are not vaccinated for many other dangerous diseases are not allowed in schools.
This is more bullshit pandering to the anti-vaxx crazies.
Am I suggesting that parents should be forced? No. Am I suggesting that there should be consequences for their bad choices. Absofreakinglutely.
According to you, Dan. But not the government. But I'll re-quote what they said:
Quote:Given the short- term uncertainties surrounding pediatric vaccination at this time, children and their parents or guardians should be supported and respected in their decisions regarding COVID -19 vaccinations for the child, whatever decisions they make, and should not be stigmatised for accepting, or not accepting, the vaccination offer.
Do you really believe your vaccinated child is endangered? What is the science to back up that ridiculous claim? If your kid is vaccinated, their risk is pretty much zero...that's the science.
And this is not 'anti-vaxx crazies'. This it the Government of Canada response. They are saying that there is not enough evidence to suggest vaccinating your younglings or not.
Or do you simply not read the link?
My child cannot be vaccinated at this point.
But even if they could, you don't know what my child's medical history is, so it's a bit presumptuous to call it "ridiculous". There are many children who have serious illnesses who, even with vaccination, would be at a high risk. That's the science.
And I am aware of who made the statement, as I said, they are pandering to anti-vaxxers, not that they were anti-vaxxers.
They should have made a definitive statement about vaccination. And, while children (both those who are at increased risk, AND those who are at a nominal risk) are harmed by this disease, it is also the case that children are harmed by widespread prevalence of the disease, both directly, and through parents who get sick.
Even if children were 100% safe from this disease (they are not) it wouldn't even be the only vaccination we give children that protects others from diseases children can be spread, but not be harmed by.