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In reply to the discussion: Why would your un-vaccinated kids be a threat to my vaccinated kids? [View all]Chemisse
(30,836 posts)I think the effort to convince people of something is itself alarming to those who are wary of reassurances. When someone is trying to convince you of something, you may become suspicious that certain facts are being glossed over in the effort to prove a point.
Rather than pushing education on people who have refused to vaccinate their kids, instead they should be presented with impartial information. There are risks and benefits to being vaccinated (although autism is not among the risks).
When my children were little, I was informed of these risks. I was readily convinced that the benefits of preventing a serious disease far outweighed the risks, and I didn't hesitate to approve the vaccinations. Nobody threw me a sales pitch, nobody told me I would be a terrible mother if I didn't get the shots; they presented the facts and I made the logical choice. If I had been barraged with pro-vaccine dogma, it probably would have made me suspicious.
It would be interesting to see that option added to a study such as this.