How many of you choose NOT to vaccinate your children.....?

Question

and why? On the other hand, if you choose to vaccinate, why? Please no long copy and paste articles on the issue, I am interested in your own words.

I asked a question about vaccinations and holding my children while they are being vaccinated and received a long answer telling me why I am horrible for vaccinating my children, I feel the benefits far outweigh the risks. Just curious how many people choose to vaccinate and how many do not.

they do need it for school, but there is a movement that is saying vaccinations are basically injecting poison into your child and not doing it, not sure how they get around the school thing, but homeschooling would take care of that.

jumping the gun cindi p, i don;t believe ANYTHING in my question made me sound like I was getting ready to bash people who don;t do the same as i do. Thanks for your answer.

Answer 1

I don't because I have a vaccine damaged child in my own family, our son's pediatrician said to stop vaccinating after he heard about him. I also have held a baby that had seizures after his vaccines-makes you thinktwice. That baby is 4 years older than my son and they are at the same age developmentally. I did vaccinate before I researched, I told the nurse that I didn't want my baby to have the flu shot, she gave it to him anyways and said something like "too bad". So I really don't trust western medicine, that's just one incident!
Due to religious reasons, I also don't agree with aborted fetal cells being used in vaccines. I looked into it and they are from two babies 40 years ago-but I don't think that's a good idea anyways. That just goes against my gut feeling and I feel bad for those poor babies. Who knows, one of them could have invented a cure for AIDS.
I also believe a lot of vaccines are b.s. like chicken pox-they are just made so kids won't miss school, but they don't think ahead that most adults don't get boosters. I fear that we will have a lot of sick adults in the future because they didn't get natural immunity. These diseases aren't that bad if they get them while they are young. My parents survived measles, mumps, rubella, and whooping cough-they are healthy and said they missed a few days of school from the Measles, mumps and rubella.
Due to my dh being in the military, he's had tons of vaccines-some of them they wouldn't even tell him what they were. After the last round he came down with a terrible case of shingles and was sedated due to all of the pain-I don't think that is a coincidence. Thankfully he's out now so he doesn't have to serve our country while damaging his health.

I don't think that anyone is bad if they vaccinate their children if:
They research it, just not take a blind statement from their doctors that other children have had it and are fine.
Don't harrass me for my son being vaxed, if you truely believe in those vaccines my son isn't going to harm yours.
If you are going to inject your child with vaccines, make sure you have your very own boosters up to date-seems like a double standard if you don't do that yourself. Most adults that I have come across have no clue that they are due for boosters.

Also, we eat a healthy diet and get to wash our hands. I believe that has helped us battle disease. I don't believe vaccinations have erradicated disease. The latest case of measles in the states:those were from vaxed people passing it to vaxed people. Polio was last seen from people who came down with it after the shot. My grandfather lived through the polio epidimic and He is Glad that we don't vaccinate. Go to your own records and compare what vaccines that you got as a child, then compare with what the recommend schedule is now, my draw dropped one day when I got a notice in the mail that my baby was due for 10 shots in one day! I wouldn't do that to myself, so I won't do that to my son! That's just nuts. The people that sent that to me didn't even know that I don't vaccinate, that's just what they recommended at the age. Sad!

Answer 2

Well first of all for religious reasons Because many parents believe (or KNOW) that the vaccines can cause autism. Because the vaccines contain mercury, formaldehyde, aborted fetal cells, and kidney tissue. Because many of the vaccines have not been tested, but have been 'fast-tracked' by the CDC, so the long term effects are unknown. Because many vaccines only cover 1 or 2 strains of a disease, and there may be 300 strains out there. Because of the serious adverse reactions to the vaccines. Most times, the reactions can be even worse than the disease your being vaccinated for. Because children's immune systems can't handle being injected with so many toxins. I hope this helps!! -Anna

Answer 3

I just answered a question about this yesterday. The woman refused to vaccinate her children because she thought the government was trying to infect her children with diseases. She then e mailed me telling me ranting and saying my kids were stupid and I shouldn't buy store bought food. I don't think everyone who chooses not to vaccinate their kids are this paranoid but there are some like that out there.

I vaccinate my kids because I have researched the pros and cons. The pros FAR outweigh the cons. Most of the theory's that people come up with (like vaccinations cause ADD and Autism) have been disproven.

I am personally more fearful for our future. I believe that if people jump on this no vaccination bandwagon polio, smallpox, and other diseases are going to make a big comeback. It is really scary.

I also believe that every parent should be informed if there are kids in schools without vaccinations. I don't believe they should be able to go to school. After all, vaccinations are preventive medicine but they still aren't full proof. You can still get the flu if you get the flu shot.

Answer 4

I have a freaked up hip joint, and am a walking miracle because I survived being infected with bacterial meningitis by the original HIB vaccine. I spent 16 days DYING while doctors did everything trying to figure out what the hell was wrong with me. Some how it was localized to my hips (the injection sight) and didnt make it into my spine or brain.

