Moral Dilemma

We will file this one in the “Interesting Things You Didn’t Know You Needed to Know” pile. SWMBO took Number 1 son to the doctors yesterday for a check up and his first ever vaccinations. Amongst them was a jab to protect against polio.

Whilst she was there the doctor gave SWMBO a booster, because apparently if you haven’t had one in the last ten years or so the vaccine can overcome your feeble defences and infect you polio. Which is nice.

Just as a precaution anyone around and close to a newly vaccinated child should have a booster shot. If you haven’t (like, say, me) its best to steer clear of any, err, issuings of the child. If you know what I mean. Even after the booster I’m told that the advice is to indulge in “obsessive hand washing”.

Which leaves me with the dilemma. Do I do the decent thing and get myself a polio booster shot? Or do I use my lack of one as a convenient excuse to avoid changing nappies forever more?

You guessed it, I’m off to see the doctor on Thursday.