What Every Parent Should Know About Vaccines


By Dr. Mercola, MD.

Common sense would suggest that, if we are giving our children more than five dozen vaccinations from day of birth to age 18, we are over-vaccinating our children. Yet, authorities continue to insist that "more is better" when it comes to vaccines without providing adequate scientific evidence to justify that assumption.

If you follow the CDC's recommended vaccination schedule, your child will receive 49 doses of 14 vaccines by the time he/she is 6 years of age. And by the age of 18, the CDC recommends that children should have gotten 69 doses of 16 vaccines. 

Today, you'll pay $2200 to purchase all government recommended and mandated vaccines for a child (plus the cost of office visits) because the numbers of vaccines recommended for children have tripled in the past three decades. Sadly though, the short term financial costs to fully vaccinate your child according to the CDC schedule may actually pale in comparison to the costs to your child's long-term health.

The list of problems related to today's vaccines, and vaccine policy, is long and troubling:

1. Children not all biologically identical. The current one-size-fits-all approach to vaccination does not take into account differences among children's genetic profiles or immune responses based on factors such as age, weight, and overall health status.

2. Infant mortality rates between nations appears to be linked to the numbers of vaccinations given to babies before the age of 12 months. More vaccines may contribute to higher infant mortality.

3. Babies receive several vaccines at once—they may receive 8 vaccines or more simultaneously at a doctor visit (between 2 and 15 months of age). Vaccine "layering" may increase the risk for a serious vaccine reaction.

4. Vaccines have not been adequately tested for safety using methodologically sound scientific studies, so their long-term health effects are unknown. Moreover, the effects ofmultiple vaccines given together have not been adequately tested. And pharmaceutical companies have financed nearly all vaccine research to date, which introduces enormous bias.

5. Vaccines do not provide complete or permanent protection against infectious disease. For example, 75 percent of children who contracted chickenpox in a 2001 Maryland outbreak had been vaccinated against chickenpox. A high number of vaccinated persons also have been found in pertussis and mumps outbreaks.

6. Vaccines are not always sterile but can be contaminated with bacteria, viral fragments, and foreign human and animal DNA.

7. Vaccines may contain toxic additives (including aluminum and mercury), which can contribute to your child's toxic load.

8. Some vaccines are associated with a higher number of serious health problems, both immediate and delayed, yet healthcare professionals rarely report vaccine adverse events. Every year, more than 25,000 adverse reactions are reported to the government, including irreversible injuries and deaths. It's been estimated that this represents only about 1 to 10 percent of total vaccine reactions, which means that millions of people may have suffered vaccine reactions and injuries over the past few years.

9. Vaccines, say some researchers, may contain excitotoxins that disrupt your child's immune system (through microglial overstimulation) and damage developing brain structures, which raises his/her risk for a wide range of diseases, including autism, learning disabilities, and psychiatric disorders. New research gives evidence for a link between the high number of vaccines and the autism epidemic.

10. Many children receive even more vaccines than the vaccination schedule recommends. If you take your child to multiple health care providers or facilities, the odds are increased that your child may be given "extra" doses. Ten percent of children aged 19 to 35 months were found to have received extra vaccinations, according to a National Immunization Survey.

11. Preventing natural immune responses to environmental pathogens may not be in your child's best interest. Healthy children receive life-long benefits from naturally occurring immune responses.

Current Vaccine Policy Could Explain Our Higher Infant Mortality Rate 

In a recent report on Adverse Effects of Vaccines: Evidence and Causality, an Institute of Medicine committee of medical experts acknowledged a casual link between adverse health effects and vaccination, while confirming that there are too few methodologically sound studies published in the medical literature to make definitive conclusions about many other serious health problems linked with vaccination. This report was published after a review of more than 1,000 vaccine studies by the Institute of Medicine.

According to the most recent National Vital Statistics Report, more than 26,000 American babies born alive in 2009 died before their first birthday, which gives the U.S. a very high infant mortality rate of six infant deaths per 1,000 live births. In 1960, America ranked 12th in infant mortality among all nations of the world. In 2005, we had fallen to number 30.Today in America, there are more premature babies than ever before and more full term babies die before their first birthday than in most European countries.

