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11/16/07, 07:19 AM
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Location: WV
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I vac. my children because WV does not have the option not too, unless medically contraindicated. This really bothers me, because though I would vac. anyway....I think every parent should have the CHOICE of what their children are exposed to.
Now, I did have to talk to the Dr's, because my oldest ds had a reaction to the chicken pox vac, at 18 months. His younger sister was only 6 mos at the time, so I decided to stop all immunizations until after the children were two years old. At the time I had read several studies that showed children over 2 were less likely to have reactions. The Dr's really gave me a hard time about it, but I didn't care.
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11/16/07, 11:01 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Wyoming
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Originally Posted by Kstornado11
I know there are a lot of parents here,and I'd like to get some more opinions on the subject. My oldest 3 are immunized,but the baby (5 months yesterday) has only has his 1st shot. All the hubbub I have read about the dangers scares me,as he had SO many problems when he was born,and I am afraid because of all the reports of autism & other problems supposedly related to vaccines.
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Personally, if we vaccinated, I would wait until they are older - particularly a preemie (we had one) as they have underdeveloped lungs and their immune systems tend to not be as strong. Here is some info regarding the one I would worry about most for a preemie, I no longer have the link, but a quick websearch should verify the information.
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"Delay of DPT immunization until 2 years of age in Japan has resulted in a dramatic decline in adverse side effects. In the period of 1970-1974, when DPT vaccination was begun at 3 to 5 months of age, the Japanese national compensation system paid out claims for 57 permanent severe damage vaccine cases, and 37 deaths.
"During the ensuing six year period 1975-1980, when DPT injections were delayed to 24 months of age, severe reactions from the vaccine were reduced to a total of eight with three deaths. This represents an 85 to 90 percent reduction in severe cases of damage and death." -Raymond Obomsawin, M.D.
"These data show that DPT vaccination may be a generally unrecognized major cause of sudden infant and early childhood death, and that the risks of immunization may outweigh its potential benefits. A need for re-evaluation and possible modification of current vaccination procedures is indicated by this study." -William C. Torch, M.D., Director of Child Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Nevada School of Medicine
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11/16/07, 12:32 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Kansas
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I agree with Rockyglen about waiting until the immune system is stronger, if you do choose to vaccinate. I just read a book by Jenny McCarthy whose son was autistic. There is a lot of information on the link between vaccinations and autism, so if you are concerned, read up on it.
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11/16/07, 03:17 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
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I believe in vaccination. What I don't necessarily believe in is that the vaccination 'schedule' that we have is the best thing for babies -- I know it's the best thing for our pay-as-you-go health care system, and the general public health, but as a parent I'm responsible for my babies first, and those things second.
So, we vaccinate for just about everything (including some weirdies that aren't usually seen in the US). But we do it on our own schedule... we wait until the kiddos are at least a year, don't use combination vaccines like the MMR or the DTaP, and get one shot every couple of months only when the kid is otherwise healthy. We do Polio, HiB, and the components of MMR and DTaP as toddlers, do Chicken Pox and pneumonia around age 7 (we would skip pneumonia entirely, but asthma runs in our family like a river, so we chose to do it), and Hepatitis B and Gardasil and Menegitis and all the other weird travel diseases in adolescence.
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11/16/07, 03:28 PM
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No I don't smell Funky
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Potato land
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Originally Posted by LisaInN.Idaho
For anyone who thinks that measles is a "minor" disease:
http://www.ratbags.com/rsoles/vaxli...aslesdeaths.htm
Today is November 15, 2007
300510 children have died of measles somewhere in the world since January 1, 2007.
The number of dots on this page is approximately the same as the number of children who die each year from measles*. Anti-vaccination liars would tell us that measles is harmless and the vaccine is very dangerous. Tell that to the parents of the children who die every day at the rate of two every three minutes.
Things have been much worse, and one of the first pieces of good news in 2007 was the announcement by the WHO that global measles deaths had been reduced by 60% in little more than five years. The number is still 345,000 too high...
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Those children died because of a vitamin A deficiency because they are malnourished, not because they were not vaxed. 3 of my kids (who are well nourished) had measles and it was a little rash, l would say Chicken pox was way worse than the measles was. http://www.who.int/vaccines/en/vitamina.shtml the reduction in death is because the WHO started offering VItamin A shots and supplements in countries with the highest deaths.
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Ehh, whatever.
Last edited by FUNKY PIONEER; 11/16/07 at 03:31 PM.
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11/16/07, 03:34 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Texas
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I vaccinate my kids, but I do it my way....single doses, over a long period of time, not when they are newborns, and some childhood illnesses I don't vaccinate for. Whay do I do it my way? Because they are my kids, and I can! 
No one should tell anyone, how or if they should vaccinate, IMO. If your kids are vaccinated then you have no worry about the unvaccinated kids. Right?
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