Like circumcision, I figured I could do it later if I changed my mind... but I could never, ever undo it
I would just note that no decision can be unmade. You can always vaccinate later, but you can't undo what may happen before that vaccination -- if the child contracts a preventable disease, or shows no symptoms but passes rubella to a pregnant friend, or to a stranger whom you never know.
Our minds have a natural tendency to see the potential consequences of taking an action -- especially regrets, I think -- more sharply than we see the consequences of non-action, of the status quo. You have corrected for this tendency in weighing the decision, no doubt, yourself; I only suggest we bring it clearly into these conversations, as well.
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I would just note that no decision can be unmade. You can always vaccinate later, but you can't undo what may happen before that vaccination -- if the child contracts a preventable disease, or shows no symptoms but passes rubella to a pregnant friend, or to a stranger whom you never know.
Our minds have a natural tendency to see the potential consequences of taking an action -- especially regrets, I think -- more sharply than we see the consequences of non-action, of the status quo. You have corrected for this tendency in weighing the decision, no doubt, yourself; I only suggest we bring it clearly into these conversations, as well.