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[quote:Anonymous Coward 1486940:MV8xNjAxODA2XzI2NDc2OTk0XzE0MUYxMTgx] Well, I live in southern California, and I've seen all sides of this issue (well, almost anyway). Firstly, I was immunized as a child (I'm 43 now), but after I developed systemic lupus at age 25, I began to change my views on a lot of things. Not so much because of the lupus, but I just felt I didn't want to mess with my kids' immune systems. I did not get them any shots as babies or toddlers. They are teens now, and back then, there was way too much of a gray area in my mind regarding them. They were pretty healthy, and got chicken pox when older, without consequence. My parents, siblings, all of us had chicken pox, and all the people I know mostly had them before, without consequence, so I didn't fuss over it too greatly. Most daycares did not object and I just had to sign the waiver. One daycare provider (a home day care) really applauded my decision. Her son was permanently brain damaged after his shot, I think it was the MMR. He's probably about 20 now. He was a really wild, unruly, not quite right child. He had been born normal, but after his shot he began to have fevers, convulsions/seizures, and eventually they did admit that it correlated with his immunizations he'd had. I am not sure what monetary reward they received, but the law puts a limit on it because they know that people can and will sue when their children suffer harm from the injections, so the government limits your possible maximum awarded damages. She said she wished she'd taken my stance when her son was small. It was pretty heartbreaking, although those cases are rare to an extent, they are out there. Not sure how many unidentified cases may be out there, you never know. Anyway, we always had to explain to social workers, doctors, what our stance was, and we had to sign the waiver form at the schools. See, they could not "force" you to get them because they cannot and will not "guarantee" that the shots were without risk to the child. They will try to pressure you into it and make you feel like you are defying authority in some way, but it is still your right. The only issue would be that if there were an outbreak of a disease at their school or other venue they visit often they would have to be quarantined from the location and remain absent until the outbreak was over. We never had this come up, either. Then, my son was around 13, cut his thumb, so I did let them give him a tetanus shot at the ER, just to be safe. I was not as worried now that they were older and their brains were more developed and they were stronger. They have never had flu shots or anything like that, tho. I'm really good with natural medicine and homeopathy and can fix just about any common illness, am quite good at that. When they were getting into middle school, I decided to get them the meningitis vaccine, at least. Then I had to get some shots for the transplant since my immunity would be low, so then I decided to get theirs, the ones that I could. I could not give them the live virus ones because of my low immunity, but they got enough of them. The thing is, once the school finds out you have immunized them in some way, then they act like you have waived your right to not get their shots and they begin to demand the rest of the shots and an immunization card, etc. They begin to see you as mainstream and expect mainstream behavior and compliance. I still have to explain the situation. I don't feel bad that I did the ones we did, as they did not seem to harm them, although I'd feel bad if I was wrong. I hope I was not. Anyway, that's my story, and I'm stickin' to it. :seal: [/quote]
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