A mom from Detroit could serve jail time over her refusal to vaccinate her Logos . Rebecca Bredow was ordered by Oakland County judge on September 27 to vaccinate her male child within a week . Her time has virtually run out .
Rebecca Bredow and her ex - husband are embroiled in a court battle over the issue . Her ex - husband , Jason Horne , believes that their son should be vaccinated against potentially life-time - imperil disease , including measles , mumps , and epidemic roseola . Bredow feel differently .
" I would rather baby-sit behind legal profession standing up for what I believe in , than giving in to something I strongly do n’t trust in , " she toldWXYZ . " Why automatically side with the don that wants the vaccinum ? What about my choice as a mother ? "
So how safe are vaccinum ? Vaccines are rigorously tested for base hit and are used because they save lives . As for claims that vaccinations cause autism , anti - vaxxers themselves have fund a study thatfound no connection whatsoever between vaccination and autism . To be clear , there is no link .
What ’s more , worldwide deaths have significantly dropped off since the innovation of the morbilli vaccinum , for instance . Between 2000 and 2015 , there was a79 per centum dip in measles deathsaround the populace , largely due to the vaccine .
Bredow was first asked to immunise her baby in September 2016,ABC News account , but has not done so . She now has until 9 am EDT ( 1 pm GMT ) on Wednesday to have her 9 - year - old Logos vaccinated .
Bredow and Horne had ab initio agreed to space out their boy ’s vaccinum , rather than giving them to him all in one go .
Michigan schoolsrequirethat students are vaccinated before they enter kindergarten and up until 7th ground level . However , the Department of State also allows parent to attempt " waivers " for immunizations on the grounds of religious conviction , which Bredow has applied for .
She fear that her son may be bruise by the vaccinum , though rigorous testing has proven vaccinum are safe .
" God forbid if he were to be hurt by a vaccine , " Bredow said . " I would have to take precaution of him . "
“ I choose not to inoculate , but that ’s my choice . I ’m not against vaccine , it ’s everybody ’s personal choice . "
Horne pronounce through his lawyer that the case was n’t really about vaccine , but about Bredow ’s attempt to frustrate joint - detainment right . Nevertheless , her story is currently being share by anti - vaxxers , who believe they should have the right to refuse vaccines and potentially open harmful disease to others .
