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To some extent I agree with you. However, my twin daughters almost died from a common cold virus (RSV) when they were 6 weeks old. Their first year of life, I tried to keep them away from people with colds. Every time they got one, my daughter had a serious asthma reaction. I was exhausted.

What bothered me was people would get togeher and announce that their kids had a cold and they acted like "It's just a cold". They should have told me beforehand because I would not have seen their kids.

Anyway, it freaks a parent out to almost lose a kid. My daughters would have died if they would have been born 30 years ago (before there were ventilators for infants).

However, our lives were impacted, and I didn't think we should impact anyone else's lives. I avoided public places when I didn't want to get my kids sick.

Thank goodness, my daughters have grown (almost 7) and colds are better now. I've learned not to judge other parents because I don't know what they've been through.