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Mom Bans Best Friend From Visiting With Her Unvaccinated Kid & It Gets Ugly

ParentingPublished Mar 11, 2019
By Genny Glassman
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As measles cases continue to spread across the United States, it's understandable that many parents aren't taking any risks with the health of their kids. But for one mom, the dangers associated with unvaccinated children have become a point of contention between her and her best friend -- and now the two aren't speaking.

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The mom explained her best friend was planning a trip to visit with her child, but the fact that her friend's kid isn't vaccinated become a problem.-placeholder
The mom explained her best friend was planning a trip to visit with her child, but the fact that her friend's kid isn't vaccinated become a problem.
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The mom explained her best friend was planning a trip to visit with her child, but the fact that her friend's kid isn't vaccinated become a problem.

In her post on Reddit, the mom wrote that although her toddler IS vaccinated, that doesn't mean she's not worried about exposing her little one to an unvaccinated child. Even though her friend's child seems to be healthy, the mom admitted that "panic set in" and she asked her friend not to make the trip after all. 

"[My Best friend] says since my child is vaccinated I should have nothing to fear and I am being ridiculous," the mom wrote and added later, "She said it was fear mongering of brainwashed people that would have me believe that."

"The ticket isn’t refundable and she is furious," she wrote.

Now the mom is wondering -- is she wrong for freaking out?

Many people online agreed that there's no way this unvaccinated child should be around her kid.

They argued that vaccines aren't 100 percent effective (in fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention noted that the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is only 97 percent effective at preventing those diseases), which means there is still a risk this mom's kid could be in danger after being exposed to her friend's unvaccinated child.

One person commented that the mom needed to "stand your ground" because these diseases can still spread.-placeholder
One person commented that the mom needed to "stand your ground" because these diseases can still spread.

One person commented that the mom needed to "stand your ground" because these diseases can still spread.

And someone else agreed, "Vaccines aren't always 100 percent effective. Sometimes you can still get sick," the person wrote. 

"Not the (expletive)," another person agreed. "Especially since it sounds like your friend just got the ticket without running it by you first. I won't even go into how much she is the (expletive) for being anti-vaccine."

But not everyone agreed; they thought that the mom was at least partly to blame for what happened.

They felt as if the risk was minimal and that the mom was at fault for not considering this before her friend paid for the tickets.

One person wrote that things "seemed safe enough" and that the mom should let her friend come to visit.-placeholder
One person wrote that things "seemed safe enough" and that the mom should let her friend come to visit.

One person wrote that things "seemed safe enough" and that the mom should let her friend come to visit.

Another person agreed that the mom had messed up just a little. "You have a right to not have your baby around unvaccinated children but this is something you should have addressed BEFORE she bought the non refundable plane ticket," the person wrote. Later in the thread, the mom did admit that she knew her friend was anti-vaxx before they bought the plane ticket. She just "panicked at the last minute!"

Someone else felt the mom had been singling out her anti-vaxx friend. "Do you also check the vaccine status of every child and adult (making sure they’ve had their booster currently) that you let come in contact with your child, and stop contact if they haven’t?" the person wrote. "At the park, church, school, immunocompromised individuals? If you do, then I still say you’re not the (expletive), but if you don’t, then it seems you would be being hypocritical and singling her out as more of a threat just because you know her stance."

In the end, the mom was still trying to figure out the right way to talk to her friend about the issue. "All I can think about is [my friend's] child’s tiny small-pox ridden body in the casket now! And I def don’t want my child to be next," she wrote. Though she added that she's still "at a loss as what to say to make this situation better."

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