Needling Questions: Immunizing Kids
If you choose not to have your child vaccinated against measles, mumps, chicken pox, and other infectious diseases, does your responsibility end there?
It’s a debate that continues as the trend for not vaccinating children increases.
Parents who believe that vaccinations are linked to autism, or who object for religious or other reasons, balk at government regulations that bar their unvaccinated children from attending school if they don’t have the required shots. One anti-vaccination group calls forced vaccination “a violation of human rights.”
But those on the opposite side of the argument say not vaccinating violates the rights of others. According to officials at the Centers for Disease Control, “The decision not to vaccinate is a decision for your child but also a decision for society.” They say that unlike other medical issues where refusing treatment affects only the patient, refusing vaccinations puts others at risk as well, including newborns and people with suppressed immune systems.
Parents of unimmunized children rely on the vast majority of kids who do get their shots, figuring there’s little polio, measles, chicken pox or other pathogens to be found among so many protected kids. But with recent measles outbreaks in four states, that protection may not be enough. “We are seeing outbreaks that look different, concentrated among intentionally unimmunized people,” says an immunization official. “I hope they’re not the beginning of a worse trend.”
Tell us what you think: When it comes to vaccinations, do parents have a responsibility beyond their own children?
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Oh Really Doc?
I don’t believe a word you doctors tell me anymore. I am disgusted with all of you “vaccine pushers”.
So, what you are saying is that 1,200 micrograms of aluminum is safe for a 2 month old with all of their shots? Mercury is safe for infants under 6 mo. old? (there is still mercury in the mercury free shots by the way – I guess you didn’t know). Mercury can only be excreted through bile and infants do not produce this until 6 mo. old.
Sodium borate is o.k. in vaccines? I guess you didn’t know that the FDA approved it in Gardasil, but will not approve it in any amount in our food supply (it is a known ant killer and decreases fertility).
Formaldehyde is currently being classified as a carcinogen by the EPA because it is toxic. Yet, it is o.k. to inject it into the bloodstream of an infant? My baby received at least 300 micrograms of that with his DTaP.
Did you know that every vaccine states the following warning? The drug manufacturer doesn’t know if they cause cancer, alter our DNA, or impair our fertility….YET, WE ARE TOLD THEY ARE QUITE SAFE??
According to the CDC – disease was pretty much eradicated BEFORE each vaccine came out. Vaccines actually caused the number of disease cases to skyrocket. I guess you didn’t know this either. Yes, many outbreaks throughout history have been among the vaccinated populations.
I could go on and on, but the fact that you doctors will give the same .5 ml dose to a 7 lb baby as well as a 300 lb adult and not see anything wrong with it just makes me sick.
Dawncrim | 1 year, 8 months ago
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You are so sadly misinformed and do not have a complete understanding. Believe me, I listen to parents such as yourself everyday. All I can say is that I have sat by and watched as children have died from Hib and Pneumococcal meningitis, and I NEVER want to see it again. I give your child nothing that I have not given my own, and I have 3 beautiful, healthy, bright kids. I would only ask that you continue to do your research. By the way, infants do produce bile. If they did not, their poops wouldn’t be yellow/green/brown in color – their poops would be grey/tan in color. Of course there are chemicals in vaccines to insure their sterility. There are trace amounts of aluminum in immunizations, which aids in the body’s inflammatory response and thus to the function of the immunization. All vaccines are now free of mercury with the exception of the influenza vaccine, and there is a mercury free version of this for children under the age of 3.
We are blessed to live in a free country, thank God. I don’t “push” vaccines on anyone. I recommend them to my patients, just as I have provided them to my own children. Personally, I have mixed feelings on requiring immunizations, but I do feel that they should be required if your kids are going to be in an environment with my kids -i.e, school. If you wish to home school, and live life “your way”, then have at it. I will still treat your child if they ever have to face a serious illness.
I appreciate your comments.
Russell Delaney | 1 year, 8 months ago
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Deaths due to vaccines
Actually doc, I find that the children who are dying from diseases such as Hib and Pneumococcal meningitis are the ones who were vaccinated for other things. Quite honestly, I have never heard of an unvaccinated healthy infant dying from any disease for which vaccines exist. The child usually recovers without complications.
1,200 micrograms of aluminum is not “trace”.
It is you who is sadly misinformed because there is still mercury in many of the mercury-free vaccines. Just a few “trace shots” would exceed any infant’s “safe guideline” recommended by the EPA and FDA. A doctor anonymously sent in 4 mercury-free vials to be tested at an independent lab and they all contained mercury.
There is no such thing as herd immunity. Anyone who knows anything about vaccines knows this. If there were such a thing, then doctors and nurses are the biggest risk to society because vaccines boosters are not mandatory for them. What about the unimmune illegal & legal aliens? The majority of vaccines are not required before entering this country (my brother married a foreigner recently). What about all of us adults that are no longer immune? The majority of vaccines wear off after 10 yrs and the majority of us have not been vaccinated since grade school. I haven’t heard of any major outbreaks. Polio is running rampant in Nigeria with two strains. Their country cannot seem to control it. One stemmed from the vaccine and the other is “wild”. The measles outbreak in Wisconsin started with a vaccinated 5th grader. His doctor was astonished that he still contracted measles while being up to date on his shots??
