[Cherie]

I agree with everything you said TS, I believe it should be parental choice, at the moment if feels like parents are being pressured by government and other parents into putting something into their children's bodies they are not keen on. No body should be under pressure to do anything to their bodies they are not comfortable with. Like the uptake of the flu jab, we were routinely offered it at the special school I used to work at, I never took it up but some people felt pressured to do so as they felt they would be singled out if they got the flu, even though you are only vaccinated for the type that is more likely to be around that year and there are many variations of flu

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Cherie

I agree with everything you said TS, I believe it should be parental choice, at the moment if feels like parents are being pressured by government and other parents into putting something into their children's bodies they are not keen on.

Yes, plus that doesn't even work! It just makes people even more determined to stick to their guns. If people just calmly explained the REAL risk balance between vaccinating and not vaccinating, I think more people would actually be swayed.

At the moment it's

"Vaccines are a miracle that will 100% protect your kids forever!"

vs

"If you don't vaccinate your kids they will probably die so you are guilty of child abuse".


... Both a load of balls

[Ammi]

....hmmmm I have never heard anyone advocate vaccines as 100% miracle type thing...the risks have always been informed and it’s always being a weighing up of these things and the possibilities if the vaccine is decided against...really, no medical person would ever say if your child is not vaccinated they WILL die...

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Ammi

....hmmmm I have never heard anyone advocate vaccines as 100% miracle type thing...the risks have always been informed and it’s always being a weighing up of these things and the possibilities if the vaccine is decided against...really, no medical person would ever say if your child is not vaccinated they WILL die...

The UK is still far more reasonable about the issue than the US. A lot of the online rhetoric is US-lead.

[Ammi]

...surely it’s not a thing about reasonable or not reasonable ....but medical facts..which medical sections are saying that children would probably die without a vaccine and indicating child abuse...?...

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...surely it’s not a thing about reasonable or not reasonable ....but medical facts..which medical sections are saying that children would probably die without a vaccine and indicating child abuse...?...

Not the medical professionals Ammi, the social media / forum "vaccination champions"

The point is that it SHOULD be about weighing up actual medical facts, but the debate descends into this tabloid comment section nonsense pretty much instantly and you get accused of all sorts for saying anything other than "vaccines stop illness and never cause any harm".

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Not the medical professionals Ammi, the social media / forum "vaccination champions"

...I still don’t understand why this is an issue though in terms of any type of ‘society pressure’...is that what’s being inferred...?...judgemental parents on social media is surely all it is...if it wasn’t this it would be that or that or that etc, type thing...

[Ammi]

...I mean vaccinations are parental choice ...both here and I presume in the US...

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...I mean vaccinations are parental choice ...both here and I presume in the US...

Not for long in a number of US states, worryingly.