Today, at 26, I got chicken pox. My parents stand by their belief that I got it because I'm not right with God, not because they didn't vaccinate me. FML
kinzielee tells us more.
OP here. Yes, my parents are religious. Orthodox Jews. I never thought anything about it, I'm from Central Europe. Things were not this standard. it was always just a "for religion exemption". Now that I understand what the hell is up, I have gotten all the shots I can get as an adult, my arse hurts, my arm hurts, my thigh hurts. But I don't have to worry about whooping cough and polio. So there is that. Also, Chicken Pod as an adult, I was told it could be much worse, I only have some scars. THANKFULLY!!!! :D
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Zelphoric 25
Hopefully they're not those idiots that thinks vaccines cause autism or avoid them for stupid religious reasons.... but I wouldn't be surprised. Sounds pretty likely in this case tbh.
BelowAverageJoe 4
It's not chicken pox. It's leprosy. I know. I read the bible. I'm qualified to speak on medical matters.
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Comments (173)
dntbeadouche 25
I can't believe DocBastard hasn't commented on this, yet. lol... for all of you who are against vaccinations, check out his blog, it might not change your mind, but it could possibly educate you.
DocBastard 40
I don't check here as often as I used to, and I comment even less frequently than that.
momac86 17
Well get right then and no worries
writerchic85 26
I had chicken pox twice when I was a kid. Once when I also had pink eye with it. Guess I'm safe as an adult then.
racejunkie 4
Should have gotten it when you turned 18
PhoenixChick 26
C'mon parents, God did plagues and stuff. Chickenpox? That's like an insult to God to claim he's wussed down to that level.
talicaroxi 25
until I read the comments I didn't know there was a vaccine for it.
meegal 12
Vaccinations should be mandatory.
Bi_ShrDiWun 10
Never have I seen such an array of braindead morons in one place... Yeah, buy into all the propaganda without any real research. A fking senior scientist AT THE CDC was a whistleblower and ADMITTED they covered up/destroyed evidence that vaccines DO CAUSE AUTISM! Dr. William Thompson - look it up. Fking pro-vaxxers; dangerous to humanity.
TheLadyOpal 30
I'm sorry, I had trouble reading this FML. There seems to be a big red bull-eye painted on it.
ItsKuzya 4
Yeah, so the Varicella (chickenpox) vaccine didn't become standard practice (assuming OP is in the US) until the early 2000s, at which point your doctor would likely have not offered it to you due to your age (typically offered to young children, not teenagers). It wasn't even an optional vaccination until around 1995.