It is not your choice, it's your civic duty! Vaccinate your kids!

This topic has been coming up a lot lately and being a Mom of a 7 month old who can not yet receive all of her vaccines I feel that this effects me directly. 

I am not a scientist nor a doctor, but I do have half a brain and it doesn't take a scientist to put it all together. 

A woman on one of my Mom's groups said it perfectly - It's not your choice it's your civic duty. 

I recently moved to Northern California, it just so happens Northern California has one of the highest rates of non-vaxxers in the country.  The East Bay (which happens to be where we live) is high up there in terms of Northern California.  While I respect a parents right to choose how they raise their children I also believe that not vaccinating them is doing them a huge disservice.   Vaccines save lives.  Not only that of the child/person but of the children/people around them.  

An uneducated woman commented on every one's pro vaccine post on KRON 4 news asking, "If your child is vaccinated, what do you have to worry about".  This absolutely floored me! 

It's not only about your child.. It's about the young child that isn't old enough to get all of their vaccines yet.. It's about the young child who has cancer who's immune system is so low that they can't vaccine right now..  It's about your grandparents whom are unable to receive the vaccine.. 

I moved here in September and have been scared to death to join any "Mom's" groups because it is not mandatory that you vaccinate your children.  While we are getting along just fine I am counting down the days in which my daughter is vaccinated enough to a point where I feel comfortable bringing her to these groups.  She would love it.  

I could go on and on, but I won't the evidence speaks for itself.  Below are a few articles that I have come across.  If you don't think you should have to vaccinate your kids I highly urge you to read below. 

Also a shout out to one of best bloggers out there! Baby Sideburns! and I love how she is pushing the topic as well.. Her audience is massive! 

http://babysideburns.com/2015/01/vaccinate-measles/

http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/please-vax-your-kids#.naNoNxA92Y

http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/29/health/california-boy-vaccine-school/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/01/27/californias-epidemic-of-vaccine-denial-mapped/

Thanks for reading!

Much Love, 

S