>There are several list members that express regrets about having had
>children vaccinated.
The majority of parents who do choose to not immunize their children
have
done extensive homework on the subject and are well informed as to the
"pros" and "cons" of vax. (At least they should have done their
homework).
>A study...revealed that parents could not be relied upon to
>give health professionals an accurate history of their children's
>immunizations.
I am one who happens to have a very accurate record of my child's vax,
and
that is mainly because I was wary from the start. If anyone is to
blame for
ill-kept records, it is the vax-pushers who convince parents that all
is
well and there needn't be any concern, and fail to make the parents
understand the importance of showing proof of vax if they wish to have
their
child enrolled in school, etc. (Though most if not all states by now
allow
for certain exemptions, and the bottom line is that it is the family's
right
to refuse any vax or other medical treatment)
>Most parents now raising questions about the safety and wisdom of childhood
>immunizations have never seen a case of...
You fail to mention the diet of those children who became so ill. You
fail
to mention the irradiated milk experiments and other
immunity-compromising
practices in the '50's. You fail to mention the coincidence that so
many of
these children were fed cow's milk-based formula (which was considered
in
the '50's to be superior to human milk). There are hundreds if factors
that
set the stage for such an epidemic. What about those cases where a
child was
damaged by the vax?
>Few such parents realize that small children can die or become brain-damaged
>from a measles infection
The vax cause more brain development problems than the diseases do.
Few
parents realize that cow's milk is poison, or that "just a little bit
of
sugar" goes a LONG way.
>Ill-informed hysteria about the safety of current vaccines could once more
>bring these awful childhood diseases to the fore...
There are times when a vaccine would be advisable, but there is NO
NEED for
mass routine vaccination! It is absolutely inappropriate for the
government
to 1) try to force parents into "routine" vax and 2) even worse, give
these
to infants!! If a child is to be vaccinated, the matter should be
taken very
seriously and the effect that this inocculation will have on the body
should
absolutely be taken into consideration. Having more than one
vaccination at
any time is foolish. That's exactly like giving the body more than one
of
these diseases at a time. Homeopathy should be condsidered for use in
conjunction with the vaccine, as it will help the body overcome some
of the
ill effects and may even help the vaccine to "take" better. And how
about
this? Rather than herd a bunch of immunocompromised infants into day
cares
and preschools, how about parents treat them like individuals, and
keep them
at home with their moms for as long as possible in their early
childhood?
The stress of a day care/preschool situation, separation from parents,
disposable diapers outgasing, arificial baby milk/"food", and all the
various illnesses that breed in places like this keep the baby/small
child's
immune system from functioning optimally. Add a vax on top of that and
you
are asking for trouble.
>How accurate are the accusations against vaccines, and what price might we
>pay for heeding them at the expense of the immunizations now universally
>recommended by pediatric and public health officials?
Humankind has thrived quite well for millenia without vaccines. Give
me a
break. Disease and death are a part of life. Children get sick and
they
sometimes die, and no vaccine can claim to remedy this fact.
>But as a serious outbreak of measles in Alaska shows, all it takes
>is one child with an active infection to cause widespread problems among
>those not properly immunized.
"Immunization" does not guarantee immunity against the disease. It
can't
make that claim. There is no way to predict how the body will react.
Also,
no vaccine I know of is effective for more than 20 years, most being
effective for 10-16 years. My rubella titer shows that my childhood
vax is
wearing off. Here I am in my child bearing years, no longer immune to
a
disease that could seriously damage fetal development, and I could not
have
a booster if I wanted to because my baby is still nursing... Vax are
very
misleading. They can cause disease, wear off, or simply not "take".
You have
no way of predicting.
>Studies have found no causal connection between vaccines and autism.
That's just a load of crap in my opinion, and I expect you will hear
the
same from another mom on this list who knows better than that too.
Parents have every right to refuse to knowingly expose their infant to
vaccines. They have the right to informed consent. Informed consent
means
knowing all of the possible risks associated with administering
vaccines, as
well as the truth about the disease itself. They have the right to
vaccinate
their children according to their own circumstances. No infant should
be
subjected to routine vaccination for no reason other than the doctor
and the
government said it should be that way.
The polio epidemic of the '50's was every bit as much of a
social/spiritual
problem as a physical health problem. These are the children of the
people
who were born during the Great Depression. But that is another topic
altogether.
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