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Parents use religion to avoid vaccines - Yahoo! News

Okay, so where do we draw the line when it comes to not vaccinating children due to religious reasons.

Does the parent care about the classmate that sits next to their child who has not been immunized for religious reasons? If a counselor says to the parent that they can object for religious reasons, then the counselor should ask the parent, "well, what about your child's classmates?"

It is better to save a lot of money to inoculate than to combat a childhood illness like the measles, whooping cough, diphtheria, tetanus, etc.

I have cousins who were never vaccinated because they are Christian Scientists. They never got any of the usual childhood diseases either. I don't know if they were just disgustingly healthy or what. Part of the reason that they did not get sick with some of those illnesses, I'm sure, was that their peers were vaccinated.

Obviously, if too many people decide not to vaccinate their children then we will begin to have outbreaks of things like diphtheria and whooping cough again. I suspect that once these people watch just one child deal with either of those diseases, they will have a change of heart.

Well, seeing that, CF, they will hurry up and get to the doctor's office and tell the doc to get on with the vaccinations.

I had my flu shot the other day. No way do I want to stay in bed and miss work. I get bored staying in bed.

What's happening with you?