GrannyRose15:
'Alot of the narrative around vaccines recently has put pressure on people to have the vaccine regardless of whether they know about or are cautious about possible side effects.'
There are two aspects to this, first, the risk/benefit to an individual child - and second, the risk/benefit to everyone else, including the vulnerable.
It's nothing new, as the jab against German Measles, for instance, has always been for the second reason - to protect unborn babies.
We are all vaccinated in my family. I have always taken the advice of our GP - as I recognise her superior knowledge of the risks and benefits.
I do have a problem with ignorant people who somehow decide that they 'know better' than the accepted medical advice. Based on what exactly?
When my sons were small, the GP advised against the whooping cough vaccine (due to severe allergies and epilepsy in the family). The risk outweighed the benefit at the time.
However, a few years later, we were advised that my daughters should have the vaccine. Why? - because there were so many unvaccinated children, by then, that the benefit now outweighed the risk.
The vaccine was 'unpopular' with the public, for no logical reason - so we were worried sick for a time, just hoping they'd be ok with the jabs - and, thankfully, they were.
Thanks a lot to all the stupid, ignorant and selfish folk out there!