I forced both sets of grandparents to get their DTaP shots before being around our kids.
@podunk: We were required to get it before our grandbaby was released from the NICU. There are some infants and children that because of their very fragile medical status can not be vaccinated or at least not on schedule. They are at risk when others are not vaccinated. It isn't just their own child that the non-vaxers put at risk. Infants too
young to vaccinate will get sick, the elderly will get sick, the
immune-compromised (treatment for cancer and HIV will leave you that
way, as well as other diseases) will get sick. People whose vaccination
did not "take" will get sick. These diseases are not just simple illnesses. They can leave babies, children, and adults with serious disabilities or can even be fatal. Our grandbaby is a micro-preemie. He was 4 months premature and spent over 3 months in a level 3 NICU. Although he is chronologically now 11 months old, he is still considered medically fragile and even a cold could send him to the back to the hospital and in intensive care.
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