Anti-vaxxers aren’t known for being shy about their opinions, but one pair of anti-vax parents really took things too far by publicly making fun of immunocompromised patients in the ER.
A Redditor posted a screenshot of the parents’ facebook post in a subreddit appropriately called r/Trash.
The anonymous couple had to take their son to the ER, where they were quarantined due to their son’s unvaccinated status. Unvaccinated people pose a serious risk to immunocompromised folks, who often can’t get vaccines because of their condition. Immunocompromised people are vulnerable even to infectious diseases that vaccinated people are immune to.
Thus, the quarantine.
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The parents wrote,
“We had to come to the ER after an emergency with my son falling at the playground.
We were questioned about our vaccine choices, then it was brought up 3 times on how we should give him a tetanus shot and then 6 hours into our visit we were ‘isolated’ in a room with gowns and gloves so we don’t ‘infect’ any of the immunocompromised patients.”
They then posted a photo of their response to that concern.
As you can see… in the photo… both parents are flipping the bird.
They finished by reassuring readers that their kid is ok. “Had a little surgery and he is on the mend.”
Commenters on Reddit were furious — the title of the post is “I’m Ready to F*cking Fight,” which everybody was upon reading this post.
“Why even bother going to the hospital if they don’t believe in medicine?” one commenter asked.
“Imagine knowing the symptoms of tetanus and deciding that it’s ok and worth the risk,” another pointed out.
Sigh. At least the hospital did their job to protect their patients by quarantining these parents who clearly don’t give AF.
