>>>>>Well said. Now imagine you're an adult and get the measles or mumps because your parents didn't get you vaccinated. Frankly I'd be pretty pissed at my parents...and come on people - not vaccinating your child is irresponsible and negligent.
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>>>>How about, now imagine you're an adult and your parents didn't get you vaccinated and you didn't get yourself vaccinated, if you so choose to do. If you don't - then your parents aren't the ones to get pissed at
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>>>Of course, you'd have to know that you weren't vaccinated. I wonder how many people here have their childhood vaccination records. (I sure don't, though I do still have my kids' vaccination records.)
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>>I know I had both the measles and the mumps. My mother was a nurse so don't think it was a matter of ignorance. Was there even a measles vaccine back then? I remember my daughters' pediatrician saying he was ambivalent about it because it is a relatively mild disease, a matter of a few days, which can be more serious later in life. (As can mumps).
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>There was a measles vaccine, but I think generally kids got vaccinated in elementary school (*in* school at least where I was) - maybe you got it earlier.

Well, I am ancient, as my daughters assure me ;-)