Kid you made my day!

It is very reassuring to hear that this young man has made his health a priority. Based on this story, I believe he will do very well in life. Thank you for sharing! It is one story that should be shouted from the mountain tops!Michael M. Heuninckx RN-BSN

You are right. He is an amazing young man, and he has some pretty amazing friends.It breaks my heart that he had to use his emergency money to pay for one vaccine. I would have been like you and wanted to give him the money.I'm so glad you shared his story.

Hooray for kids with brains enough to research, think critically and form their own opinions. For many it would take learning the hard way.

I too work in primary care. I believe we have only had one child "defy" their parents and obtain some vaccines they needed for their nursing program. She came in for a few visits and a host of vaccines, but once she was booted from her nursing program she stopped. She was the only one in her close family of nearly 100 people who had ANY vaccines. It is very scary when one considers that one infected person can infect the whole bunch who could then spread it to the rest of us.

I have to get an MMR vaccine today as a volunteer work requirement as well as for school, and honestly I was feeling nervous about it. However, this story made me feel better about it! That is one smart and brave kid to be doing his research and handle 8 shots in one go.

That's wonderful! In no way do I agree with his parents' actions. However, they ought to be applauded for raising such a smart and obviously impressive young man :-)

As a person who has trouble maintaining immunity to measles and hep B (I seroconvert for a time, then lose it), this story makes makes me smile. Good on him.

Fantastic story! I'm so glad he was able to find your clinic. 8 shots. Yowza! I know how sore I was after one TDap.

I am glad to see that you explained the risks too:After discussing the pros and cons, sides affects and everything, he firmly replied, “I want to get all of them today.”

Quote from banteringsThe person in your story also defies the demographics of the [typical] antivaccine crowd (which are); either affluent, usually caucasian (hence no money to pay for it) or African-American (culturally due to events like Tuskegee). Perhaps his demographics may have played in to his decision thus explaining how something so "unlikely" could occur...

This made my day too!!!

I really appreciate your story. As a school nurse, I encounter misinformation daily regarding vaccines. I'm active here on AN in the vaccine threads. I just finished a 6 week online class with Dr. Paul Offit about the history of vaccines and the current issues regarding vaccines. Excellent by the way! That young man gives me hope.