Lucas will be 3 months old next week!(how?!) Currently its flu and RSV season. While those scare me a little I know breastfeeding protects him from most illnesses. So while I'm finally at a point where I can take my 2tomorrow(yikes!) little boy out with his brother, news breaks, there is a measles outbreK in my province!! Not only is there an outbreak but my poor tiny Lucas is TOO YOUNG for the vaccine.
People who don't vaccinate often say 'those diseases aren't around anymore' he'll yes they are! The reason we don't see them is because people vaccinate! So how, you might ask, did this out break happen? One boy. One unvaccinated boy went on a holiday with his family, contracted this HIGHLY contagious disease and brought it back. Now my baby, who is too young to be protected is at risk of contracting measles because that boys parents decided to make a decision that doesn't just affect them. Vaccination affects everyone, everytime you choose not to vaccinate you are putting those at risk who want to vaccinate and can't.
You may feel that your 5yo can handle the disease just fine. But guess what. My baby was 5weeks early. He had to spend the first 5days of his life on a Cpap machine that held his lungs open to help develope them.. Did you know that measles isn't just a rash! Oh no. Look it up. It is an illness that attacks the lungs and airways. So ya your baby might be fine, but will mine be? Will my baby or someone else's be ok if your child catches and passes something like this on to them. So they might be but what if they aren't. How would you feel knowing your decision to not vaccinate caused MY son to have respiratory problems his whole life. What if your decision causes another baby to heaven forbid die? This is serious! I may sound dramatic but its not. When you don't vaccinate your not just playing the odds with your child, but with mine, my many friends who have newborns, and the strangers I've never met who's babies are too young to be vaccinated.
Maybe consider that when your making your decision.
Again I apologize for the rant but I am frusterated! And mostly because I'm scared! I fought so hard to get my son here. I had to see him hooked up to machines. I had to watch him feed from a tube because his airways were being forced open. After all that I am faced with something I can't fully protect him from because of soneone else's choices.
I hope this might change some of your opinions on vaccinating.
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