kungfuwaynewho: (ad gob angry)
kungfuwaynewho ([personal profile] kungfuwaynewho) wrote2012-06-25 09:30 pm

It Might Still Just Be Bronchitis.

Dear parents who have chosen not to vaccinate your children:

Thank you. No, really. Thank you for choosing to believe one single study, that has since been discredited and its author stripped of his medical license, over every other medical professional's opinion. Thank you for watching a segment on the Today Show and basing your decisions on that eight-minute stretch. Thank you for reading Jenny McCarthy's book and thinking, "Yeah, she's onto something."

Thank you for dragging your sick children out into public, as well. That's a vital part of this whole equation.

Thank you for all of that, because I probably have whooping cough. WHOOPING COUGH. A disease that was practically non-existent in this country because enough people were vaccinated against it, keeping those who weren't (me, as a baby, because I had a horrific reaction to the shot) safe through herd immunity. Thank you for destroying the entire concept of herd immunity. Thank you for making idiotic decisions that not only threaten the life of your own children, but also the lives of all the people your children come into contact with.

XOXwlejiafo;eiji;eoa

Sorry.  Just had a coughing fit. At least this time I didn't run out of breath or start wheezing or get dizzy or vomit because of it.

Anyway, XOXO. Yeah.
nenya_kanadka: thin elegant black cartoon cat ([fandom] Dr Who Eleven aunt mini)

[personal profile] nenya_kanadka 2012-06-28 05:48 am (UTC)(link)
My piano teacher's husband when I was a kid was blind because he'd had polio as an infant. That kind of drove home the history class lessons. I get that if you think it's making your kids sick to get the vax, you'd worry. But...these diseases are real, y'know? It's like people forget that.

Anyway good luck. <3

(Oh and I am reccing B5 fic on [livejournal.com profile] crack_van for the month of July, and at least one of your fics is on the list. :D)

[identity profile] kungfuwaynewho.livejournal.com 2012-06-28 05:12 pm (UTC)(link)
:DDD And a new comm to watch, yay!
nenya_kanadka: thin elegant black cartoon cat ([fandom] B5 Sinclair how you doin'?)

[personal profile] nenya_kanadka 2012-06-29 05:47 am (UTC)(link)
What's the best place to link to for "More fic by this author"? FFN? Your LJ?

[identity profile] kungfuwaynewho.livejournal.com 2012-06-29 02:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Probably LJ, I have everything posted here. Even though I long ago meant to have everything up on AO3...

[identity profile] kungfuwaynewho.livejournal.com 2012-07-02 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
Won't let me see it... :( I'm just watching the community, I didn't join it.
nenya_kanadka: thin elegant black cartoon cat ([emotion] Martians much more sensible)

[personal profile] nenya_kanadka 2012-07-02 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
Aaaand that would be because I accidentally f-locked it. What.

Fixed! Try again?

[identity profile] kungfuwaynewho.livejournal.com 2012-07-02 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
Aw! I think I'd actually kind of forgotten about that one. I really do need to write more gen; I had such a fun time with that.

Thank you! I don't really get rec'd much since it's such a bitty old fandom, so I'm all asquee right now. You totally made my night. :DDD
nenya_kanadka: thin elegant black cartoon cat ([fandom] B5 Valen ftw!)

[personal profile] nenya_kanadka 2012-07-02 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
I read that one for the first time at Christmas last year, and it made me grin a lot, so when I got approved to rec things it was near the top of my list. :D I think I've got one of your J/D fics somewhere further down this list too.

I know! Wee fandom, but so much love. ♥