Vaccinate or Vacci-hate

They’re your kids. You can do what you want with them, right? Actually, no. The wonderful American tradition of individual liberty stops well short of the entitlements claimed by the parents opposed to vaccinations who have contributed to the alarming measles outbreak centered in California. 

There's a reason why people with leprosy were exiled.  There's a reason why people who contracted tuberculosis were shut up in institutions.  It was so they wouldn't infect anyone else. And those diseases are pretty much gone from our society. So maybe we should exile non-vaccinated children who get sick so they can't hurt anyone else.  I'm beginning to think that the no vaccine crowd just don't give a damn about anyone but themselves.  I hear them saying "What if it hurts my child?" Well, what about all the other children?  What if their child hurts another by infecting them?  Will they do anything to help...or just walk away?
 
What about polio, will they not vaccinate against that.  Why don't they think about the children that cannot have the vaccine because of medical reasons, what happens to those children, who could be in life threatening conditions if contracting these preventable diseases. This is a public health issue, not a parent issue.
Unfortunately, this trivialization of liberty is not just an isolated phenomenon but a mushrooming national problem. In the most recently completed session of Congress, legislators introduced more than 20 bills invoking “liberty” and more than 150 in the cause of “freedom”.

Being Bobbi Kristina

Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston, was found unresponsive in a bathtub on Saturday.  Brown was revived on scene by local medical officials before being taken to North Fulton Hospital in Roswell, Georgia.  She was initially found unconscious by her husband, Nick Gordon.


The incident sounds eerily similar to the death of her mother, who was found dead in a Beverly Hills hotel bathroom in 2012.  She has had no guidance in her life for years, even before Whitney died.  I find it ironic that Whitney died almost 4yrs ago in the month of February and with the latest update on Bobbi Kristina it doesn't look good. Passing out in a tub while high on drugs not only means that there is something hurting her body but that the people around her may not be looking out for her best interests. She is someone who deserves to have a break.


She's only 21 and dealing with more demons than most people ever will.  Her mother was a world-famous superstar who lost it all - including her life- because of her unshakable drug addiction.  Her father is a self-absorbed deadbeat and never around.  Her other family members are mostly opportunists.  If it is found that she was on drugs or alcohol taking a bath and her husband was home; it seems really strange!

Hopefully she is able to pull through and overcome these demons. Most kids growing up have to deal with neighborhood bullies or their parents fighting. Bobbi Kristina Brown had to deal with her parents fighting on crack fueled rages and the media circuses that followed. While Whitney Houston may have been praised for her singing ability, when it comes to her parenting skills, she could have tried a little bit more. Nothing is for a kid to grow up feeling second to their parents addiction and lifestyle.