Why DON'T you Vaccinate?

Question

With all the debates and confusion about vaccinations, why isn't something being changed...

I see something almost every week on the news..Larry King, CNN, 60 minutes, 20/20 about Vaccinations, so why aren't more parents paying attention..1 in 150 children are diagnosed with autism..also other things such as eczema and allergies have been thought to be resulted by having vaccinations..

Answer 1

I refuse all immunizations for my children. I made this decision after much research. I feel that having an immune system that is not tampered with is the healthiest thing for them. Do the research for yourself and find out what is best for you.
http://www.909shot.com and "What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Childhood Vaccinations" by Stephanie Cave are good places to start.

Here are a few reasons why I choose to refuse vaccinations:

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 2

This is a tough question because some research has suggested that because autism is diagnosed at the same time that some of the vaccinations are given that there is no way to really know if the autism is caused by the vaccine or not.
In my opinion, autism in recent years has been more easily diagnosed weather or not the child really has autism.
Some researchers say that the mercury in the vaccine causes the autism while others say some children are more likely to be diagnosed with autism.
Also you have to weigh the pros and cons of it.
Would you rather your child get the vaccine or the illness?
If you have concerns your child's doctor is the best one to ask.

Answer 3

Larry King is not a doctor. You are not a doctor. The guy who puts up a conspiracy theory page on the Internet ranting about vaccines is not a doctor. Hundreds and thousands of researchers have conducted test after test on the correlation between vaccines and autism and have found not a link. Not one, not ever...nothing. Scaremongering sells newspapers and magazines, particularly when there is implied risk to children. That's why the media focuses on it.

People who don't vaccinate their children are gullible. When they tell you they've done research, it's usually research written by some wing-nut who lives in a trailer outside Area 51 and believes that aliens are trying to tap into his brain.

As for the link with autism theory: four times as many boys as girls are autistic, yet both are vaccinated at the same rate. So much for a link!

The diseases vaccines prevent are deadly. The very small chance of a negative reaction to a vaccine is dwarfed by the illness and death that can result from these illnesses.

Get your children vaccinated!!

Answer 4

First of all, everyone I know gets their kids vaccinated against disease- it's cheap insurance against diseases which are often fatal or cause life threatening complications. As for Autism, while it's true that one kid in a hundred fifty will be diagnosed with it, it's also true that there has NEVER BEEN A LINK ESTABLISHED MEDICALLY between childhood vaccinations and autism !!!! I currently work in the field of developmental disabilities as a medical coder, and the primary group of consumers we serve are people who have autism or Asperger's, or who have what used to be called mental retardation. ( It is now called intellectual disabilities.) Autism still has many possible causes, and not all of them are known at this point. Failing to vaccinate children because of the imagined risk that they will become autistic is not only irresponsible, but downright dangerous, because kids who aren't vaccinated against things like measles are often the cause of outbreaks which can lead to epidemics in places like schools and daycare centers. Measles is still deadly in some cases, and it can cause deafness or blindness in others. Whooping cough, or pertussis, can kill babies. There's a good reason why vaccinations are required by law in every state as a condition of school admission- they SAVE LIVES !!!

Answer 5

I agree 100% with Tracey S.

The reason the belief that vaccines cause autism was made, was because the vaccines contained thimersol. Childhood vaccines no longer contain thimersol. The only vaccine that may contain thimersol is the flu vaccine.

Answer 6

My son is 13 and has autism. His vaccinations had thimerosol in them. My daughter is three years old. She started developing symptoms similar to my son last year. After a flu shot that had thimerosol in it. I was livid, since every single time my daughter got a shot at her doctor's office, I would ask about thimerosol. Finally the nurse just told me it isn't used in kids' vaccines anymore. Well, apparently flu shots don't count.

My daughter will never get another vaccination. I've got all kinds of sites you can check for yourself. Just remember, the government that is telling us vaccines don't have a link to autism is the same government that hid the dangers of smoking for decades.

I only gave you a few of the links out there about the dangers of vaccinations. If you want to see even more, just google vaccination dangers or vaccination autism.
Hope this was of some help to you!

Answer 7

I'm very careful about anything to do with the health of my children. My son was born with heart defects. After he was in NICU, I became extremely protective of his health. However, vaccinations are a no-brainer for me. Any parent who doesn't vaccinate their children is depending on everyone else to vaccinate their children so deadly diseases don't spread. To me, it's very irresponsible for parents to not vaccinate their children. But, this is America, and all parents are given to opportunity to make these decisions for their children, even if they are the wrong ones.

Answer 8

Every thing you do has consequences and benefits. When researching vaccinations Ive decided the benefits out weight the perceived (but not proven) threat of autism. Ive also chosen to breastfeed, not allow her to watch tv, not to start her on solids till 6 months and to make her own baby food.

Answer 9

The causal relationship between autism and vaccines is non-existant. Vaccines prevent diseases and save thousands of lives.

Answer 10

If immunization rates go down, the occurance of disease goes up and things like rubella, measles and polio start poking their ugly little heads around again.

Frankly, I'm glad that where I live, kids get kicked out of school if they don't have their vaccinations up to date (unless it is for religious reasons).