Advice on vaccines
First time dad to be here currently at 25 weeks. After Covid, a lot of people became skeptical of vaccines, their efficacy, and necessity. Now that we’re years removed from Covid, the science shows not only did they not prevent you from transmitting the disease, the COVID vaccines also didn’t prevent you from getting it.
People who question it get labeled as antivaxxers. Adversely, people who don’t question them at all are just as sheepish. They say “trust the experts, trust science”, which to me seems like just trust “authority”. However, there are “experts” on all sides of every issue, so it’s hard to discern what’s what.
Ive been around communities that don’t vax at all and I think that’s extreme, one case in particular where whooping cough spread around infants. I’ve also heard things about delayed scheduling which I’m curious about. I’ve heard hospitals or doctors get bonuses if they fully vaccinate their patients. I’ve also heard if you have a vaccine injury that you can’t sue anyone and the companies are immune. It’s all overwhelming.
It took us a long time to get pregnant and had to do ivf. That makes me feel like each decision ways a little more heavily. My parents fully vaccinated me when I was born in 1989. If I could do that that’d be fine, but I know the recommend schedule has doubled.
Looking for recommendations on how to navigate this. I understand this platform is heavily left leaning and I don’t care to hear answers on what I should do, I’d just like to get some references on how to navigate this with all of the good and bad in it, from all sides and angles.
Thanks!
Posted Nov 1, 2025, 8:04 PM UTC · locked