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To coin a phrase, I'm late to this party. Mostly because I did not know--and still really can't believe--that the party existed.
Since late spring, at least, parents and guardians I can only describe as criminal abusers have been organizing and taking their children to "swine flu parties." At these sick events, adults whose primary duty in life is to protect youngsters who cannot protect themselves intentionally expose their children to the H1N1 influenza virus.
The bizarre theory embraced by those who organize and attend swine flu parties is that contracting the flu naturally is safer than receiving a vaccine. With more than 1,000 swine flu disease-related deaths having occurred in the United States and zero swine flu vaccine-related deaths having occurred anywhere around the world, the justification for swine flu parties is demonstrably false. Further, continuing to accept the rationale for such Masque of the Red Death fetes constitutes willful and potentially fatal ignorance.
Intentionally placing children in harmful environments and exposing children to dangers constitute child abuse. Here is how Virginia law defines "an abused or neglected child":
Any child whose parents or other person responsible for his care creates or inflicts, threatens to create or inflict, or allows to be created or inflicted upon such child a physical or mental injury by other than accidental means, or creates a substantial risk of death, disfigurement or impairment of bodily or mental functions.
Children will get sick, of course. And, before they can get vaccinated, many will unfortunately contract seasonal or swine flu in school or other places they would be anyway. Going out of one's way to make a child sick with an avoidable and possibly fatal disease certainly falls under the definition of abuse and neglect, however. Not getting vaccinated also makes someone a danger to other people. Flu virus passes from an infected person to other people. Individuals who cannot become infected cannot transmit disease.
I know some readers will claim that giving children flu and swine flu vaccines also puts children at unnecessary risk for serious health problems. That argument is risible.
Neither the injectable or inhaled forms of seasonal or H1N1 flu vaccine have ever caused disease. People who get a flu shot can have some pain around the injection site, run a low fever for a day or two and feel a little sick. People who receive an intranasal flu vaccine can have a runny nose, headache or mild cough. Flu is far worse.
The tiny amount mercury used as a preservative in injectable vaccine does not cause autism.
The only problems with with flu vaccines this year is that supplies remain too limited. To date, Virginia has received fewer than 400.000 swine flu vaccine doses. More than 3 million Commonwealth residents need the vaccine because they have high risks for suffering serious complications from swine flu.
When vaccine becomes available, get it. Vaccinate your children. Click here to find out where you can receive free swine flu vaccines. Doing less will fail your children. Taking your children to a swine flu party makes you criminal.
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Comments
This has been going on for years, my children are raised but I remember when they were younger other mothers encouraged the same thing when children had chicken pox etc.. it's the same old story in a different coat.
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