The reality TV star is surprised by the immense reaction to her revelation that she chose not to vaccinate her twin daughters, claiming that people say 'negative and disrespectful things' to her.
- Jan 29, 2020
AceShowbiz - Erica Dixon has responded to the negative reaction she got after revealing that her twins are not vaccinated. The "Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta" star received so many criticism after she opened up about her decision not to vaccinate her baby girls and she is surprised that people would say negative things about her and her daughters because of such issue.
"I really didn't know it was so a controversial subject," Erica tells theJasmineBRAND. "To each it's own but mine won't be vaccinated. And for those saying negative and disrespectful things - [it's] hilarious. My children would be nowhere near them or their's anyway." Erica claims that some of them went as far as wishing death on her twin daughters.
Standing by her decision and supporting those who hold the same opinion, the mother of three has some advice to the haters, "Everyone is free to form their own decision when it comes to their children...We have to learn to agree to disagree without being disrespectful. Especially those that wish death on my children because they aren't vaccinated. I would never wish death on anyone's child - vaccinated or not. Then again, the internet gives a lot of people heart because they wouldn't dare say half of what that say via social media to my face."
Erica, who has teenage daughter Emani with her ex-fiance Lil Scrappy, reveals that her first daughter was vaccinated when she was around the twins' age. "I was vaccinated as a child, [and] I started out vaccinating Emani but stopped," she admits.
On why she decided not to vaccinate her twins, she explains, "The twins father is vegan. He definitely is against the twins getting vaccinated. I went vegan prior to my pregnancy and throughout as well...I did some research and asked questions as they saw their pediatrician...My research consisted of reading about both vaccinated and unvaccinated children, [and] how it would affect them when it came to daycare and school, side effects, risks etc."
The 35-year-old reality TV star adds that vaccination was presented as a choice by the twins' pediatrician. "I don't know if their pediatrician agrees; she just asked whether or not we would be vaccinating," she says.
Erica previously insisted that her twin daughters are healthy despite not being vaccinated. "My twins are 8 months now. Never been vaccinated and have never been sick," she tweeted earlier this month. Replying to a person who's concerned about the girls, she wrote, "Girl bye. FYI they have been out daily around several."
