America is fun.
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Even the Clue Fairy’s Wand may not be enough. A Clue Bat or Clue by Four may be indicated
Parents who say/do dangerous and stupid things like this should
- NOT be the ones making decisions for their kids
- Be forced to attend a reality course on life and PASS before they are able to make any of said decisions
- Be held legally responsible when their child dies from a preventable disease from vaccinations
- Pay a stupidity penalty on their taxes
HPV also can give you throat cancer.
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And also in the butt as far as I know?
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I felt the same way. Turns out that
a) I was kind of an idiot and didn’t make great decisions
b) My parents are also idiots and listening to them wouldn’t have done me a lot of good either
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HPV is also implicated in penile cancer. 'Nuff said.
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Wow, where to start…
There is no hep c vaccine. And we have had hep a outbreaks in the states, its a food borne illness. And HPV causes genital warts, oral and anal cancers, not just cervical. Education is good. Try some.
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“They couldn’t catch a clue even if they were doused in clue juice and danced the clue dance in the middle of the clue mating season.”
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These parents have really lowered the bar on punk rock. Im getting a regular dental cleaning every six months … its my life! Fuck you Dad!
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Have you tried expanding single-payer socialized healthcare?
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That’s on my schedule for next Tuesday. I promise I will get right on it.
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If that doesn’t work, take two aspirins and get plenty of sleep.
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I know mom, kids these days can be a trial. Think they know everything! But, on the bright side, now when he slaps you in the face with his impertinence you at least don’t have to worry if he washed his hands.
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Provided you have the time and energy to pursue this:
Do you have an ethics ombudsman or an attorney at your organization? It might be worth bringing it up with them. You can also try getting in touch with someone at planned parenthood, they’d probably know. You can also get online or call the VA state bar. Ask for an attorney who specializes in insurance, particularly any on their probono list (most state bars have this) Start calling. It might take time, but there will be an attorney who knows that info or can find it, will provide it for free, and may provide you pro bono services to help you figure out how to get your org to implement policies and what forms are needed for which insurance company.
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Why do I get the feeling his folks will be doubly pissed when he doesn’t become autistic?
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https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-myth-of-vaccine-shedding/
Worth reading as a nice overview, but the part that caught my attention was this:
“However, antivaxxers are not the only players in this game who lack intellectual integrity. There is now evidence that Russian social media disinformation campaigns are not only targeting politicians, they are spreading antivaccine views. It seems that their goal is to amplify discord in American society, and they have identified the anti-vaccine movement as a suitable target.”
Like we need more confusion, but there you go.
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Boy can I relate to the countdown to adulthood when you have a delusional parent who can’t be trusted… it’s an awful predicament but being aware enough to realize you’re in it is already a good sign. Unfortunately I think it’s going to take a resurgence of polio or something on that scale, something similar to a past epidemic with extreme consequences, and even then some of these assholes would be in denial.
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I think we’ll need more measles outbreaks before that happens, unfortunately. Right now the risk to an individual of not vaccinating for measles is actually really, really low. The philosophy of not vaccinating is a dangerous thing, but an unvaccinated individual is probably still less like to get measles than to die crossing the street.
I don’t see that as analogous. [deleted broken analogy] Just because we let a child choose one option against a parent’s wishes doesn’t mean we let them choose the other against their parents wishes. In the case of vaccines the medical community is pro-vaccine, so they are going to side with the pro-vaccine one of any parent/child duo.
From the article:
“It was like him spitting on me,” she said, “saying ‘You don’t know anything, I don’t trust you with anything. You don’t know what you’re talking about. You did make a bad decision and I’m gonna go fix it.’”
I feel this parent’s pain. They did make a bad decision and their now-adult child did go and fix it. Even if they still think they are right about vaccines, they obviously made their child feel backed into a corner, forced to make decisions without them. They made their child feel that they weren’t being taken care of. Facing that is going to hurt. Apologizing - again, even if they think they are right about vaccines - would be a good first step.
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Yes. And it may be one of the only times I wish I were USAnian - I’d be on this train so, so fast…
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