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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMother decides to leave anti-vaxxer movement—but not in time. All 7 children get whooping cough
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/04/10/1376909/-Mother-decides-to-leave-anti-vaxxer-movement-but-not-in-time-All-7-children-get-whooping-coughTara Hills has written a piece for thescientificparent.org chronicling her decision to become an anti-vaxxer and then return to believing in vaccinations. She pens the piece from quarantine because all seven of her children have recently been diagnosed with whopping cough.
Wed had a games night at our house in March, my brother-in-law had a full-blown cold, so when the kids started with a dry cough a few days later I didnt think much of it. But a week after the symptoms started the kids werent improving, in fact they were getting worse. And the cough. No one had a runny nose or sneezing but they all had the same unproductive cough. Between coughing fits they were fine.
Then a few days later at midnight I snapped. My youngest three children were coughing so hard they would gag or vomit. Id never seen anything like this before. Watching our youngest struggle with this choking cough, bringing up clear, stringy mucus I had heard of this before somewhere. My mom said I had it when I was a kid. I snapped into something is WRONG mode.
Then a few days later at midnight I snapped. My youngest three children were coughing so hard they would gag or vomit. Id never seen anything like this before. Watching our youngest struggle with this choking cough, bringing up clear, stringy mucus I had heard of this before somewhere. My mom said I had it when I was a kid. I snapped into something is WRONG mode.
The irony is not lost on her. Tara Hills used to be an anti-vaxxer. In fact, she and her husband had only just recently decided to vaccinate, and had even set up a vaccination catch-up-schedule for all of her children. She writes very clearly on the decisions that lead her towards the anti-vaccination movement and then her path ou
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Mother decides to leave anti-vaxxer movement—but not in time. All 7 children get whooping cough (Original Post)
eridani
Apr 2015
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There are anti-vaxxers right here on DU that disregard anything remotely resembling reality
Major Nikon
Apr 2015
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3catwoman3
(24,092 posts)1. This mom should send her story...
...to the all the various anti-vaxx organizations responsible for scaring the crap out of parents.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)2. There are anti-vaxxers right here on DU that disregard anything remotely resembling reality
It's kinda like a cult that promotes the delusion that anything which comes from "Big Pharma" MUST be evil.
Their sole mission in life seems to be parroting out gibberish from cranks like Jenny McCarthy and right wing quacks like Joseph Mercola.
3catwoman3
(24,092 posts)4. An extended family member heads the deceptively...
...named National Vaccine Information Center.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)5. Ah yes, creme-de-la-quack Barbara Loe Fisher's organization
Seems to be a highly favored source of anti-vax dumfuckery for some.
951-Riverside
(7,234 posts)3. An anti-vaxxer and a mom of 7 children...
Why am I not surprised?