[StillwaterTownie]

Originally Posted by DutchessCottonPuff

I used to live in a ranch in Oklahoma when 3 of my kids were little and in one of their headstart classes was a child who'd endured the worst cast of HIB I have ever heard of . Child will never be able to live on his own or really be aware of much of anything . Its a very rural state . Even if you live in the city . I would not move to Ok unvaccinated at all . You will be around very rural people and alot of uneducated people .
I am super liberal also having just completed a great decade in Seattle but no way would I ever live in Ok
without my kids shots .
That poor child who'd survived HIB scared me to death .
The pediatricians are trying to try to keep kids safe in that state .

But the political differences and attitudes between rural Oklahoma and urban Oklahoma are as different as night and day. If it wasn't for the votes from urban areas, Oklahoma would have never passed SQ802 for more Medicaid. Quite unlike urban people, rural people are quite well accustomed to making do with less from both the private and government sectors every day. They are skeptical of anything more the government wants to offer. It may end up coming with more taxes, if accepted.