The most recent study (2011) looking and infant mortality and vaccination is perhaps the most disturbing. It finds that developed nations with the poorest infant mortality rates, like the U.S., tend to give their infants more vaccine doses before age one. To put this into perspective, doctors give American babies 26 vaccine doses before age one, which is twice as many vaccinations as are given babies in Sweden and Japan. Is it really just a "coincidence" that the infant mortality rate is twice as high in America as it is in Sweden and Japan?

Natural Immunity is Superior to Vaccine-Induced Immunity 

The more vaccines are studied, the more apparent it becomes that proper vaccine studies are lacking, as vaccine expert and pediatrician Larry Palevsky explains. There is a major difference between natural immunity and vaccine-induced immunity. Obtaining natural immunity has far greater benefits.

When children are born, they develop natural immunity to a large variety of microorganisms that they breathe, eat, and touch. The immune responses by cells lining their airways, skin and intestines, are very important in creating "memory" and protection against the organisms they naturally come into contact with. That primary line of defense is a very important step in the maturation of your child's immune system—and it's bypassed when he/she gets a vaccine.

With vaccination, you are merely creating an antibody.

Vaccines do NOT impart long-term immunity because they don't create the kind of memory that occurs when you go through the process of a natural immune response. And natural exposure does not necessarily lead to infection—it is possible to obtain natural immunity without actually getting sick, if your immune system is robust. In fact, vaccines do NOT strengthen the healthy functioning of the immune system, but actually may weaken it.

Bombardment by Multiple Vaccines Can Damage Your Child's Developing Brain 

Dr. Russell Blaylock is a board-certified neurosurgeon and expert on vaccines and the nervous system. He may have discovered the central mechanism of how vaccines can contribute to the development of neurological diseases and has proposed a theory about the cause of autism spectrum disorders. Dr. Blaylock's theory can be summarized as follows:

Priming: Your child's immune system gets "primed" through exposure to an excitotoxin, such as a vaccine or an infectious agent, causing his/her microglia (special immune cells within the brain) to shift into "readiness mode."

Microglial Activation: Subsequent exposures to vaccines or other immune stresses over a relatively short period of time activate the microglia into full "battle mode," prepared to defend your child's body against what they perceive as an all-out invasion.

Bystander Damage: Excitotoxins and free radicals are generated, causing "bystander damage" in a runaway process that cannot be shut down. This leads to chronic inflammation and damage to brain tissues, including mitochondrial dysfunction, brain inflammation, seizures, and the other difficulties seen with autism.

Vaccines differ from natural infections in that vaccines can cause brain stimulation for very prolonged periods—the immune system in your child's brain is activated and re-activated by repeated exposure. Babies do not respond to vaccines in the same way as adults, even by one year of age. Immune over-activation can be especially damaging to a baby or young child's developing brain structures, such as the amygdala and limbic system.

This cycle is magnified by the administration of multiple vaccines at once. Many studies suggest this is very risky. Did you know that your 12 or 15 month old baby is allowed to get up to 13 vaccines at once under the CDC Immunization Schedule? How can this NOT be an assault to the immune system or developing brain? When was the last time YOU took 13 different prescription drugs at once without suffering side effects?

Certain children appear to have a higher risk for developing chronic brain and immune system dysfuntion including autism, than others, if their immune systems are more easily "primed." All it takes is the insult of ONE more vaccine, or ONE more infection, and the stage is set for regression into autism or development of other kinds of neuroimmune disorders like ADD/ADHD and seizures. One of the factors that can increase vaccine risks is if your child is particularly susceptible to immune dysfunction because of an imbalance in their gut flora..

Gut Bacteria May Increase Vulnerability to Vaccine Damage 

Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride found why some children are more vulnerable than others to developing autism. She discovered a close connection between abnormal gut flora and abnormal brain development—a condition she calls Gut and Psychology Syndrome (GAPS).

