vaccines
How to tell your medical provider about your CS background
Scripts, tips, and a sample letter from former Christian Scientists for telling doctors about a childhood without medical care, plus how to catch up on vaccines.
Ask a Nurse: Getting Vaccinated for Polio as an Adult
A nurse explains the adult polio vaccine schedule and why it is hard to find a provider who gives it, with links to health departments and CDC resources.
I never received childhood vaccinations.
Jodi describes growing up unvaccinated under a religious exemption, measles outbreaks at camp and Principia College, and vaccinating their family after leaving.
How to get Vaccinated
A practical guide for adults raised in Christian Science to catch up on vaccines: what to tell your doctor, antibody testing, scheduling shots, and side effects.
Chrystal's Story: New Beliefs
A former Christian Scientist, now a Quaker, describes rebuilding her beliefs, raising her sons with doctors and vaccines, and recovering through therapy.
To vaccinate was to allow a belief of possible harm to enter thought
Marion explains why the family, as Christian Scientists, did not vaccinate their older son, who caught diphtheria, and the reasoning that made sense at the time.