2007-05-13 21:37:49 · 15 answers · asked by Marilyn's Sister 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
My first two girls had it, because the doctor said they had to. It wasn't until my third daughter was born 5 months ago and she had a moderate reaction to the 2 month shots, that I started educating myself. No, I will not have my daughters vaccinated anymore with the MMR and I feel like a horrible parent because I hadn't put any thought into it until recently. I had the MMR as a child, they did it right in school so there really wasn't a choice. I would not get it even if I had to.
The schedule says that at 12 months my daughter is supposed to get it and I do not have a problem denying it along with a few others. My daughter is not going to be vaccinated until she is 9 months and I have already set up a schedule and have chosen the vaccines she is going to get. It is all about making an informed decision.
The adverse reactions are more severe than the other immunizations and if you get the virus your immune for life, if you get the vaccine it wears off by the time your in your elder years and the likelyhood of the virus being fatal then is alot more than if your a child. With a strong and healthy immune system you can beat almost any virus.
2007-05-14 14:57:56 · answer #1 · answered by elizabeth 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't have any kids, but I have had the MMR and I would have it now. Funnily enough, I have Asperger's Syndrome, a form of autism, but I don't belive it was caused by the MMR.
There has been no proof of the link between the two and the whole fuss was based on the work of two doctors at one hospital. The situation is purely circumstansial: MMR vaccinations are given at around the age where kids really start talking and being sociable. Autistic spectrum disorders are problems with socialisation. Autism (and Asperger's) cannot be diagnosed until after two or three when problems with social skills become apparent. The kids may ALWAYS have been autistic, it just didn't show until two or three when they were supposed to start being sociable which is, entrirely coincidentally, usually after the MMR!
Because of the vaccination scheme, people of my age group (25) aren't aware of how awful diseases like measles, mumps and rubella are. They can lead to permanent serious disability, brain damage, infertility and death. They used to be widespread and the MMR controversy has lead to parents avoiding all vaccines for these illnesses and so they are now on the increase again.
If you think the risk of Autism is greater than the risk of your child being damged by or dying from these illnesses then avoid the vaccine. But I believe it is media scaremongering and I would say the same thing that doctors are advising: have the vaccine, or at least have the seperate jabs (I think MMr is fine though). You have to realise what you're inviting back into this country by not doing it: We'll go back to a pre vaccination era. And after MMR what? BCG not safe? Polio not safe? We can't take that risk. We don't remember kids lives being ruined by these illnesses, and we don't remember it because of the vaccines.
I have Asperger's but I've been to university, I'm a member of MENSA, and I have some future. If I'd had a terrible illness I could be dead. I'm glad I've been vaccinated and despite the problems I have, I do not for one minute think the MMR was to blame.
If I ever have kids and it's still around, they'll have it.
2007-05-14 04:46:34 · answer #2 · answered by Cpt. Willard 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I had mumps on both sides when I was 5 years old (1966). Missed out on the kindergarten trip to a farm. Measles was pretty rampant when I was in elementary school... but I did used to receive all those vaccines.
I don't know if you have to get the vaccine if you've already had it... and I don't know if I need a mumps vaccine, since I already had the mumps..
But, YES, I would have a doctor give those vaccines to my child... and YES, I would have it myself, if it were necessary.
2007-05-13 21:44:59 · answer #3 · answered by scruffycat 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
There was one report suggesting a link to autism and many many studies since, proving there is no link. I did a lot of research before letting my children have the MMR. And yes I would have it myself.
2007-05-13 21:44:42 · answer #4 · answered by madmynx 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Of course! Done by a doctor, that is. That would be, for the simple reason that the diseases it's vaccinating against is terriable. Measles, mumps, rubella. Get your shot ASAP.
2007-05-13 21:41:31 · answer #5 · answered by AxisofOddity 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Yes and Yes because the alternative likely horrors are far worse a prospect!
2007-05-14 01:25:34 · answer #6 · answered by bumbleboi 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
My daughter has had all her immunisations....I had the TB and Rubella one MMR wasn't around when I was a lass...That made me feel old
2007-05-13 21:43:01 · answer #7 · answered by . 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
NO !
Far to much injected into a small child all in one go. They should be separate.
If it's ok why didn't Tony Blair give it to his son ???
Why the thumbs down? I have personal experience on this !
2007-05-13 22:02:11 · answer #8 · answered by Alicat 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Yes I would
2007-05-13 21:43:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Absolutely.
Vaccines aren't there for no reason, any kind of immunisation must be important.
I would gladly stand at the side of my Daughter and have it at the same time.
2007-05-13 21:41:53 · answer #10 · answered by Tooly 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