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Related: About this forumUnvaccinated teens are fact-checking their parents -- and trying to get shots on their own
Source: Washington Post
Unvaccinated teens are fact-checking their parents and trying to get shots on their own
By Alex Horton February 10 at 5:09 PM
Ethan Lindenberger, frustrated by years of arguments about his mothers anti-vaccination stance, staged a quiet defection on Reddit.
The Norwalk, Ohio, teenager needed advice, he said, on how to inoculate himself against both infectious disease and his familys dogma. At 18, he was old enough, Lindenberger explained. He wanted to get vaccinated. But he didnt know how.
My parents think vaccines are some kind of government scheme, Lindenberger wrote days before Thanksgiving. But, because of their beliefs Ive never been vaccinated for anything, god knows how Im still alive.
As anti-vaccination movements metastasize amid outbreaks of dangerous diseases, Internet-savvy teenagers are fact-checking their parents decisions in a digital health reawakening and seeking their own treatments in bouts of family defiance.
At least three self-described teenagers from different states told Reddit they have a common problem: Their parents are staunchly opposed to vaccination, and they fear for their health if they do not take action. Different state laws affect how old minors need to be to make their own medical decisions.
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By Alex Horton February 10 at 5:09 PM
Ethan Lindenberger, frustrated by years of arguments about his mothers anti-vaccination stance, staged a quiet defection on Reddit.
The Norwalk, Ohio, teenager needed advice, he said, on how to inoculate himself against both infectious disease and his familys dogma. At 18, he was old enough, Lindenberger explained. He wanted to get vaccinated. But he didnt know how.
My parents think vaccines are some kind of government scheme, Lindenberger wrote days before Thanksgiving. But, because of their beliefs Ive never been vaccinated for anything, god knows how Im still alive.
As anti-vaccination movements metastasize amid outbreaks of dangerous diseases, Internet-savvy teenagers are fact-checking their parents decisions in a digital health reawakening and seeking their own treatments in bouts of family defiance.
At least three self-described teenagers from different states told Reddit they have a common problem: Their parents are staunchly opposed to vaccination, and they fear for their health if they do not take action. Different state laws affect how old minors need to be to make their own medical decisions.
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2019/02/10/unvaccinated-teens-are-fact-checking-their-parents-trying-get-shots-their-own/
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Unvaccinated teens are fact-checking their parents -- and trying to get shots on their own (Original Post)
Eugene
Feb 2019
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Siwsan
(26,262 posts)1. Could some anti-vax parents be more afraid of being proven wrong, than of the vaccines?
It seems they likely survived their vaccinations, with no major issues.
TeapotInATempest
(804 posts)2. Teenagers should be able to get them without parental approval.
Barring any medical issues (that their doctors should be aware of), they should be able to take charge of some aspects of their own health and protect themselves and those around them from easily preventable illnesses.