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

[nenya_kanadka]

Ulp! Scary shit. I hope it's one of the lesser coughing diseases!

My cousins on the one side of the family are all "raw milk" and "FDA sucks", but I don't know about their position on vaccinations. A cousin on the other side had whooping cough as a baby, and I'm pretty sure hearing that story from our parents when we were small terrified us all into wanting to be sure we gave our kids shots when the time came.

[kungfuwaynewho.livejournal.com]

Me too! Though I'm losing hope each day I continue to cough like a motherfucker.

All I ever had to do was read about an iron lung or quarantine wards, and that's all I needed as a kid to know that vaccinations are the best thing ever. I so don't get it.

[nenya_kanadka]

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 crack_van for the month of July, and at least one of your fics is on the list. :D)

[kungfuwaynewho.livejournal.com]

:DDD And a new comm to watch, yay!

[nenya_kanadka]

What's the best place to link to for "More fic by this author"? FFN? Your LJ?

[kungfuwaynewho.livejournal.com]

Probably LJ, I have everything posted here. Even though I long ago meant to have everything up on AO3...

[nenya_kanadka]

Like so?

[kungfuwaynewho.livejournal.com]

Won't let me see it... :( I'm just watching the community, I didn't join it.

[nenya_kanadka]

Aaaand that would be because I accidentally f-locked it. What.

Fixed! Try again?

[kungfuwaynewho.livejournal.com]

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]

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. ♥