Your child's immune system begins in his/her gut. Pathogenic microbes inside your child's digestive tract can damage their gut wall integrity, allowing all sorts of toxins and microbes to enter their bloodstream and then his/her brain. With GAPS, your child's digestive system becomes a source of toxicity, rather than a source of nourishment.

In her research, Dr. Campbell-McBride discovered that 100 percent of the mothers of autistic children have abnormal gut flora, which is significant because newborns inherit their gut flora from their mothers at the time of birth. Establishing normal gut flora in the first 20 days or so of life plays a crucial role in the maturation of your baby's immune system. Babies who develop abnormal gut flora are left with compromised immune systems, putting them at higher risk for suffering vaccine reactions.

If your baby has suboptimal gut flora, vaccines can become the proverbial "last straw"—the trigger that "primes" his/her immune system to develop chronic heath problems, remembering Dr. Blaylock's model.

The best way to prevent GAPS is by breastfeeding. and avoiding the use of antibiotics because they destroy the balance of gut floras and promote the growth of pathogenic bacteria. In addition to breastfeeding, I highly recommend the use of fermented foods and probiotics for your baby to help reduce his/her risk of GAPS.

Fortunately, it's possible to screen your child for GAPS before he or she is vaccinated, so that you can make a better-informed vaccination decision. Dr. Campbell-McBride describes the entire process in her book. It involves providing a detailed family health history to a knowledgeable healthcare provider, combined with stool and urine analysis, and these combine to give you a picture of your baby's gut health and overall immune status.

Dr. Campbell-McBride states:

"If your child has abnormal gut flora, we can assume that your child has compromised immunity, and these children must not be vaccinated with the standard vaccination protocol because they simply get damaged by it. They should not be vaccinated."

These non-invasive tests are now available in most laboratories around the world for, typically, $80 to $100 each. This cost is insignificant compared to the incredible expense of treating an autistic child, once the damage is done.

Recommendations for Preventing Vaccination Overdose 

Ultimately it is your responsibility to do the due diligence and research to decide for yourself which vaccines you want your child to have. My only caution is to warn you not to rely exclusively on government, drug company or medical trade association information as those sources will not disclose the full story about vaccine risks. Please do an independent analysis by getting information from many sources, including organizations dedicated to preventing vaccine injuries and deaths, rather than from entities that make billions of dollars from promoting one-size-fits all forced vaccination policies. Please realize that right now in most American states, you have the right to opt out of vaccines. However, also be aware that vaccine exemptions are under attack in every state because the wealthy and powerful Pharma/Medical lobby is trying to take them away.

Below are a few recommendations that will help you prevent extra vaccine doses and minimize a vaccine risk for you or your child:

  • Keep a detailed record of the vaccinations your child has received and when. DO NOT rely on your doctor's office to do that for you. It is also a good idea to have your child's vaccination history on hand in the event there is a vaccine reaction.
  • Make sure that your doctors or vaccine provider reports vaccine adverse reactions to VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Effects Reporting System) or make a reaction report yourself.
  • Consider having your child evaluated for GAPS prior to any vaccination to help decrease vaccine risks.
  • Consider using an individualized vaccine schedule. Find a doctor to work with you to if you want to have fewer vaccines administered on the same day and/or allow more time between vaccinations.
  • Breastfeed your baby. Consider feeding him/her naturally fermented foods, rich in natural probiotics, as a regular part of his or her diet. Avoid antibiotics whenever you can.
  • I also encourage you to become involved with the NVIC, a non-profit charity that has worked for more than 30 years to protect your legal right to make informed, voluntary choices about vaccination for yourself and your family.

What You Can Do to Make a Difference 

While it seems "old-fashioned," the only truly effective actions you can take to protect the right to informed consent to vaccination and expand vaccine exemptions, is to get personally involved with your state legislators and the leaders in your community.

THINK GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALLY.

Mass vaccination policies are made at the federal level but vaccine laws are made at the state level, and it is at the state level where your action to protect your vaccine choice rights can have the greatest impact.

Signing up for NVIC's free Advocacy Portal at www.NVICAdvocacy.org not only gives you access to practical, useful information to help you become an effective vaccine choice advocate in your own community, but when national vaccine issues come up, you will have the up-to-date information and call to action items you need at your fingertips to make sure your voice is heard.

