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Using Your Children as Anti-Vaxing Political Pawns Is Abuse. Prove Me Wrong

When parents refuse to vaccinate their children based on conspiracy theories, political ideology, or pseudoscience, they are putting their kids at risk. Period.

Libby Winkler
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Using Your Kids as Anti-Vax Political Pawns Is Abuse. Prove Me Wrong

Some debates leave room for nuance. This isn’t one of them. When parents refuse to vaccinate their children based on conspiracy theories, political ideology, or outright junk science, they are gambling with their kids’ lives. Full stop.

Let’s get straight: Vaccines are one of human history's most significant medical breakthroughs. They wiped out smallpox, nearly eradicated polio, and drastically reduced deadly childhood diseases like measles, mumps, and whooping cough. Yet today, a loud minority—fueled by misinformation and ideological extremism—are using their own children as test subjects in a reckless experiment of willful ignorance.

Ignoring Science Puts Kids in Danger

Science isn’t a debate. It’s a process—rigorous testing, peer-reviewed studies, decades of data. The overwhelming consensus among medical experts…

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Libby Winkler
Libby Winkler

Written by Libby Winkler

Freelance writer who loves exploring the messiness of humanity, while poking around in nooks of life and shining light on all the things that make us complex..

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