It Might Still Just Be Bronchitis.

[kungfuwaynewho]

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.

Comments

[nhpw.livejournal.com]

OH NO!! :(( I really, really hope you don't have it - and am so glad you finally went to the doctor. That's nothing to be messing around with :(

I've always been of the opinion that anti-vax people are idiots, but I have a new RAGE!HATE against them now because I have a child who's too young to be vaccinated against most things - she's only had her first round of shots. So when we arrived at her daycare a couple weeks back and there was a sign on the door that said "one confirmed case of pertussis" and she happened to wake up the next morning with (what turned out to be) her very first cold, I COMPLETELY LOST MY SHIT. I have a new appreciation for the decisions parents make and try to cut people some slack, but I put on my JUDGING YOU hat when it comes to the anti-vax movement. Jenni McCarthy is not a doctor. She's an idiot, and if you listen to her, then you're an idiot too. And a bad parent. And have no sense of social responsibility. Etc. RAGE.

I'm sorry you have so many meds but I'm glad they were able to put you on something to help, and that you haven't had to be hospitalized. I assume you have to stay home from work?

*HUUUUUGS* Please take care of yourself. I'll say "get well soon!" even though it might be a long recovery road - because we can always hope for 4 weeks instead of the outside of 5, right?

[kungfuwaynewho.livejournal.com]

I really hope I don't have it, too! I do feel better this morning, but that may be because I'm pumped full of steroids, LOL.

God, there is absolutely NO REASON for babies in this country to be getting whooping cough. Jesus Christ, that's absolutely ridiculous.

I'm staying home today just to rest up completely. I'll be back Wednesday; if I do have pertussis, I'm not contagious anymore anyway, so there's really no need for me to stay home other than being exhausted from coughing, which is where I ended up yesterday.