Quote Originally Posted by madmom View Post
Hi everyone and happy Friday (finally) I am wondering if anyone on this forum is concerned with whether or not a new dc child is vaccinated? I got a call yesterday for a client interested in starting in Sept,( and my calls are few and far between), and it came up that they have chosen not to inoculate their child. I then said I wasn't interested as I have parents with new babies with big kids in my care and I would worry that the babies wouldn't have been vaccinated yet. I feel a real responsibility to all involved with my daycare but for some strange reason the conversation is not sitting well with me. Am I wrong for my feelings? I think I'm looking for a little validation. Thoughts anyone
Yes I would say you are dated in your knowledge on vaccines. We selectively vaccinate as my son has had life threatening reactions to vaccines, my middle child has also had serious life threatening reactions to vaccines and my oldest daughter has autism. she is the only one in our family. The vaccination rate in my community is less than 40% and yet we do not have outbreaks of horrible diseases. Parents of children who are vaccinated should not worry as their child is protected. Where I live you actually can't discriminate based on a persons medical choices. I understand you not wanting to expose those who for age or other reason can not be vaccinated but once those kids go to school I garuntee there will be dozens of children who are also not vaccinated.