The panic of having to go back into isolation over the measles is overwhelming. We want nothing more than for our kids to try and have normal lives.| Voices For Vaccines
When I was around 11, my aunt fell fully into the anti-vax movement. She was an authority figure in my life, so I fell headfirst into it with her.| Voices For Vaccines
The doctor took one look at my son and called the ambulance. It was at that moment the seriousness of what was happening set in.| Voices For Vaccines
My son was diagnosed with autism at age three. I soon found myself falling down the conspiracy rabbit hole.| Voices For Vaccines
Meningitis is not a disease I thought I would ever get, especially at the age of 51. It all started on a Monday morning in February 2003.| Voices For Vaccines
I grew up in a Christian Scientist household. When I turned 18, I became a rebel.| Voices For Vaccines
What was a cough for my daughter put our baby son in the PICU. It’s my greatest hope we get a vaccine.| Voices For Vaccines
I thought my baby just had a cold. Within a matter of hours she was in the PICU because of this virus.| Voices For Vaccines
Nobody wants their kids to be sick. To have a child almost die from a virus, though? That’s a whole different level of powerlessness.| Voices For Vaccines
Measles doesn’t seem ‘mild’ when your patients lose their lives to it. We saw that firsthand.| Voices For Vaccines
Always be mindful of the temptation to think ‘it would never happen to me’ and to make time for vaccines.| Voices For Vaccines
No one can guarantee that you won’t be exposed to the virus for the rest of their life.| Voices For Vaccines
The stress that this virus has caused me and my family can be prevented with a vaccine.| Voices For Vaccines
After what it put our family through, I had to make sure my daughters were protected.| Voices For Vaccines
My son was diagnosed with autism at age three. I soon found myself falling down the conspiracy rabbit hole.| Voices For Vaccines
Starting daycare at the peak of cold and flu season was a choice that, for us and for many working parents in the United States, wasn’t really a choice at all.| Voices For Vaccines
When I was younger, I never thought being unvaccinated was a problem. Until my sister died.| Voices For Vaccines
HPV cancers don’t have to overshadow the next generation if we vaccinate our young people now.| Voices For Vaccines
When I was young, I was the only kid in the whole school with a disability from polio. Years later I began to its the long-term effects.| Voices For Vaccines