Childhood Vaccination Rates Are Declining. You Can Blame MAGA.
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I think I'd say the doctors were lied to rather than brainwashed. We had a great GP when our kids were growing up. But when the oldest was 15 & never had chicken pox, I asked if blood could be drawn for an antibody titer (to see if our son had a sub-clinical case - no symptoms). Doc suggested he just get the c-pox vax, and it was fairly new at the time; also if the titer was negative, there would be a shot in addition to the blood draw. I held my ground and the blood sample showed that he had c-pox antibodies, so no vax required.
Perhaps brainwashed was too strong a term. We were all lied to. When I had chickenpox as a kid, my mom let my two year younger sister sleep next to me, face to face, we both got it, but recovered nicely. Thanks to Dr. Spock.
When my oldest got chickenpox, I didn't keep my younger child at the time from her, so he ended up getting it. Every night they'd sit in a oatmeal bath, then I'd dap calamine lotion on all their little bumps. Then came our 3rd child, she got the chickenpox vaxx and never got chickenpox even when she was around a child with it, which the parent told me he had the vaxx also but had a mild case of it.
Though if I knew then what I know now about the childhood vaxxines not being good for them, I wouldn't have given any of the kids any shots. I'm upset with myself for not knowing and being so trusting of the doctors. But it was a different time back then, wasn't easy to get information like it is now.
When our children were young, in the '90s, we let them play with kids who had chicken pox, so they would get it. That was pretty common back then. The chicken pox vaccine either was very new, or hadn't come out yet. Fortunately, our kids missed a lot of the shots they now have on "the recommended schedule".