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Hekate

(90,189 posts)
8. Thanks to Facebook echo chambers, my own daughter is convinced her baby died of vaccinations
Sat Aug 25, 2018, 03:13 PM
Aug 2018

My granddaughter died of SIDS. The anti-vaxxers -- well, you know the story. As a consequence, my daughter absolutely refuses to have her other children vaccinated. She believes all the lies the anti-vaxxers peddle.

I joined FB and ended up regretting it. For one thing, I got exposed to all he shit she reads. Being a DUer, I was accustomed to expressing myself pretty freely, researching the hell out of issues and posting the results-- and it was a very bad mistake in that setting. I learned how to cut off the flow of most of her "tribe." What with one thing and another, however, I ultimately got unfriended by my own daughter.

My granddaughter died of SIDS. Her mother is now a warrior in the battle against vaccinations. My feelings can scarcely be described.

I've seen anti-vaxxers write that things like this happened after... Archae Aug 2018 #1
I just can't imagine having 3 children around the dinner table shraby Aug 2018 #2
My Mom still remembers the polio scares. Archae Aug 2018 #3
We were sent to bed early so we got plenty of rest. Mom didn't want to take shraby Aug 2018 #5
Every school I ever attended had its share of children in metal leg braces using crutches. ... Hekate Aug 2018 #13
Tour any historic cemetary. flamin lib Aug 2018 #4
Many times they didn't even name them right away until they were sure they would shraby Aug 2018 #6
Lots of Baby Does. The other interesting thing flamin lib Aug 2018 #9
If anti-vaxxers ignore facts they can ignore history. Sneederbunk Aug 2018 #7
Thanks to Facebook echo chambers, my own daughter is convinced her baby died of vaccinations Hekate Aug 2018 #8
That's awful jberryhill Aug 2018 #10
I'm sorry. Some people are destined to learn the hard way. shraby Aug 2018 #12
I wondered about that, Hekate. pnwmom Aug 2018 #14
It is absolutely beyond words to lose a child. Hekate Aug 2018 #16
How sad for all of you, Hekate. 3catwoman3 Aug 2018 #32
How would you like to be my mother in 1960, when her baby died the day after her DPT? pnwmom Aug 2018 #11
I think you are a very wise woman. nt Hekate Aug 2018 #15
I'm so sorry about what's happened with your daughter, Hekate. pnwmom Aug 2018 #17
I think one of the lies that's been peddled is that there was no SIDS before vaccines... Hekate Aug 2018 #19
Well, we KNOW that wasn't true. And they markedly lowered the rate pnwmom Aug 2018 #21
I put obituaries of babies on my site who died of what we now call SIDS. shraby Aug 2018 #22
I come from a period of time when the health department came into the schools and shraby Aug 2018 #18
Me, too. And bad reactions don't usually happen instantly, so you wouldn't have known. pnwmom Aug 2018 #20
We have just had a measles alert here in eastern MA (Lexington) smirkymonkey Aug 2018 #23
I had measles, a severe case, in third grade. jeffreyi Aug 2018 #24
When you read historical novels, you always find the injunction to shut the curtains... Hekate Aug 2018 #28
I had both kinds of measles as a child. llmart Aug 2018 #29
Measles Confirmed in North Texas. MicaelS Aug 2018 #25
vaccination is not a religion; it works regardless of your beliefs AlexSFCA Aug 2018 #26
Anti-vaxxers behave exactly like they have found religion, otoh. nt Hekate Aug 2018 #27
Sad!! healthnut7 Aug 2018 #30
Being a child or a woman Turbineguy Aug 2018 #31
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