A teen’s Reddit post
went viral when he asked the public how he could get vaccinated. “My
parents are kind of stupid and don’t believe in vaccines. Now that I’m
18, where do I go to get vaccinated? Can I get vaccinated at my age?”
The Ohio high school student, Ethan Lindenberger, says he had just
gotten his driver’s license and a car, and had some money, and was ready
to do defy his parents. “It’s stupid and I’ve had countless arguments
over the topic. But, because of their beliefs I’ve never been vaccinated
for anything, god knows how I’m still alive.”
A month after his post, he started getting shots, including “hepatitis A, hepatitis B, influenza and HPV,” according to The Huffington Post. His mother reacted by telling undark.org that his actions were like a “slap in the face…It was like him spitting on me.”
Lindenberger has six siblings, and only his oldest sister and brother
were vaccinated. After that, his parents thought that “vaccines are
some kind of government scheme,” according to Ethan, who spoke out on Good Morning America today.
Seven states now allow minors to petition so that they can make their
own decision when it comes to vaccinations. But in the states where
kids don’t have a choice, some teens are coming to Ethan for advice. “I
definitely have received messages and I’ve had people contact me that
are in a similar situation where they want to pursue vaccinations and
their parent or authority figure doesn’t believe it’s right,” he told Good Morning America.
The notion that straight people who approach sex unconventionally are comparable to gay people is predicated on a conception of gayness as sexual deviance. It’s homophobic.
A teen’s Reddit post
went viral when he asked the public how he could get vaccinated. “My
parents are kind of stupid and don’t believe in vaccines. Now that I’m
18, where do I go to get vaccinated? Can I get vaccinated at my age?”
The Ohio high school student, Ethan Lindenberger, says he had just
gotten his driver’s license and a car, and had some money, and was ready
to do defy his parents. “It’s stupid and I’ve had countless arguments
over the topic. But, because of their beliefs I’ve never been vaccinated
for anything, god knows how I’m still alive.”
A month after his post, he started getting shots, including “hepatitis A, hepatitis B, influenza and HPV,” according to The Huffington Post. His mother reacted by telling undark.org that his actions were like a “slap in the face…It was like him spitting on me.”
Lindenberger has six siblings, and only his oldest sister and brother
were vaccinated. After that, his parents thought that “vaccines are
some kind of government scheme,” according to Ethan, who spoke out on Good Morning America today.
Seven states now allow minors to petition so that they can make their
own decision when it comes to vaccinations. But in the states where
kids don’t have a choice, some teens are coming to Ethan for advice. “I
definitely have received messages and I’ve had people contact me that
are in a similar situation where they want to pursue vaccinations and
their parent or authority figure doesn’t believe it’s right,” he told Good Morning America.
The notion that straight people who approach sex unconventionally are comparable to gay people is predicated on a conception of gayness as sexual deviance. It’s homophobic.
The notion that straight people who approach sex unconventionally are comparable to gay people is predicated on a conception of gayness as sexual deviance. It’s homophobic.
