It was hard, but I admitted to some friends this week that I was raised #unvaccinated. It's not the first time I've shared this info with people I know, but I do it rarely, because I'm still ashamed of it.
Their 1st question about being #unvaxed: But you're #vaccinated now, right? Yes, don't worry; I caught up on all my #vaccines.
2nd question about being #unvaxed: How did you go to school? With a #religious exemption! We were Lutheran, but #religion wasn't #antivax. We just used a religious exemption, because philosophical exemptions didn't exist in our state. This is common for #antivaxers.
My friends were horrified. Didn't we have to provide proof of our religious beliefs and the tenets against #vaccines? Nope! My mom printed and signed a form she got from an #antivax book or forum and hello, public school!
The hardest part of the convo, the reason I'm often ashamed to share it, is because I don't want to make my #parents sound crazy. I love them. But their decision not to #vaccinate me was selfish and indefensible. Their reasons were based on fear, not fact.
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