Whether or not your children are vaccinated is your own business. I can count on 1 finger the number of times that anyone other than their physician ever asked if my children were vaccinated against anything, so I cannot really imagine that it is an everyday topic of conversation. Maybe I just run in different circles, but unless your kids are wearing tags that say "I've not been vaccinated against the flu" how does this even come up?
Interestingly, just today at lunch at work, one of my coworkers brought up vaccinations out-of-the-blue in relation to the measles outbreak in California. He said he thinks any parent who does not vaccinate their children should be sued if they catch a disease they could be vaccinated for. Also, just today, USA Today had this opinion piece.
Jail 'anti-vax' parents: Column
On many online discussion forums, if the topic comes up, anyone who does not vaccinate their children is usually cruelly ridiculed. I think the US is much farther down the path of persecution of people who do not vaccinate their children than you may realize. We vaccinated our children for the recommended childhood vaccines but do not get the flu shot. What happens when some more controversial vaccine becomes a requirement such as the HPV vaccine for teenage girls (it's highly recommended now)? This is more a lifestyle behavior vaccine than anything else and has been associated with some nasty side effects. I worry about the future in this area and hope my children become adults before it becomes a more serious issue.