Do you vaccinate your child against the flu?

I have worked with autistic childre and I am just saying that they still have not found the reason for this. I have seen child as old as six months to be diagnosed as autistic. I have my suspicions that may be parents sometimes fail to notice early symptoms and developmental delays as the milestones differ in children. what triggers it is still not clear and scientific community is divided on this issue so I prefer not to take sides and vaccines does help millions of kids in my country to survive so I will say its better not promote an averse agenda when facts are not clear. I consider myself a layman and I will go by the common opinion rather than spread half proven theories.Sorry if I offend you but you see many kids do need vaccination at least in a country like mine where basic hygine is absent and people are mostly illiterate and we are trying hard to counter common disease like malarai, chickenpox , polio and others. Such info in wrong hands can actually lead to wild rumors and no body will then listen to voice of reason. Thirty years back in my country people refused to use cooking gas as they thought that cooking on gas leads to acidity. Situation has changed not much as far as technology or acceptance of new things is concerned.I am concerned about people as gullible as them.

Autism usually isn't present at birth. It isn't even diagnosed until two or three. Children will regress - they make talk have great motor skills, look people in the eyes - and then all of sudden - it stops. Until you know for sure how autism starts, you can't say that shots don't cause it. I'm not spreading rumours. I'm saying that there are researchers who think this. You can find many scientific articles about it on the web and elsewhere.

Another thing not rumour - is the toxic ingredients. Pure fact, you can ask your doctor.

yeah they do that but they wont let some forms of treatment for cancer to pass in this country even when the are proved over seas that they work! and if the FDA gets it over here they test another 10 years and then still might not approve it for it might just make people well. NExt thing ya know we will have to have a perscription for veggies!

Exactly - I mean - if you're healthy how can they make money off of you!

yup so true

I understand - ours wasn't final until we were halfway there - and we didn't like our pediatrician closeby and go to a neighboring suburb - so... Its a hard choice. I chose to while I was pregnant for him. But now...

If the youngest and oldest get the flu shot - then why is it necessary for the middle child to get one - "so he doesn't get his siblings sick"? It doesn't make sense since the reason people get the shot is so they're not as likely to catch the flu. Its good parenting that you were cautious due to their health conditions and took steps (like the flu shot) to insure their good health. I do agree that all children react differently to vaccinations and its good to be cautious. Its the preservatives that I worry about, mercury and ethanol and such. Once they've perfected it so these are no longer necessary, I will think differently. I read recently they have an oral dose you can take - maybe the same preservatives aren't in this one. I'll have to investigate further.

Like you I questioned why the middle child needed to have the vaccination as well. It was explained to me that it is more likely that siblings share drinks and sometimes food, which in turn means that siblings are most likely going to catch the bug from one another. My children get the inhaled vaccinations because it is actually suppose to be safer because a live virus isn't used.

I'll look into the inhaled vaccinations. The thing is, I'm not so much worried about the viruses as I wrote in my initial thread, but the preservatives they use that are toxic, mercury, aluminum, ethanol and more.

I think if I had gone in with my son the other day - it would have been just one dose - they never mentioned another. Maybe each 'cocktail' is different. :)

I've never gotten it - except when pregnant - and I rarely even get a cold let alone the flu (knock wood). It doesn't seem funny to me that your kids haven't gotten sick. Did you get the other vaccinations for your kids? I was trying to explain to someone else who was nice enough, like you, to participate in my discussion, that autism doesn't begin at birth, that, like your son, it can start much later and children can lose many of the skills they had gained. Its terrifying. However, there are many high functioning autistic adults, thanks to patient parents and teachers. Have fun mylotting!