u/your_localannoyance

I am 17 and unvaccinated and not sure what to do next

Hello, I am 17(f) and I'm unvaccinated, I think maybe some at birth but otherwise I haven't gotten any since then. I'm not upset at my mom for making this choice, she did her own research and I have been a very healthy kid all my life and I know she would respect whatever I do as long as I research myself. What I'm wondering is should I get vaccinated? And if so what should I get? I'd also really like to know the best place or method to research since it seems like both sides say opposite things a lot of the time. I'm still not sure if I want to get vaccinated and it is not on my priority list right now especially since I'm not really in the position to do so. My boyfriend is vaccinated and really concerned that I am not. I'm not very educated on it but to be totally honest I'm not that worried about it at the very moment especially because my immune system fights off sickness pretty well and I barely ever get sick. I also feel like there's a lot of people that reach adulthood and then just forget or don't organize appointments for vaccines but maybe I'm off. I know they only last a certain amount of time before you have to get another one so I don't know if I should get some at this point or not. I also felt really ashamed the first time I told him because I didn't know it wasn't normal to be unvaccinated so when he asked me when my last vaccine was I just casually told him I don't get any. I think it's out of worry for me but I just felt like a disease with the face he made and he's made comments that haven't outright said anything but just made me feel bad for it. Like talking about vaccines with his parents and his dad was like" well yeah but they're really old and not up to date right now" to which he said "well it's better than NOTHING" and kind of gave me a look. Anyway, any advice would be appreciated, especially on research methods or spaces.

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u/your_localannoyance — 3 days ago