We’ve heard plenty from parents who choose not to vaccinate their children – there’s mistrust in big pharma, fear of complications from inoculation, and a litany of reasons that compromise the herd immunity society’s worked hard to achieve.
Here’s a delightfully droll blog that lampoons the anti-vaxxer movement: Why We Didn’t Vaccinate Our Child. An excerpt:
Andromeda Strain is a crystalline agent that causes instant death from coagulation and deterioration of one’s circulatory system. In its most recently discovered forms, it has been harmless, but it evolves so quickly that it could easily become fatal again. We chose not to vaccinate our son against the Andromeda Strain because it’s a fictional disease, so it’s very unlikely that he would contract it. Even if it were real, his incessant crying would likely raise the level of CO2 in his blood sufciently to make it inhospitable for the agent to take hold. However, if it were a real pathogen, and it were common in the U.S., and there were a vaccine for it, of course we would vaccinate our child. We’re not monsters.
BioLabs Pegasus Park Cultivates Life Science Ecosystem
Gabby Everett, the site director for BioLabs Pegasus Park, offered a tour of the space and shared some examples of why early-stage life science companies should choose North Texas.
Another post from the blogger, Night of the Living Dad, that’s pretty great: Raising Free-Range, Organic, Cage-Free Children.
