are child immunization shots safe for babies?

Question

i heard ther can be serious side effects like autism

Answer 1

Please FULLY research and educate yourself on this before you decide to immunize. What I mean by educate is not the pamphlets in the Doc's office. Real research.

I asked a similar question yesterday and this was the best response by Silly Monkey:

* Silly Monkey

"It's doubtful that you will receive many intelligent answers here. The vast majority will go something like, "How could you not vaccinate your child?! Don't you know how dangerous that is? Vaccinations are necessary to protect your child and all of ours! The benefits far outweigh the teeny tiny little insignificant risks."

We are the small minority of people who have done our own thorough research and decided that there aren't enough benefits to outweigh the risks. Most people will tell you they researched before they vaccinated their children. What that really means is they read the pamphlets that the doctor gave them and listened to what he said. They probably did not seek out additional sources of information, because they trust their doctor and vaccinating is "the responsible thing to do."

I'm sure few of them has seen the statistics on the decline in infectious disease death rates that occurred before vaccinations were introduced. They are probably not aware that after the introduction of most vaccines, there was hardly any further decline in those rates. Or maybe they just don't believe any of that because everyone (including their doctor and the pharmaceutical companies, who make big $$ from it) is telling them that that information is wrong.

Anyway, to answer the question:
We stopped vaccinating our 2 children after doing our own research. They both got their standard vaccinations up until 3 yrs and 15 months, respectively. If there are circumstances that warrant vaccination in the future, such as visiting a country where sanitation or infectious diseases are an issue, we will reevaluate our decision based on the information available at the time."

Source(s):
http://www.whale.to/a/bystrianyk3.html...

Answer 2

This is a subject of much debate.

Many people feel that they are not safe and choose not to vaccinate. Many people trust the medical community's endorsement and feel it is unsafe not to vaccinate. Some parents fall in the middle and delay some vax or are more selective about which ones they get.

There has been no definitive link to autism, but many parents swear that their children were fine until they got the MMR vax. I wonder with all the big money in the pharmaceutical industry if this will ever be proven (or disproven). Autism is a spectrum disorder meaning it is very complicated and we really don't know what causes it or why children fall where they do on the spectrum.

I'd urge all parents read up a bit on this subject before choosing what is best for their child. Educate yourself and do what you feel is the best for your child.
I found the book What Your Doctor Might Not Tell You About Children's Vaccinations very helpful. It went through the history of each disease, risk factors and the history of each vaccination.

Personally I take each vax on a case by case basis.

Answer 3

I personally do not think that any immunization that contains themarasol is safe. One of your answers said that it had been disproved that there was a correlation between immunizations and autism. I am sure she has some basis for saying that, however it certainly has not been proven to me nor to many of us.

The best you can do is to make sure that the preservative themarasol is not in any of your child's immunizations. If your doctor will not get any vaccines that do not contain this, then call another doctor until you found one that has these vaccines without this preservative in it.

Answer 4

You can only answer that question yourself for your children after you do your own research.

http://www.909shot.com is a good place to start.

As for my personal opinion after extensive research: No, I do not feel they are safe and so I do not vaccinate my children.

Here are a few reasons why:

A person would not normally contract 5 diseases at one time naturally, yet at 2, 4 and 6 mth. visits a baby is injected with five vaccines.

There is no proof that vaccines are responsible for the decline in certain diseases - improved sanitation, medical care and less crowding may also have contributed to the decline in certain diseases. Most diseases decreased by over 95% BEFORE the introduction of vaccines.

By vaccinating children, many cases of certain diseases (ex. measles, chicken pox) have now shifted to the adult population where the disease is often more serious and debilitating.

Vaccines have not been tested for any possible carcinogenic (cancer causing), teratogenic (gene altering) effects or their effects on the reproductive system (it says this right in the product inserts from the manufacturers).

Vaccines are not 100% effective so the child can still get the disease even if they are vaccinated and a child can actually get a disease sometimes from the vaccine if it is a live vaccine.

After researching many of the diseases(like measles, mumps and polio), I found they are not as scary as the media hyped them to be, especially for a healthy immune system. Example: Polio is 90% asymptomatic.

The same amount of vaccine that is given to a 4 yr. old is given to an 18 mth. old and a 2 mth. old, etc.

I beleive the chance of dying or getting a serious side effect from the actual disease is much less than the chance of dying or getting an adverse reaction from the vaccine. The dieseases are not dangerous or deadly in most people.

I believe that injecting my children with things such as formaldehyde, mercury (trace amounts), aluminium, paint thinner, coolant, anti-freeze, detergent phenols, MSG, plus dead animal tissue, aborted fetus tissue, mutated human and animal viruses, bacteria, antibiotics and animal, bacterial and viral DNA, is not particularly a good idea.

Answer 5

They do say that it is possible. I was also concerned, but I weighed the pros and cons. It is better to give your baby the shots to ensure they don't get any awful diseases that are far worse than Autism. I just read this article yesterday: http://www.babycenter.com/refcap/baby/babyills/babyvaccine/1470554.html

I pray that my child does not get Autism, but I know that is a condition that can be somewhat reversed if caught early, so we are keeping an eye on our son to make sure we do just that.

Answer 6

I have heard that too. I think it depends on who you ask not the doctors they won't tell you the truth. I have gotten my son all his immunization but I'm scared it will mess him up I have talked to people who said that there child has gotten autism from vaccines.

Answer 7

No, the autism connection has been proven completely false by all scientific studies. The only thing harmful about immunizations for children are not giving them. Diseases prevented by immunization, such as measles, mumps and rubella, are on the rise, and THOSE are very dangerous to children. The risks of side effects from immunization are extremely small; the risks of illness or worse from childhood disease are very great. Do not believe the anti-immunization conspiracy theory drivel you read on the Internet. Believe your pediatrician.

Answer 8

Immunizations do not cause Autism. All children need to get their shots & on time. It's for their own good when you think of what could happen to them if they didn't get immunized.

Answer 9

Much safer than the child getting polio or some of the other diseases that the immunizations protect against.

Answer 10

there are people trying to say that they cause all these other problems but both my kids have had all the shots they are supposed to and my 14 yr old is a-b honor role every year and my 3 yr old is way above average for his age to so i dont know what to believe. they change their thoughts and rules so much no one knows what to trust anymore!!!