So please, as your first step, sign up for the NVIC Advocacy Portal.

Connect with Your Doctor or Find a New One that Will Listen and Care 

If your pediatrician or doctor refuses to provide medical care to you or your child unless you agree to get vaccines you don't want, I strongly encourage you to have the courage to find another doctor. Harassment, intimidation, and refusal of medical care is becoming the modus operandi of the medical establishment in an effort to stop the change in attitude of many parents about vaccinations after they become truly educated about health and vaccination.

However, there is hope.

At least 15 percent of young doctors recently polled admit that they're starting to adopt a more individualized approach to vaccinations in direct response to the vaccine safety concerns of parents. It is good news that there is a growing number of smart young doctors, who prefer to work as partners with parents in making personalized vaccine decisions for children, including delaying vaccinations or giving children fewer vaccines on the same day or continuing to provide medical care for those families, who decline use of one or more vaccines.

So take the time to locate a doctor, who treats you with compassion and respect and is willing to work with you to do what is right for your child.

Source: www.articles.mercola.com/sites/articles...



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Jo commented on 16-Nov-2011 05:54 PM5 out of 5 stars
Thank you for sharing some great common sense. It is information that most pro vax's will never support obviously and that's fine, they're 100% protected... in their minds, so, good for them! ; ) The rest of us enjoy our 'strong as an ox' immunity and
love it! : )
Anonymous commented on 16-Nov-2011 05:56 PM5 out of 5 stars
Hey Nick.....are you really getting all of your info from wikipedia??? Shame on you. How about you research more reliable sources yourself. I have no reason, as I'm sure many others don't as well, to have any disbelief in what the crew at Food Matters
is posting. I think you should do a little more research yourself before you go calling this info rubbish.
Cor vd Meij commented on 16-Nov-2011 06:40 PM5 out of 5 stars
@Nick Schoonens: if you search enough you will find plenty of evidence that vaccines are harmfull. What dr. Mercola tells us, is only a fraction of the truth. Most essential is that the pharmaceutical industry (in close relation with governments of which
more and more advisors are related to pharmaceutical companies), sells health (e.g. vaccine) products of which the safety and health effects are not proven. One recent example is the mania campaign of last year warning us for a violent flu epidemic which never
occurred. Normally the pharmaceutical industry has to prove the advantages and safety of new remedies, but not for vaccines. For vaccination one must keep in mind what American vet. dr. Don Hamilton tells us: we do not know what the advantages are of infectious
diseases, but we can see that vaccicnation against these infections is bringing us more and more chronic diseases.
4our kids commented on 16-Nov-2011 06:41 PM5 out of 5 stars
Perhaps Mr Schoonens as you are just a new parent? and your child hasn't had all their vaccinations yet you should not be so quick to judge or comment. Myself having had children who have had bad reactions to vaccinations. I was a believer that vaccination
was oh so wonderful. But years of thinking oh just a coincidence slowly eroded my belief and yes just so happened my kids were the unlucky ones.....Isn't it funny how some people can presume that children or people can react to food or grass or nuts and they
can't react to multiple vaccinations with a multitude of things in them and that elderly people on so many different drugs just get sicker and sicker. Then they get taken off all those combinations of drugs and they get better again. I think I know who is
talking rubbish and it's not food matters. Sounds like your comments have an agenda. Great article food matters, our children do matter.
Anonymous commented on 16-Nov-2011 07:21 PM5 out of 5 stars
How many un-vaccinated babies have you personally seen die? Over the years I have seen quite a few die from both measles and whooping cough....
claudia ferri commented on 16-Nov-2011 07:58 PM5 out of 5 stars
Dear Nick, Please re-think. Read 'The vaccination bible' and have a look at the 'Informed Parent' website. My 23 year old son has never been vaccinated, has had chicken-pox later in life and all is well. In fact any diseases a non-vaccinated person 'contracts'
tend to affect them in a much lesser way. My 8 year old son hasn't been vaccinated either and his immune system is as strong as an ox's.
Anonymous commented on 16-Nov-2011 08:18 PM5 out of 5 stars