By the time they found the cause of my illness my hip joint had completely gone septic and began rotting out of my body, my immune system was failing, and we wont even talk about my liver and kidneys. I should not be alive, and i should not be normal.

All of this because some doctor INSISTED I needed the HIB vaccine, dispite being a few months too old for it. All the antibiotics they used left me with no immune system for over 3 years. I was cronic strep throat and boarder line RHUMATIC FEVER monthly for years because of it. My heart was nearly ruined because of it. Shortened my life span.

I dont trust many vaccines at all. And for damn good reasons.

While I will be vaccinating my child with the trusted and tried vaccines, such as MMR and others, I will not be exposing him to the rediculous ones like chickenpox and the one for intestinal bugs.

Answer 5

My DD has had some of the immunizations; however, I did withhold a few of them for allergy reasons. i.e. mmr can cause a nasty reaction in those that have an allergy to eggs. I don't understand either why people are so harsh in their judgements of others regarding vaccinations, but it does go both ways. I have been attacked for not fully immunizing my DD. Oh well, such is life.

*EDIT*
Children CAN attend school without immunizations...their parents can sign a waiver. I know this as I worked at a school and one of my responsibilities was to inform parents of their childrens needed updates for vaccinations

Answer 6

Here is indeed a "movement" against vaccinations, primarily formed around hard-core chiropractors.

Even thought a huge number of people use chiropractors in this part of Michigan, very very few buy into the whole anti-vaccination movement. Like you, most of us believe that the rewards far outweigh the risks.

http://www.drfeder.com/children/pros-cons-vaccines.htm

In addition, there are probably a few who refuse such vaccinations on religious grounds as well.

Answer 7

I have not decided, however, I will tell you what I have decided. I have decided that vaccinating under 2 years of age is not advisable.

Babies immune systems are not fully developed and a) may have more severe reactions to vaccination and b) vaccination may not be as effective and generally they give more doses of vaccine if you begin as an infant.

Also in some other countries where they do not vaccinate they have a much lower incidence of SIDS, and this may or may not be related to vaccine, studies have gone both ways on that one.

In Europe they also tend to vaccinate later and for many LESS things than we do.

Also government lies to us in order to get us to use vaccines. This is highly suspicious. The statistics they use to promote vaccination very seldom match those of the disease tracking organization for that country. I know you don't want long articles BUT if you happen to want to read something:
http://www.prematureoptimism.com/blog/?page_id=47

(Ok I think that is the right page but the site is down, it will be up later. Or here is a cached version: http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:phrl3D_z4h4J:www.prematureoptimism.com/blog/%3Fpage_id%3D47+%22prematureoptimism.com%22+flu+shot&hl=en&gl=ca&ct=clnk&cd=10 )

The mercury in vaccines has been replaced by aluminum. Aluminum is just as bad as mercury.

Also my husband is Catholic and some vaccines contain stem cells.

I may partially vaccinate after my baby turns two, I haven't decided. Unfortuneatly there are almost no double-blind large scale studies on vaccines, and most of the studies of any kind tend to have a high potential for bias as they are either funded by the drug company or by the fanatical antivaccine groups. Being fanatical means you are unable to see facts and use logic. I wish there was much better information for me to base my decision on.


(Also you don't need vaccines to attend school if you have an exemption. Almost every place has a religious and medical exemption and most have philisophical exemptions as well.)

I hope I have explained a bit of what went into my decision. It took a lot of information and debate.

Answer 8

I was vaccinated against just about everything known to man between grade school, college and the military. I wholeheartedly believe that kids should be vaccinated. Sure it hurts like hell for an hour or a day, but it's better than being dead.


But that's just me...

Answer 9

Someone actually told you that you were a horrible parent for vaccinating your child? To each their own I guess, but that's kinda scary! Perhaps they want to go back in time to where the life spans were not nearly as long, that many many more children did not make it past childhood. I personally don't have children, but can't imagine not getting them vaccinated if I do choose to one day. Not only is it required for entry into school, but also many jobs (mine for instance, I'm an office worker, but I do work in a hospital and for every employee, proof of vaccination is required for employment). Too many don't get vaccinated, next thing you know these formerly common childhood diseases have mutated into something horrible and antibiotic resistent! (yes, I read too much as well)

Answer 10

My oldest two daughters are vaccinated. My youngest daughter is not fully vaccinated because of health reasons. She probably will not receive any more either because after extensive research I just do not believe they are safe for our children.

I do not critisize people for vaccinating their children right now is just not the right time for me to continue vaccinating.

And please don't bash me either because If your kids are vaccinated then you should have nothing to worry about my child not being vaccinated right????

Also if you do research you find that nearly 80% of doctors don't vaccinate their children.