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Unvaccinated teens are fact-checking their parents — and trying to get shots on their own

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  1. letterbee
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    Good, these kids deserve to be able to stand up to themselves. I'm very concerned about the dangers of large unvaccinated populations. It's since been validated with the measles outbreak going on...

    Good, these kids deserve to be able to stand up to themselves. I'm very concerned about the dangers of large unvaccinated populations. It's since been validated with the measles outbreak going on in the pacific northwest currently. It just makes no sense, and these parents really don't know any better. They're just being manipulated. The entire movement poses the biggest threat to our society.

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  2. tiredlemma
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    I’ve been to places that don’t have vaccines, such as rural Afghanistan. For all of the horror that was my life at that time, the sight of horribly ill children and malformed adults who somehow...

    I’ve been to places that don’t have vaccines, such as rural Afghanistan. For all of the horror that was my life at that time, the sight of horribly ill children and malformed adults who somehow made it through such a childhood was on another level. The ignorance and hubris of parents who refuse to vaccinate is infuriating to me, especially as a father. Schools are already cesspools of disease, to intentionally make that worse for some pseudoscientific or religious bullshit is not only an abdication of duty to one’s own child but imposes potential for material harm on the children of others. There is nothing to debate, get your damned children vaccinated. Herd immunity is a real and valuable thing.

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    More on topic—I wish these kids the best trying to get appropriate medical care denied to them by insane parents.

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