Miles_Prowler

I had a similar issue, but got it at 13 years old instead of 8, honestly don't know why anyone would choose not to vaccinate against it... Of course this was long before the anti-vax thing became mainstream, talking over a decade ago now, Doctors kept telling me it was Asthma, even after I stopped breathing. I was put in the normal childrens area of casualty, luckily one Doctor heard me coughing, flipped his shit and yelled at the nurses asking "why the bloody hell is there someone with whooping cough not in isolation". 2 weeks in hospital, missed 2 terms of school, lost over half my body weight from being unable to eat, I agree whole heartedly that more people need to understand how severe this can be.

Since it's ask a question, how hard do you find it to hold back when confronted with an anti-vaxxer in person? Had to deal with it a few times personally, one of which was one of my lecturers at uni. Find it hard to not want to rip them a new one personally...

This is what's always gotten me as well... How is watching their child potentially die of a serious usually highly contagious illness, somehow better than (well lets assume the link is real for this) a minimal chance of autism. Just can't see how they somehow justify it and come to that conclusion.