Okay so I just read and article and luckily I was wrong. The whole measles party concept came up when a mother friend offered to set a play date with her affected child so that the unaffected children can catch it. We can only catch measles once so she offered that for that reason.
I'm really glad that I just misunderstood, I only read the article that one time and I honestly never went back to re-read it. Even though the measles parties weren't really going on I still think the idea of them are horrible. If someone ever thinks about throwing one or attending one I hope that they know all the consequences and even though some cases are worse than others the chances I think are equal especially if the child isn't vaccinated.
The subject caught my attention right away because of where I work and I can relate to it more. Even though I don't have kids of my own I love children and I will always fight for them.
yipes! i have never heard of a "measles party." sounds kinda cray. i hope you read beyond just one article because this sounds like a very real controversy.
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ReplyDeleteI read this and I was literally in shock. This measles outbreak, to me, is just ridiculous. We have such advanced medical technology, TO SAVE LIVES, why would people not take advantage?!?! That's my way of thinking.
I don't have children, so I can't relate as a mother, but, I have a niece and I would do ANYTHING for her and I just can't imagine NOT doing something for her that would do nothing but benefit her throughout her life time.
The controversy, as I'm sure you know, is because some people believe that vaccinating your child can cause autism. If these anti-vaccinators would take some time to read into the "research," they would see that these "medical professionals" who suggested that vaccinations caused autism were stripped of their medical licenses and all "information" they provided was declared false.
I am hoping to work with children is my career as a social worker and like you, I will do anything to advocate for children, especially because they have no way of advocating for themselves.
This was great :)
Thanks
Nice comments, Erica! And yeah ... Rosa! I'm so glad to see that your futher reading helped you clarify the fuller nature of the problem. So much bad info circulates as we mis(read), but good can come from it, too (as Erica's helpful comment points out).
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