Well the govt strategy worked then...

Financial incentives are the best way to weed out the genuine anti vaxers from the ones jumping on the band wagon because they think it's trending

What were your grounds for medical exemption? What was your children's medical diagnosis?

Where did you obtain the ‘independent allergy tests’? - if from a naturopath, they’re hardly reliable.

No not a naturopath.
From an allergy test in the city. Our local doctor won’t accept it cos it’s not the one the hospital uses (country town)
My eldest son is medically exempt but not my 3 other children and the local doctor still Tuts at me in town. We got his medical exemption while being in the city at a different hospital.
The doctors here are kinda assholes. We think that’s why the work here cos they can’t get work in other hospitals lol.

Reactions are normal with vaccinations as you are implementing a small virus to the body to build an immunity. For a child to get a Life threatening reaction to every and all vaccines is unheard of as they don’t contain any of the same ingredients.

Oh wow I’m so glad you were there through my sons medical history, wow I was so wrong. Thanks for you enlightenment.

Good on you for protecting your children and being proactive. I am very much in agreement that they can be both good and bad. My family has had some unusual and nasty reactions to not only vaccinations but medical drugs ect. People that don’t get strange reactions or the 1 in 500,000 chance reactions just don’t seem to get it. Although I’m happy my children have managed okay with their vaccinations - I am in complete agreement with you that they aren’t quite as safe as the general public like to spout - and they often expect the tiny minority it does impact to just “trust” their advice and judgement. And essentially sacrifice their good judgement (after suffering from unusual side affects) for the good of the herd.

^^ 👍👍

Yes I find it so sad that they expect the minority who don’t do well with them to just tough it out or suffer for the good of the many. Just such a shame people are so hard headed on the issue

Also, watch "Vaxxed" and "Sacrificial Virgins" - about the HPV vaccine

Ive heard about the truth about vacs, haven't seen it though. It apparently is not anti-vac, its more choosing to be informed

I thought more recently schools and daycare weren't taking unvaccinated children unless medical reason

Don’t think it’s connected at all kids all have different immune systems.
My last 3 kids aren’t vaccinated, and 1st is and literally all of them never get sick, it’s been years since even a sniffle in our house. Not even colds come through our house. Though we do have minor allergies and 1 major known allergy.
I’m vaccinated and work a job where kids literally sneeze in my face , I wipe their snot away with my hands and then my other job is working with sick people all around me basically. I also never get sick.
If something gets to us we usually end up in hospital cos it’s gotta be something pretty strong to beat our immune systems.
It is what it is I don’t think it’s got anything to do with being vaccinated or not.
My husband is relatively the same, but he’s from a 3rd world country so he’s got some immunisations but wouldn’t be what we would consider “immunised”

Child care can take them but you get no rebate. Kindy and preschool is still being reviewed as far as I know. No restrictions on school age.

In NSW you can’t attend childcare or preschool but can go to school and after school care if not vaccinated.

To the "don't think it's connected" poster -
You have the responsible parents to thank and their kids fire herd immunity.

Shame on you.

Uh no. I have my kids strong genetics for it.
Do you honestly not beleive some people have stronger genetics than others? My whole family (cousins grandparents ect) we’ve all been born with bodies that work. Every single one of us have fallen pregnant first go or accidently while using contraception, all the women get periods to to hour, all have uncomplicated fast births, no issues breast feeding. And all of us have strong immune systems.
Genetically our bodies just work the way they are suppose to.
We’ve all got athletic bodies strong metabolisms, not a single person in my family or extended family is even 10kgs over weight or underweight.
My great grandmother is 101, all my grandparents are alive and well and still playing sport.

No one gets sick in our family , vaccinated or unvaccinated because we were born with strong immune systems. and When we do get sick we also “fight it” better than most.

Genetics play a huge role in your body functions.

(I grew up a third world country btw. There not the “herd immunity” your referring to that kept us all safe, and my 101 year old grandmother lived her whole life there... so there’s that.)

Blah blah blah, my grandmother and aunty died at 101/103 respective.
I don't know what that's got to do with anything.

Don’t you see a connection that’s why they are always sick and had bad reactions?

I'm the OP of this post. Thankyou for giving me a different perspective. My reason for asking this question was out of curiosity but mostly because I always wondered why a parent wouldn't want to protect their child. We've all heard talk over the years that people simply jumped on the antivax band wagon and there were others who did it for genuine reasons. What you say makes alot of sense so Thank you for your honesty x

Googling is not researching if you lack the scientific knowledge to understand what you are even reading

Op of this comment- I realise that, which is why I said LOL after it...... I also mentioned that what I came across were anecdotes, not peer reviewed journals. But thanks for sharing your wisdom. 👏

OP of this comment again- I would also like to add that I spoke with our family GP about it and she was very understanding of me being cautious after what had happened. We were referred to a paediatric clinic for all further vaccines. Vaccine reactions are real and can have devastating consequences for sensitive individuals, so some of us need to proceed with caution. Yes, it is unfair of people to rely on others for herd immunity, but we all need to protect the vulnerable, and I think that includes people who are sensitive and prone to bad reactions.

My sister as well. Her husband doesn’t believe in any medical intervention. Shes a nurse