I believe that we are totally over vaccinating. I have 3 children, age 5, 3, and newborn. In that Span they have upped the vaccinnations. We vaccinated my first with the traditional vaccinations, then my second was offered a few more which we refused and
vaccinated with only the original vaccines and then at 3 was told he needed an additional booster, which we refused again. Now my newborn has been offered a bunch of new vaccines, which included a rotovirus drop to the mouth. We have decided not to vaccinate
him at all. It is personal choice. I have researched this topic alot and find through proper nutrition my children can build their immunity. My 5 year old has never missed a day in school where most junior and senior kindergarten kids are always sick. I attribute
this to his daily juicing of green juice, vit d drops and probiotics. My children have never needed antibiotics either. We are lacto ova vegetarians as well.
Nick commented on 16-Nov-2011 08:56 PM1 out of 5 stars
@Cor vd Meij: I agree that the pharmaceutical companies probably have too much power in the government with their lobby groups. And I'm all for scientific research into all sides. But I'm sick of the anti-vaccination campaigners spreading their message
based on fake evidence. I urge anyone that is anti-vaccination to find me a reputable scientific source that shows a link between vaccinations and autism. Most of the anti-vaccination campaigners that I've heard point to the 1998 study by Andrew Wakefield
as their main piece of evidence which has since proven to be based on fabricated results.
Dora commented on 16-Nov-2011 09:42 PM5 out of 5 stars
Here in our country, children are not allowed to schools if they have not received all their vaccinations. I have heard of plenty of parents who would rather not give their children vaccines. To protect your children from harm, give them glyconutrients
on a regular basis to keep their immune systems healthy.
Linda commented on 17-Nov-2011 01:15 AM5 out of 5 stars
check out Dr Mercola's library. plenty there
Anonymous commented on 17-Nov-2011 01:46 AM5 out of 5 stars
Everyone should be concerned when the Government mandate a thing that infriges on your right to make a personal decision. (with the exception of being a genuine danger to the general public)Government should have no powers over whether an individual wishes
to participate in an action,but in many cases this simply is not so.Many states require that your children be vaccinated as a requirement for entry into school.Perhaps we need to examine this and work towards change.
Michelle commented on 17-Nov-2011 02:05 AM5 out of 5 stars
Knowledge is power and as a parent an article like this allow us to make more informed choices for our children. We only ever get one side of the story through the healthcare system and we often feel guilted into taking action that is not necessarily in
our best interest. Thank you for supporting other view points with relevant perspectives and information.
Helkie commented on 17-Nov-2011 03:19 AM5 out of 5 stars
It is stated right on vaccine package inserts and product monographs (available on the Internet)that they are not evaluated for the potential to cause carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, and potential to impair fertility. In other words, long term testing is
not done on vaccines.
Lori @ Laurel of Leaves commented on 17-Nov-2011 03:29 AM5 out of 5 stars
Really great article about such an important topic! If anyone is looking to do even more research on this topic, I would highly recommend a book by medical researcher Neil Z. Miller: "Vaccines: Are They Really Safe & Effective?"
Anonymous commented on 17-Nov-2011 03:51 AM5 out of 5 stars
I am sorry but I believe that some of the definitive statements in this article are not true. As a physician and scientist, I have learned that just because information is sourced from a reputable place it does not mean it is wholly true. One main issue
I had problems with is the correlation that more vaccines cause more infant deaths. First of all, what is the definition of infant death? It is traditionally before 30 days of life when only one vaccine (hepatitis B) is actually administered by this time.
Also, what were the causes of these infant mortalities? How were these investigators make such an astounding causality? Could it be that deaths are caused by something else totally separate from vaccinations that are actually given to older infants? Lastly,
please do not forget the very good and dramatic effects that vaccination of populations has done. One prime example is the hepatitis B vaccination of thousands of Taiwanese children that has drastically reduced the rates of development if liver cirrhosis,
infectivity to other children and development of liver cancer. I believe vaccines are largely misunderstood and like other things, suspend judgement. In the meantime, it is the only solution we have to create immunity to disease that we do know are truly harmful.
