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Thomas_muntzer wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2026 6:51 pm I don't know where else to put this, so I'm putting it in "Other."

How do you handle the issue of childhood vaccinations? Especially for diseases that, in my opinion, aren't fatal or truly dangerous, like the flu or chickenpox.

When I was a child, I had chickenpox without any lasting effects, and I witnessed two cases at school. Their symptoms were mild, and they didn't have any complications.

Do you consider it appropriate and advisable to vaccinate children against these diseases?

barnhart wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2026 7:06 pm We went with the mandated ones and skipped the optional.

Soloist wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2026 7:23 pm

Thomas_muntzer wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2026 6:51 pm I don't know where else to put this, so I'm putting it in "Other."

How do you handle the issue of childhood vaccinations? Especially for diseases that, in my opinion, aren't fatal or truly dangerous, like the flu or chickenpox.

When I was a child, I had chickenpox without any lasting effects, and I witnessed two cases at school. Their symptoms were mild, and they didn't have any complications.

Do you consider it appropriate and advisable to vaccinate children against these diseases?

If you are not religiously opposed to fetal cells or vaccines under some other argument, then you should get them situationally dependent.

Chicken pox for example is a low risk between 2 and 14 for example but is a fairly serious thing for adults who can’t be vaccinated. Pox parties still happen but are rare.
Evaluate the likelihood of accidental exposure to someone at risk, evaluate your family risk which increases the older your children get and make a choice based on good information such as from a family doctor.


I don’t personally get the flu vaccine for my opinion on efficacy but if required by work, I would as long as it continues to be produced on Chicken eggs.

Measles vaccine, if available in the US in an ethical form, my children would get it.

barnhart wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2026 7:06 pm We went with the mandated ones and skipped the optional.

R7ehr wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2026 12:01 am We do the ones required by our state to go to school. We space them out pretty far. We don’t bother with any that are not required.
In our state, private Christian schools are subject to the vaccines schedules and required reporting of the medical records as are public schools.
The local county health department holds our feet to the letter of the law. However, our state does allow for religious, or philosophical, or other exemptions. But to claim the exception, the parent has to spend time to get the exemption certificate. A few school families do this. County is perfectly content as long as they have the exception certificate.

barnhart wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2026 7:42 am

R7ehr wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2026 12:01 am We do the ones required by our state to go to school. We space them out pretty far. We don’t bother with any that are not required.
In our state, private Christian schools are subject to the vaccines schedules and required reporting of the medical records as are public schools.
The local county health department holds our feet to the letter of the law. However, our state does allow for religious, or philosophical, or other exemptions. But to claim the exception, the parent has to spend time to get the exemption certificate. A few school families do this. County is perfectly content as long as they have the exception certificate.

This is similar to NYS except I'm not sure about the religious exemption, that may not exist.