Your freedom of choice - somebody else's baby

I am having discussions with my non-vaccinating friend at the moment, who describes herself as "pro-choice" when it comes to vaccination. What seems absolutely impossible to grasp for vaccine refusers is that their choice makes other parents' children ill, and, potentially, kills them. The parents whose babies contract measles did NOT get a choice, NO say in their children's infection. That is the effect of vaccine refusal:

The below is Mobius - there are 24 hours between those pictures - the photographer, a friend of Mobius' family, Donavan Freberg, describes their feelings (shared from Refutations against Anti-Vaccine Memes page with kind permission of Mobius' mum):

This is Mobius Loop. He is the son of my dear friends Ariel Loop and Christopher Loop. He has measles. It was just confirmed. This is real, this is awful and these two photos are 24 hours apart. The good news? He's getting better. Quarantine ends tonight and the baby seems to be recovering well. The bad news? This was caused by one thing only, total and complete ignorance and selfishness of the anti-vaxxers. Because of people not vaccinating their kids (and when I say "people", I mean much of the upper crust westside of Los Angeles) this little sprout (who was too young to be protected) fell sick to a HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS epidemic that up until recently, had been a thing of the past. This is infuriating, sad and worst of all, needless. The Loops are dear friends, long time photo clients and informed, smart people. Ariel is a nurse. You don't just vaccinate your kids to protect them, you do it to protect other's who are too wee to get the shots. You are doing it as a selfless act. Please send good thoughts and prayers to this little muppet and to his parents, who are truly some of the best people I know.

Side note: I was scheduled to photograph this sweet everlasting gobstopper, but then this happened. I intend to photograph him the moment he has fully recovered and will be donating 100% of my shoot fees to charity to raise awareness of the necessity of vaccines. As a photographer, I must do everything within my power to document this and see that the awareness of this spreads faster than the disease in question. To all people reading this and for those who may be on the fence about vaccinating your kids, please, for Mobius and for all those who are affected by this terrible and PREVENTIBLE disease, DO IT. Vaccinate!!!! Don't even think twice. Just think.

ETA: Mobius' mum, Ariel, also weighs in:

I have a lot of mixed feelings right now, but ultimately I'm relieved that Mobius is doing so well. The horrific cough aside, he's doing way better than anyone expected at this point.
However, I'm furious that we're now part of the problem. While he's up to date with his vaccines, at 4 months he isn't old enough for the one that should have made this whole outbreak almost impossible. During the four days he was contagious before his rash appeared, we went out to eat twice, ran countless errands, and have potentially infected other kids who are too young to have to go through this. That kills me. And might kill one of them.

I understand that vaccines are scary. Having to hold him tight while a stranger hurts him is hard. Having three people hold him still to get the blood to test him for measles, however, was infinitely harder. Even at the time I had this passing thought of, "Am I being paranoid? Am I putting him through more trauma while he's sick for no reason?" I found myself almost hoping it was measles then so at least having to torture him would be "worth it."
It isn't, though. He shouldn't have had to go through any of it. I shouldn't have had to set alarms for myself in the middle of the night to make sure he was still breathing. It's bittersweet--I can't be as comforted by his recovery as it is clouded with guilt and fear that we might put another family through this.
Please, don't put other families through this.