Immunisation debate

[christy]

I agree with how scary both sides of it are, we all just want to do whats right for our babies....

I think that any mother agrees with this. We all just want to do whats right for our babies.

Thank you all for being relatively calm during this discussion It is a point to a lot of women who have had certain experiences either with the diseases or vaccinations themselves.

Now, one point that I feel I must address before anything more is mentioned. Please refrain from putting blame on other cultures or immigration for the spread of disease as this can be seen as very inflammatory towards certain cultures or identities.

I know growing up in California, a lot of spreading of childhood illness' were blamed on "dirty Mexicans" which in turn made children think differently about that culture. In truth, the majority of Mexicans, even those living in dumps are not dirty. They do the best with what they have. If those mothers had any other options for their children, they would be doing them. And those living in America weren't dirty at all. So the ideas were spread via fear & intolerance to other cultures. Not fair.