I am saying this as a pediatrician who has seen the worst and a scientist who is working hard to get the best information for the future.
Anonymous commented on 17-Nov-2011 07:40 AM1 out of 5 stars
"If you follow the CDC's recommended vaccination schedule, your child will receive 49 doses of 14 vaccines by the time he/she is 6 years of age. And by the age of 18, the CDC recommends that children should have gotten 69 doses of 16 vaccines." According
to CDC's recommended immunization schedule for persons aged 0-6 years, the above information provided is incorrect. See: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/recs/schedules/downloads/child/0-6yrs-schedule-pr.pdf The immunizations provided between the age of 0 and 6
cover serious illness. Anyone heard of herd immunity? It's pretty helpful for those unable to be immunized or who are immunocompromised.
Anonymous commented on 17-Nov-2011 08:30 AM5 out of 5 stars
Who sanitized these comments....not one critical comment.....comeon now....
Kerrie Waldron commented on 17-Nov-2011 09:22 AM5 out of 5 stars
Hi Nick, my background is research, (so I just love the internet). I've spent years researching vaccines and listened to the science of scores (yes-scores) of Drs who actually studied the Medical literature (so as to not be accused of non-medical bias)
and they came to the same conclusions Food Matters list here. Those brave Drs are the source of the REAL science here(as opposed to the "religious" belief held by most MDs that Bigpharma is truthful about their drugs/vaccines-as if!). It was a painful journey
for me as I also "religiously believed" and fully vaccinated my 5 children only to watch them descend into chronic ill-health as a result.......and have spent $100,000s recovering them (including youngest autistic and yes-Nick vaccines cause autism-Bigpharma
lies again =follow the money)
Alicia commented on 17-Nov-2011 10:19 AM5 out of 5 stars
Here is a good study recently completed in Germany that involved both vaccinated and unvaccinated children, something the US and Big Pharm has yet to be willing to test. http://healthfreedoms.org/2011/10/14/big-study-vaccinated-kids-2-5-more-diseases-than-unvaccinated/
There is a lot of information out there but when all is said and done it comes down to basic common sense. If you took all of the ingredients out of the vaccines and put them individually into shots, would you be willing to let a doctor inject things like
MSG, animal tissue, mercury, and formaldehyde into you? Probably not. There are much better ways to boost your immune system and keep your children healthy than injecting them with toxins in hopes that they will be safe from infectious diseases. If we really
wanted to protect people we'd be giving immunizations out for free. Protection isn't the motivation, money is.
Marcie commented on 17-Nov-2011 10:27 AM5 out of 5 stars
I have a 4 year old son and I did not vaccinate him. I am a Canadian and I have never had any trouble getting my son into any school or program. I have been told that he would have to leave if there was an outbreak which is fine by me. My nephew, now 18,
has Autism. When he was born, the incidence was 1 in 5-10,000 kids. Now it's 1 in 110 kids and 1 in 94 boys - a mere 20 years later. I chose to do a homeopathic immunization protocol for my son, studied for 20 years by Dr. Isaac Golden, called Homeoprophylaxis.
I also started a natural baby skin care company because in addition to vaccines, other chemicals babies fragile immune systems are exposed to, have also been implicated as a possible contributor to Autism. So making safe , chemical free skin care for babies
is what I feel driven to do because of what has happened to my nephew. I feel it's my contribution.
Anonymous commented on 17-Nov-2011 11:40 AM5 out of 5 stars
I went mute after receiving a second MMR shot. I eventually regained my speech but I still remember my mom getting angry with me, not understanding that I could not speak. I wonder how many effects I still have from that.
Anonymous commented on 18-Nov-2011 04:34 AM3 out of 5 stars
First of all why is that doctor giving that baby a shot in her arm? My comment: Do I think that vaccines are harmful and Toxic? Yes. Do I think that the diseases they protect against are worse? You betcha. Do I think that a proper diet high in live plants,
lifestyle of exercise and stress reducing practices would strengthen the immune system enough to ward off these diseases and build up natural immunity? Most likely. Can I guarantee that my children will follow this way of life in a society that loves fast,
convenient, artificial, preserved, dead foods? no I cannot. So with that said, Will I vaccinate my children? Yes. Will I take a closer look at the vaccine schedule and try to modify it for a breastfed child that still has it's mothers immunity for 6mo? Yes
