what happens if you dont get a child vaccinated??

Question

what are the negatives or positives and what does it help you with and have you knew anyone with no vaccinations

Answer 1

Depends where you live. In New Zealand I've grown up unvaccinatd. I've had whooping cough, mumps, measels, diptheria (a mild case.), chicken pox. Polio is not a high risk, it has almost been erradicated from the world due to vaccination.
I chose not to have my child vaccinated. In NZ it is highly suggested by dr's etc - but you don't have to. I find it awfully funny that your child can't attend schools in Australia (don't know about USA) unless they are vaccinated. Its almost....not a freedom of choice there.

I chose not to vaccinate my son. I grew up without any vaccinations, and the only one I would ever consider would be rubella....if i was planning on having another child. (and i'm hoping that he'll catch rubella as a child and pass it onto me, so i don't need too :) )

My mother worked at a home for the disabled for about 27 years here. They found out about 2/3rds of the residents had contracted a type of hepatitus, i'm not sure which. All the nurses except my mother got vaccinated. The result? My mother developed a natrual immunity - she was very hygenic, and only contracted enough of the virus to give herself a natrual immunity - but not the disease. The nurses? There was a problem with the batch of vaccinations. They all have developed liver problems. Some are minor, while three have now died because of liver problems (20 years on.).

I'm happy knowing that whlie I always run the risk of becomming sick, I can say that anything that I develop (or my child develops) - like dementia or autism or otherwise, in old age, isn't from me trying to protect myself from a disease that I may have never caught in the first place.

Answer 2

I do not vaccinate my children (3 years old & 9 months old), a decision made after extensive research. The only negatives I have come across are other peoples opinions and I had to find a new pediatrician because our old one fired us for not vaccinating(no big deal to me though). My children will be going to public school, I live in California and I will just sign that vaccinations are against my personal beliefs, and my kids are exempt(again, no big deal). The positives: knowing that my childs body has not been injected with what I feel are poisons, that their immune systems are untampered with and in the best condition posible, knowing that I have made a well-researched decision to keep my children as healthy as possible.
The best resources for research I found are http://www.909shot.com and What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Childhood Vaccinations by Stephanie Cave. There are a ton of resources out there besides those if you do a bit of searching.

Here are a few of the reasons why I choose not to vaccinate:
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.

I think it is very important for all parents to research vaccines and the diseases themselves.

Answer 3

In many if not most states, your child cannot attend a licensed day care, preschool or attend school. Some states allow a religious exemption.

I personally would delay vaccinations longer than they have them now as the timing is often not medically related but politically motivated (you are in the habit of bringing child for shots).

You should talk to your doctor about vaccinations. Much of the information on the Internet is misinformation, out-of-date or just plain wrong. Some is perfectly legitimate. Some children have been hurt by vaccines. I know the mom of one who died immediately after getting one due to a strong allergic reaction. Yet, I also have relatives who had lifelong problems after getting the diseases that vaccinations now help to prevent.

Answer 4

If you are like me, the vaccination issue was troubling. It seems like there are so many more vaccines now than when I was a child. And I have heard about links between vaccines and reactions and even autism, so I did a lot of research. One thing I found comforting was that the mercury preservative, thimerosal, has been removed from most vaccines for children under 6. Thimerosal had been linked to high levels of mercury in some children.

Vaccination helps not only protect your child, but the general population by keeping the incidence of disease low. Polio, for example, is very rare in the United States, because almost all children are immunized. Many children no longer receive smallpox vaccinations, because it was considered eradicated.

That said, there is some controversy regarding vaccinations, and whether ALL are necessary. Some do carry a risk of reactions, but this risk is very low. Even in the medical community, there is some debate about whether the chickenpox vaccine is worth it, with some people arguing that the disease, contracted in childhood, is usually mild and confers greater immunity. But chickenpox can also be quite severe, especially in adults. And while hepatitis shots are pretty standard now, one could argue that children in low-risk groups don't really need it.

To enter kindergarten, you must immunize your child unless you receive legal permission not to. Usually, this permission is granted if it is against your religion or if your child has a medical condition that prevents him or her from receiving vaccinations.

