Here we go, measles outbreak in Campbeltown and all the children involved were not fu

[OM]

Um yeah - aren't they called pox parties? And wasn't there measles parties being advertised on facebook recently, it made the news. And people on bubhub have actually said how wonderful these kinds of parties are in the past, so it isn'tlike it doesn't happen.

Sure probably minority, but dosn't mean everyone that every non vaxxer is doing it

[Jakois]

Yep. When these diseases start rampaging through communities and affecting those who can least cope with them, I hope all the non-vaxxers are happy.

Harsh!

[Elijahs Mum]

Some of the highest non vax rates are starting to be in areas with highly educated middle class, like the northern beaches. I find that really interesting.

And this cluster have involved immigrants, but that is only half of them so far, so half of those who have contracted them are in fact people from here, who aren't vaccinated.

And whooping cough outbreak started in the norther rivers - which is very much an attachment parenting - for want of a better word hippy/crunchy area. I don't mean that attachment parents are the only ones to blame at all, but it does seem to be a group that doesn't vaccinate.

What site has the different areas and vax rates, I've tried looking for it before but couldn't find it

[Alimia]

Yup. I am fully up to date

Me too

[beebs]

you damned if you do, damned if you don't.

How are you damned if you do? Unless you have proven medical issues, then you have more of a chance of winning at gambling than you do of having a vax reaction.

[Bongley]

Is it because people are trying to be 'natural'? and not mess with the natural order of things? A hell of a lot of people died from hideous diseases before vaccinations came on the scene. I wouldn't turn my back on modern medicine and science for love nor money.

[soccer mum]

Came here to give a serious answer but wont cos of this last page. Why not just move this thread to the pro-vax section and be done with it?

Possible I'm misunderstanding your POV - usually pro-vaxxers arent 'allowed' to comment in the anti vax section, but this thread has plenty of 'anti-vax' comments in it so if both 'sides' are discussing it shouldnt it stay in a general section?

[beebs]

I read it in the paper when the whooping cough outbreak started again

"Northern Sydney and South Eastern Sydney have led the way in this year's resurgent epidemic, recording the highest incidence of whooping cough, with 669 and 522 cases respectively. The Illawarra region was next highest followed by Western Sydney and Southern Sydney."

http://www.news.com.au/national-old/...-1226056035514

What site has the different areas and vax rates, I've tried looking for it before but couldn't find it

[OM]

How are you damned if you do? Unless you have proven medical issues, then you have more of a chance of winning at gambling than you do of having a vax reaction.

Wow we must have been really unlucky then As must a lot of people I know

[beebs]

Me neither, and because measles can lead to complications, a lot of the time you need to be treated in hospitals, with medication, by doctors. How does that even make sense, that isn't natural either.

Is it because people are trying to be 'natural'? and not mess with the natural order of things? A hell of a lot of people died from hideous diseases before vaccinations came on the scene. I wouldn't turn my back on modern medicine and science for love nor money.