We are expecting our 1st grandchild in October. I was just informed by my husband that our daughter called him in tears 6 weeks ago because her doctor is insisting that all members of the family that will be around the child must get a flu shot. Our daughter unfortunately is a liberal and will follow that rule but she also knows how I feel about vaccines. My husband has known about this for 6 weeks but has been afraid to mention it to me because he knew I was not going to like it. This has put me in a horrible position. My husband even said that if I wanted to lie to her and tell her I got the shot, he would go along with it. I told him absolutely not! I am not going to lie. I promised my husband that I would do it but not without doing some investigation first. I don’t even know how to start investigation on this. Do any of you know if there is a way to figure out if there are different flu shots out there and how to know which pharma company is behind them? Any advice would be much appreciated.
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I commend you for staying true to your convictions and beliefs...I had 5 kids in the 80's so I am a bit ahead of you but the persecution for the ant-vaxxer's was pretty much the same...I sacrificed a lot to live the lifestyle that I thought was best for my family and it does break my heart...
The culprit in our family is my two sons who married a nurse and a nurse practitioner...they evidently have the final say about these things...my girls are on the same page with me and my beliefs. I am just too old to feel I have to control everyone and everything and there is freedom in just giving it all to God and letting Him deal with it...which is where I am at...
I certainly feel your pain and understand your situation completely...the only positive for me is that our family is still all tight knit and even though we disagree that hasn't alienated us from our kids or grandkids...I pray for you and your family...life is often difficult...but it is NEVER wrong to do right....God bless you anon...loving mom...