If everyone in the world lived like the tribe in New Zeland (comment above) I think we would all be healthier, however they don't so we do need the lesser of the two evils vaccines so we don't end up with outbreaks like this one http://www.fox13now.com/news/local/kstu-measles-area-of-concern-for-measles-outbreak-spreads-beyond-olympus-high-20110410,0,7600552.story
Also, speaking to these infant mortality rates including babies born to smoking mothers/homes, suffocation,ect there are a lot of other factors that come into play here.
CAy commented on 18-Nov-2011 01:48 PM5 out of 5 stars
great article!! if only more people were aware of the risks and dangers associated with vaccines teh world would be a better place, theese parents are so quick to judge people who do not vaccinate and think badly of us for not following the heard. I myself
and im sure many of you have made an educated decision not to vaccinate. I have done plenty of research as well as talked to plenty of doctors in private and they have also told me thier TRUE opinion and they woudl not have vaccinated their own children had
they known what most know now. Funny huh?? So all you people who want to talk trash about the people who chose to not inject their children with TOXIC chemicals and Foreign diseases. You guys are the crappy parents who could care less to educate your selfs
and be the voice for your children who can not make the decision for them self instead you choose to sign your children up to be be guinnea pigs, So shame on you!! for not giving a damn to even see what you are doiing to your kids!!! Believe what the doctors
tell you and dont ask questions and you will be the ones sorry, and it will be too late the damage will already be done!!! YOu owe it to your children to do right by them weather people agree with you or not, and its very sad that you are failing your children
just to follow the heard!!
Anonymous commented on 21-Nov-2011 09:45 AM5 out of 5 stars
All of the sources referenced in the comments and which were undoubtedly used in the composition of this article are imperfect, non-omnipotent human beings. Each person needs to do his/her own research on all matters but especially those which are most
likely to affect the well-being of ourselves and our children. We can only make an imperfect and under-informed decision as no one of us will ever know it all. Sadly, I work in clerical position in a medical office because I must support myself and my family.
I disagree with many things I see being done. However, I must accept that each individual is responsible for his/her own actions, parents being responsible for their children. I appreciate that there are those willing to provide the findings of their personal
research for review. It helps me in considering other views before making my own decisions. Ultimately it is my decision to make AND for which I will be held accountable. I hear some in the medical field, mostly nurses and doctors who are also parents, complain
that they do not want their children in school with children who have not been immunized. My immediate reaction is one of great disappointment. "If your child is immunized, and that's your choice, what threat is it to you?" Then, I must remember that each
has their own accountability and ultimately, it is none of my business. I only wish others would learn to feel the same. This system, not just the medical profession, but the entire world structure is degrading into further chaos and is becoming more and more
detached from a state which is more appropriate to the obvious design of our bodies. Each of us must determine within ourselves to continue searching for a way to find something better.
Anonymous commented on 21-Nov-2011 09:55 AM5 out of 5 stars
It's incredibly frustrating to me that on both sides of this debate are individuals that cannot express themselves in writing. From the MD whose comments are full of typos, which show a laziness and lack of personal pride, to the layman who feels it's
appropriate to use foul language and cannot spell or use punctuation. While I can appreciate your arguments in and of themselves, I find it difficult to take them very seriously by the way in which they are presented. The presentation leads me to dismiss them
as having come from an uneducated person and therefore of little or no account. Disappointing indeed, for they hold some valid reasoning.
Evan commented on 25-Nov-2011 08:21 AM1 out of 5 stars
Do you think that every vaccinne denier purposely ignores the mulitudes of evidence that are contrary to their beliefs? Let's test this theory! http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p2070.pdf Amoung those listed are the: The Americn Academy of Pediatrics, the
Centers for Desease Control, Johns Hopkins University. But for the lazy, I present some Cole's notes. It's funny the author should mention Japan as a safe bastion of progressive medicine... "For example, we know what happened in Japan when the vaccination
