Ummm.... because those sanctimonious “right to life” motherfuckers believe that “life begins at conception”, and that their responsibility for its care ends at birth. They care about FETUSES, not actual, born children. 

What the hell kind of parents can watch their child panicking and in pain and not do everything they can to ensure it won’t happen again? A sane person would become a pro-vaccine crusader after something like that. I read that story a few days ago and immediately checked my son’s medical records to see if he was…

I don’t think that’s a different thread at all. Refusing to vaccinate your children is child abuse, period, as well as being a public health menace. 

Still waiting for that pro life rage ...

yeah, I’d be reasonably okay with insurance companies revoking coverage after an incident like this.

How about making them open to financial liability for all medical costs associated with their choice be it their own children or other people’s kids. I suspect selfishness is part of the reason some people choose not to vaccinate at all and this would be a deterrent. 

“. . . doctors prescribed them to their patients to make them sicker so they and drug companies could make more money.”

Its child abuse.

Considering many states now appoint attorneys for the fetus of a minor seeking an abortion and a judicial bypass to not have to get parental consent...I have no idea how we don’t have advocates for born and suffering children whose parents are putting them at extreme health risk.

Meh. Make medical exemption the only one allowed. No religious exemption for public schools, and no “personal belief” exemption at all.

Totally agree. I wish someone (a doctor?) would have recommended the child have a court appointed advocate.* There should have been no way for him not to be vaccinated after this.

So, no vaccines, but the parents allow extensive medical care that was necessary because of a medical emergency due to, not having a vaccinated.

The parents are morons. I hope that $800,000 bill is put in their laps and someone calls DFCS or CPS on them.

Under the ACA preventative vaccines are free. The insurance companies pick up the tab for them and actively encourage them. Why? Quite obviously they’d rather pay 5 times $30 than close to $1m. Vaccines work. Vaccines are safe.

This is child abuse. All children in the family should be seized from the biological parents and placed in homes where they will be loved and cared for - unlike where they are now.

I can’t believe these parents - I agree with other commentators CPS should intervene. But I find suspicion of mainstream medicine is everywhere. For example yesterday, I was on the bus and I overheard two older women talking. They said didn’t believe in prescription medicine and that doctors prescribed them to their…

The parents likely see themselves as blameless, because -after all- the Lord saved their child* [from their neglect].

However, when physicians recommended that the boy be brought up to date on all his vaccines, along with receiving a follow-up round of DTaP, the family declined.

And they still didn’t vaccinate him! There kid was in agony and it didn’t change their minds... Arghhhhggggggggggg

Can CPS do anything in a case like this? I guess I’m not sure. Poor kid, all that suffering because of stupid parents, and then they didn’t even learn thier lesson. A big FUCK YOU from us immunocompromised folks. I wonder if these fools even had insurance for all this.