After a lot of research, I chose to vaccinate my child according to the standard recommendations, but to stagger the shots so that my son doesn't receive a huge dose at one time. A good website on vaccinations is: http://www.vaccineinformation.org/video/chop1.asp

Answer 5

My son is 9 months, unvaccinated. We've had no problems.

I didn't want to have him vaccinated for several reasons, one being that vaccines have animal and fetal tissue in them, and this goes against my moral beliefs.

Second, I did not want him to be a "guinea pig" for vaccination testing.

Nor do I want to take the chance of him having an adverse reaction to something that's not been proven entirely safe.

You can opt out of vaccines, even when putting your child in school, by filling out a form you can get from your health department.

Answer 6

If you don't vaccinize you are risking your child's health and the health of every person they come in contact with.

Before childhood immunization death in early childhood was very common. My mom said that when she was a child every lived through a great deal of fear during the summer because polio could kill or cripple you. Polio isn't active in the US anymore, but it is just a plane ride away from Asia and the Mid-East.

Ruebella can cause deafness, blindness, and brain damage. Reubella can even kill an unborn child. How would you like to be responsible for that?

Tetnus is fatal, pertussis, if it doesn't kill a child causes pain and breathing difficulties for months. Can you imagine having to listen to your child gasp for air?

Meningitis can cause brain damage. One of my friends neices is still recovering from complications of meningites 5 years after she had it. SHe is lucky to be alive.

Sound research has shown NO LINK between immunizations and autism. Research has shown that vaccinations save lives!

Responsible parents immunize.

If you are concerned about fetal cell lines used in developin vaccines (the vaccine was developed from a fetal cell line, it is not now made of fetal cells) here is a list of vaccines and the sources:

Disease Brand name Company Cell line
Polio IPOL (L)
Orimune (L) Pasteur-Merieux Connaught
Lerderle Labs Monkey kidney & calf serum
Monkey Kidney cells
Mumps Mumpsvax (L) Provaccine, Switzerland
Merck Sharpe & Dohme USA Chick embryo
Measles Attenuvax (L) Merck sharpe & Dohme USA
Rubella Takahashi Strain (UL) Kitasato Institute Rabbit Kidney
Rabies (RVA )(L)
RabAvert (PECE) (L) Smithkline -Beecham
Chirion Bering Gmbl & Co Rhesus Monkey
Chick embryo
Hepatitis A Aimmugen (UL) Chemo-therapeutic Institute Japan (Kaketsuken) Monkey Kidney
Flu All brands (L) All manufacturers Chick embryos
Yellow Fever YF-Vax (17D) (L) Pasteur Merieux Connaught Chick embryo
Japanese Encephalitis JE-Vax (L) Biken Osaka, Distributed by Connaught Mouse derived
Smallpox (L) Supplied by CDC
For Laboratory Workers and Military Calf Lymph

Answer 7

I don't feel that you are being "stupid", "selfish", or irresponsible by asking a valid question on an open forum.

As parents we have to make many difficult choices when it comes to our children and it's best to be able to make an informed decision. With all the conflicting information that is thrown at us daily (such as the MMR/autism debate) it is only natural to question.

That said, I chose to immunise both my children after carefully researching for myself and speaking to other parents, etc.

All the best.

Answer 8

For many of the disease that infants are normally vacinnated against, there is no difinitive cure, just prevention. Because of the success of immunizations, the public is no longer aware of the deaths and devastation that diphtheria, whooping cough, polio and measles caused. Similar arguements can be made for the other diseases for which children are immunized.

In our mobile society, carriers of these diseases still present a risk to your child.

As a pediatrician I am obviously biased, but I recommend your child be immunized.

Answer 9

Get your child vaccinated unless you have a medical reason not to. It's not only YOUR child's health you're risking, it's my child, your friends children, and every child you ever have contact with that you're putting at risk. Don't be stupid or selfish.

P.S. Studies have shown vaccinations do NOT cause Autism.

Answer 10

What could happen? Your child could contract deadly diseases that are easily preventable through vaccines. Doctors and public health officials don't mandate vaccines for their own amusement. They mandate them because they save children's lives. Don't be ignorant...get your child vaccinated.

Also, don't believe the hysterical anti-vaccine conspiracy theories you find on a lot of fringe Web sites. They have no credibility or scientific backing. These people are ignorant and are risking their children's lives by not getting them vaccinated.