rate for pertussis (whooping cough) dropped 70% from 1974 to 1976. In 1974 there were 393 cases of pertussis and no deaths. In 1976, there were more than 13,000 cases and 41 deaths." -http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/why.htm Natural immunity is better you
say? "If you allow your children to catch the disease, they run the risk of being seriously ill or even dying. On the other hand, the vaccines only rarely cause serious adverse effects. It is true that vaccines do not give long lasting protection 100% of the
time but then neither do many diseases. For example, you can catch whooping cough, Hib, meningococcal disease and rubella more than once. However, even if a child does catch the disease after they have had the vaccine, the disease is usually milder. By giving
the vaccine most children are spared the effects of the disease. Even if immunity from the vaccine wears off, if enough people are immunized, there will be herd immunity and so this should not be a problem. This will protect people who have lost their immunity"
- http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ich/homepage Don't get me started on Autism. "The researchers examined data on 956 children diagnosed with autism from 1971 to 2000. The autism incidence rate climbed steadily from less than one child per 10,000 in 1990 to nearly 5 per
10,000 in 1999, seven years after thimerosal was removed from vaccines in Denmark." -http://skepdic.com/antivaccination.html and "In 2004, the Institute of Medicine—a prestigious group of impartial experts who advise Congress on science issues—stated strongly
that the evidence from five large epidemiological studies, three of which involved more than 100,000 children each, did not support a connection between autism and thimerosal-containing vaccines. Similarly, evidence from 14 large epidemiological studies showed
no association between measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism." -http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4028.pdf As for the minor side effects caused by vaccines... "There have been many well-designed studies that have examined claims that vaccines cause
chronic diseases such as asthma, multiple sclerosis, chronic arthritis, sudden infant death syndrome, and diabetes. The studies have not found compelling evidence for any such links" -http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=12612250
Furthermore, to say that America has many vaccinations and also has many infant deaths, therefore vaccinations cause infant death is not only a complete logical fallacy, it's criminally dangerous. Please note, for everyone harshing Nick for asking for sources,
not a single person mentions that the sources found on her website are largely not peer-reveiwed medical institutes, and often are just other articles people have written for her website that in turn do not have credible sources. Bonus Source (this one's my
favorite) http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2004/Immunization-Safety-Review-Vaccines-and-Autism.aspx So, what credible, scientific, peer-reviewed medical studies do you have to show?
Evan commented on 25-Nov-2011 08:57 AM1 out of 5 stars
@ Alicia Did you even read that "German study"? "The data was collected from parents with vaccine-free children via an internet questionnaire by vaccineinjury.info and Andreas Bachmair, a German classical homeopathic practitioner" -http://healthfreedoms.org/2011/10/14/big-study-vaccinated-kids-2-5-more-diseases-than-unvaccinated/
Read that again. The data was collected from a WEBSITE called VACCINE INJURY! That is not science, that is bias. @Marcie "My nephew, now 18, has Autism. When he was born, the incidence was 1 in 5-10,000 kids. Now it's 1 in 110 kids and 1 in 94 boys - a mere
20 years later" Again confirmation bias. The diagnoses of autism has only risen to providence in the last couple decades. Further more, it's now known as Autism Spectrum Disorder, because we acknowledge that there are many types of autism with any different
functional abilities. This doesn't mean that there are more autistic children now than before. Besides the fact you state this as though vaccinations have significantly increased in the last 18 years, an implication you have left completely unfounded. All
of this is moot of course since correlation is not equal to causation.
Anonymous commented on 27-Nov-2011 09:56 PM5 out of 5 stars
Yawn - as usual a one sided hysterical 'anti' - ever looked after a baby with whooping cough? With tetanus? Ever known anyone who has died from diptheria? Ah how short our memories are.
healthyliving commented on 28-Nov-2011 07:03 PM5 out of 5 stars
vaccine ingredients: http://www.informedchoice.info/cocktail.html
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