Vaccinating your children

@Anne18 (11029)
June 4, 2008 4:56pm CST
Do you believe in vaccinating your children against diseases? I do and all my children have had whatever they have been offered. did you also know that vaccinating children against meningitis is proving to be a real lifesaver? Following tthe introduction of this immunisation, not a single child has died in England from the C strain last year. Good news as in the past it has taken up to 78 lives per year.
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@wahmivy (776)
• Philippines
23 Apr 09
We selectively vaccinate. We did the basic ones such as DPT, polio, etc. My daughter also had the HepB after birth (because we didn't know better)... I only learned about the negative side of vaccination when discussions about the rotavirus vaccine in my mommy board became heated. I started researching then and have come to the decision to opt out of other vaccines, at least until my daughter reached two years and her immune system has developed (vaccination tampers with the natural ability of the body to develop immunity). We think it's better to let her naturally develop immunity against the usual childhood diseases (like she has already had the chicken pox) instead of having chemicals injected in her body. If she doesn't experiences certain diseases by the time she's ten, then we'll get her vaccinated. New vaccines (like the rotavirus one) are definitely a no-no for us. It's a matter of trust.
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@ShealM (388)
• Canada
5 Jun 08
I do not subscribe to the ideals of vaccination. We are, as they label us, non-vaxers for religious reasons and for philosophical reasons. For one, the amount of toxins in a vaccine is mind boggling with anything from aluminum, mercury ethanol (or mercury salts, thermisol, by any name it is still mercury), formaldehyde, ototoxic antibiotics such as neomycin. On a religious level (I'm pagan, do no harm) it's the aborted fetal cells, animal tissues - in particular the case study of the S-40 virus that has been found in cancer tumors over the years. The very fact that vaccines are not 100% fool proof, an example is pertussis vaccine. This vaccine has been quoted by the CDC as not being 100% effective (the reason for multiple jabs over a period of time) and does not confer immunity but rather a lessened reaction to the wild strains of pertussis within the natural environment around us. The very fact that (I used to vax until I did the research) my children that have been vaxed for MMR (4 of them out of the 5) and still ended up with measles once and mumps twice. That, to me shows me the risks of vaccine related reactions are not worth the risk of my children's health. My completely unvaxed child has not been sick once except for RSV (to which there is only a serotyping for and not a vaccine, he did not receive the serotype either) and a very mild case of RSV that did not require hospital stays and only allopathic therapy in the form of nebulizer treatments for about 2 weeks. Meanwhile, my 2 year old who was vaxed up until 8 months old (did not do the 12 month jab) suffered from RSV shortly after her 2 month vax, had a 1.5 week hospital stay with respiratory distress syndrome during the stay which caused acid reflux symptoms and recurring respiratory illnesses and problems that required at home allopathic treatments with nebulizer. My unvaxed child was a 33 week gestation birth, my 2 year old was a 37, 4 day gestational birth (full term to the medical professionals). As for the autism link with vaccines - I find it bull crap. My 2 year old is ASD\ND (autistic spectrum disorder with partial neuropathic deafness) and it was due to being a frank breech (feet first) with prolapsed cord and oxygen deprivation for nearly 1.5 hrs due to cord compression (was also a uterine rupture and emergency c-section).
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
5 Jun 08
yes I vaccinated my son with everything that was offered to him. But new research shows that some kids are getting autism directly linked to vaccinations.
@Gemmygirl1 (2867)
• Australia
4 Jun 08
Absolutely :) I have had my daughter vaccinated for everything they had on offer, i will also do the same thing when our new baby comes along. I just think that if my child was to die (God forbid) from something that i could have prevented with a little jab in the arm, then i am a very irresponsible parent. Having a child cry for a few minutes after a needle is much more bearable than i can imagine losing a child would be. I even had an extra shot given to my daughter about 5 minutes after her birth, i don't remember exactly what it was for now (that was almost 2 years ago) but it was called the Vitamin K shot i think so i figured if it was going to help keep her healthy, then there was no reason not to let her have it.
@ShealM (388)
• Canada
5 Jun 08
The extra shot was the Hep B vax. It is an STD only caught by being sexually active and exposed to Hep B during this activity. What new born child is sexually active? It's a useless vaccine for new born babies unless the mother has Hep B and that is still questionable considering the chances of infection from mother to child are almost nil during labor and delivery.
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• United States
22 Apr 09
No! I do not. It's taken as an article of faith that vaccinations have improved our lifespan. We take our children to the doctor for their injections without question. We think of ourselves as bad parents if we don't. It's simply one of those things that we don't question, as if it's obvious. It's gone so far now that, as has been so well documented on NaturalNews, parents are threatened with prison, and their children are forced to get vaccinations at gunpoint. I've seen it time and time again: Parents like my husband and me opting not to get our children vaccinated for fear of toxins and diseases running rampant in our children's body that when we don't vaccinate, we get DCFS called and our children are taken away from us. She's our daughter, not the government's. If we opt not to vaccinate her, then that's OUR choice, not yours. According to the AMA's own studies and documentation, vaccinations have little or no effect on the outcome of infectious disease deaths. The number of diseases we vaccinate against has tripled over the years. Now it's up to parents to put their feet down and say ENOUGH! Why are we subjecting our children to be guinea pigs to the government? First it was the chicken pox vaccine. Then came the flu vaccine. Now the HPV/herpes vaccine is not mandatory in most areas. When will it stop? How many children have to get sick and die from their tiny bodies being injected full of toxic sludge that the parents stand up and say "enough!"