....to know the thought process behind suddenly not vaccinating your children, after they've received everything except their 7th grade immunizations (one of which is a booster to a vaccine that has already been received). It seems to me to be a little....late in the game (??) for lack of a better phrase.
Got a response to an email I sent to a parent with a hard deadline to present vaccination records: "Hi Ms. Keeper, we no longer believe in vaccinations...."
I'm legitimately curious to know "why now?"...
Just an FYI, I'm not bashing anti-vaxxers. I'm fully capable of accepting others with opposing views on vaccines. Just a little confused on the sudden change....just so ya know
Because I like my head where its at: on my shoulders! plus, bashing them would be like treading water...I can do it, but it would be a whole bunch of no fun and the water would still be there when I'm done. Plus, then I'd be exhausted. Ain't nobody got time for that!
I think THIS is the place to voice your frustration, if anywhere. And, quite simply, they are wrong.
Specializes in Community and Public Health, Addictions Nursing.
Grossssss!
Yeah, it's gonna be interesting trying to keep myself together for those sessions. I'm kind of at the point where I just can't deal with it anymore- give me the official paperwork for my files, and if your kid winds up in the hospital, thoughts and prayers for the vaccine-preventable illness.
I got my head taken off after a woman commented on a fellow nurse's wall that she didn't care if she lived or died when she had the flu and was against flu shots. I said that it is not fair to judge her intellect by one comment and I really didn't know her at all, but her comment sounded like something a Darwin Award winner would say. I got blasted.
I got my head taken off after a woman commented on a fellow nurse's wall that she didn't care if she lived or died when she had the flu and was against flu shots. I said that it is not fair to judge her intellect by one comment and I really didn't know her at all, but her comment sounded like something a Darwin Award winner would say. I got blasted.
See. They're vicious! And there's no reasoning with them. If you don't agree with them, you clearly can't be civil!
Because I like my head where its at: on my shoulders! plus, bashing them would be like treading water...I can do it, but it would be a whole bunch of no fun and the water would still be there when I'm done. Plus, then I'd be exhausted. Ain't nobody got time for that!
That's the best explanation I've heard for why NOT to argue, and it can apply to almost any situation!
Debate is one thing, but when you know it will turn into an argument ... THIS!
I had a call last week where a parent wanted to tx his child into my school but only if I would accept his religious exemption that a neighboring school would not. Then went on to tell me that he got his middle school child 1 of the 2 mandatory vaccines and then started researching and then had some sort of religious epiphany (like realizing that he could claim religious exemption). He then tried to debate the usefulness of vaccines with me. The topper - and i mean i was lookin around the office for the hidden candid camera - was him asking if he could read me the letter. Uh no. You can come in and register your child. Prove residency and i'll review your records just like all the rest.
Just an FYI, I'm not bashing anti-vaxxers. I'm fully capable of accepting others with opposing views on vaccines. Just a little confused on the sudden change....just so ya know
Nothing wrong with bashing anti-vaxxers. They place our entire population at risk through their sheer stupidity. Bash away.
We had a nursing faculty member state last week that "there are many studies linking MMR and autism", also seemed to be completely unaware that Dr. Andrew Wakefield had been completely stripped of his medical license.
I just keep my head down and mouth shut. Debate from nursing students isnt well received.
Got a response to an email I sent to a parent with a hard deadline to present vaccination records: "Hi Ms. Keeper, we no longer believe in vaccinations...."
OK, if there can be an ellipses patrol, can I be the grammar police for a minute? I know what she meant was she doesn't believe her children should receive vaccinations, but you can't not believe in vaccinations. I mean, they are right there in the little bottles with the rubber stoppers and annoying foil caps. Stuck in people's arms. Irrefutable. It's not like not believing in Santa Claus.
Maybe write her back and offer hard evidence that vaccines do in fact exist?
Farawyn
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I think THIS is the place to voice your frustration, if anywhere. And, quite simply, they are wrong.