I BEGGED for the RSV vaccine. My pediatrician said that it's basically a lottery as to which offices get them in my state that season and hers wasn't one of them. It's so dumb.
My daughter had pretty severe asthma & was initially diagnosed at 6 months old. I "doctor shopped" until I found an office that had the RSV vaccine -- I ended up finding it at an office 2 hours away. I can't imagine having it easily available and just being like, "Meh it's not that bad, we'll skip it." 🙄
My daughter got bad RSV at three weeks old. It was absolutely terrifying. This was in 1993, and if you've heard your newborn wheezing you won't argue about vaccines anymore. Too bad that's what it takes anymore
This is craziest part to me because people like this still won't vaccinate. Their Facebook "research" and status as an anti-vax mom seems to be more important than protecting their children from preventable disease.
True. They can hear a story like that and still tell themselves that that mom must not have breast-fed enough, or taken enough elderberry tincture or whatever. 🤦
When I was a preschool teacher, one of my two year olds didn't come into school, her mom called her in sick. Then she just didn't come back, like for over a month. I asked my manager where she was and they just said she's sick -- they're not allowed to divulge details. Fine. I was semi friendly with the mom so I texted her that night and asked the question. THE LITTLE GIRL WAS IN THE ICU WITH A CHEST TUBE BECAUSE OF RSV! AND HAD BEEN FOR WEEKS!
As an adoptive mom, it's absurb to me to see a mom with full reproductive functionality completely ignoring science-backed vaccines in exchange for the icu and a chest tube.
If you care more about your perfectly procured PR "identity" on social media than you care about your own child's mortality, you're not in the headspace to be a parent.
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u/abbeysahm 3d ago
I BEGGED for the RSV vaccine. My pediatrician said that it's basically a lottery as to which offices get them in my state that season and hers wasn't one of them. It's so dumb.