**HEY GLP'ers - Heres an article in favour of vaccines - Read the article and then look at the comments

Well id like to hear from you guys. Seems like the majority of comments are in strong favour of vaccination, even some calling for compulsory vaccination of ALL CHILDREN regardless of whether the parent in question objects.

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The "vaccine objectors" are riding on the backs of the truly conscientious parents who immunise their children, writes Robin Barker.

Recent research shows that one in 12 Australian babies is not fully immunised. This figure is troubling due to the risk of diseases like measles, diphtheria and whooping cough re-emerging. "Vaccine objectors" are putting the whole community at risk.

Historically, there have been two main groups of parents not immunising their babies. One is the ignorant or disadvantaged group whose babies may not be fully immunised because the parents don't know where to go, don't know when to go, feel they can't afford it, maybe come from closed communities where English is the second, or third, language. Targeting these families is relatively easy and there are ways to encourage and help them to fully immunise their babies.

The other group is the rapidly increasing flat-earthers, the anti-immunisation activists who not only refuse to immunise their babies, but are on a journey to persuade all parents to do the same. In the past they were a relatively small but vocal group who received more media attention than their numbers warranted. Now it appears that their numbers are increasing and include well-educated, often professional, middle class parents.

It is extraordinary that the overwhelming benefits of childhood immunisation are being undermined by this growing noisy group, revelling in their "conscientious objector" status. It doesn't help when the mainstream media lets them present their case as a reasonable option for parents to consider.

Having had contact with many of these "martyrs" when I was a midwife and child and family health nurse, I was always struck by their smug rejection of immunisation; a procedure they inevitably revealed an appalling ignorance of. There was a lot of silly talk about the debilitating childhood diseases of the past being prevented by clean drains, efficient sewerage plants, sunshine, vegan diets, probiotics, homeopathic raindrops, dairy-free diets, organic lettuce and so on. Immunisation was never considered.


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