I find it very appalling that doctors do not recognize adverse reactions. According to the CDC, less than 10% of adverse reactions are ever reported and fewer than 1% of serious ones are ever reported either.
If you want to trade these so-called deadly diseases for Autism, diabetes, ADHD, Bi-Polar, infertility, cancer, etc. be my guest. I have researched vaccines extensively and I am 100% convinced that vaccines are deadly. Not only that, but studies have shown that vaccines are responsible for every SV virus out there. RSV, SV-40, etc. These were viruses that originated in animals, but thanks to vaccines, humans now have them.
Dawncrim | 1 year, 8 months ago
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Inflammatories Cause Neuroinflammation Which Cause
Doc, you are making our case for us:
“There are trace amounts of aluminum in immunizations, which aids in the body’s inflammatory response and thus to the function of the immunization.”
These are not “trace” amounts, they are enough to stimulate a powerful immune response to which causes the body to recognize and create antibodies to the injected viruses. But for some children, like my son, who do not have normal immune and detox systems to begin with, these adjuvants trigger an over response by the immune system causing autoimmune disorders where the immune system attacks the central nervous system causing NEUROINFLAMMATION. You and I know the unfortunate side effects of this brain swelling as “Autism”.
Take a look at the Vaccine Injury Compensation Funds table of covered vaccine injuries and you will note that one of them is Vaccine Induced Encephalopathy, read for yourself what the symptoms are. Loss of eye contact, not responding to stimuli, seems disconnected from the world around them. Sound like autism to you?
The Merck Manual also lists seizures and unspecified gastrointestinal problems. Guess what our autistic kids have? Almost all have GI problems and 30% of them have seizure disorders.
Yet most peds like you have never even heard of Vaccine Induced Encephalopathy. They are just taught about this mysterious disorder called “Autism” with no cause and no cure, and told not to bother medically investigating what is going on with these kids, and to ship kids with these symptoms off to speech therapy.
The reason that Hannah Poling, the daughter of a Johns Hopkins neurologist, got paid for her vaccine induce “autism symptoms” is because she was a seemingly normal child who got autism from her vaccines. And kids like her have been being paid by the government for more than 15 years.
“All vaccines are now free of mercury with the exception of the influenza vaccine…”
And a quick check of the FDA’s web site lets you know how wrong you are on this.
http://www.fda.gov/cber/vaccine/thimerosal.htm
You don’t even know what you are injecting into your patients or what those compounds are doing once they are inside them. Most peds don’t.
Please, for the good of the kids you treat. Start researching vaccine injuries and studying the vaccine package inserts.
After my son regressed after his 18 months shots, I could not get my pediatrician to even READ the package insert for the Hep B vaccine that I thought might be responsible.
LISTEN to moms when they say that something odd happened after a vaccine. My son reaction to his Hep B shot at two weeks old with three months of crying and fevers and two years of constipation. My docs blew it off and said, “some kids are just like that”. They kept vaccinating him with the SAME SHOT until he regressed at 18 months.
Look for warning signs of Febrile, GI and autoimmune problems in the kids you are vaccinating.
PLEASE!!!
Ginger Taylor | 1 year, 8 months ago
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Wrong Moral Guy
No link between vaccines and Autism? I guess you aren’t aware of Julie Gerberding’s recent admission (director of the CDC – the previous studies were useless and Dr. Bernadine Healy (former director of the NIH)- who scolded our government agencies for not studying regressive autism/vaccines. Please do your homework before commenting on the subject.
Dawncrim | 1 year, 8 months ago
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Misinformed
Actually, my employer does require that myself and my staff are current on our vaccines. They even check my titers to see if I’m immune. There most certainly is such a thing as herd immunity, there is scientific proof of it.
If you choose not to protect your loved ones, that is your business. Again, I am a part of no lies or conspiracy. I’ve devoted my life to the health and well being of children. I can only make decisions for my own three, however. I can only provide my educated professional advice for my patients. It saddens me to hear the hysterical rants of persons such as yourself.
Russell Delaney | 1 year, 8 months ago
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Protect my loved ones?
I listened to doctors like you and paid the price dearly. My hearing was damaged last year thanks to one Rubella vaccine. I was extremely angry to learn that there were only 14 cases of Congenital Rubella one year before the vaccine came on the market in 1969. There were even less in previous years. So, was my hearing loss worth it? Not according to the CDC’s reported statistics.
At the same time, my premature infant suffered from high-pitched screaming, congestions, convulsions, developmental delays, and regression in milestones with his Hib, IPV, and DTaP vaccines. The extent of his injuries may not be evident until the school years because it may show up in the form of learning disabilities. Developmental delays are usually an indicator of future problems. While my doctor said that she sees premature babies lose acquired skills all of the time, Easter Seals has informed me that it is not normal for any child to lose acquired skills. I had him evaluated before any vaccines were administered and he was performing tasks equivalent to that of a 6 mo. old – like holding his bottle on numerous occasions when his corrected age was only 2 weeks old. After his vaccines, he didn’t hold his bottle for over a year. He also didn’t babble any words (no sounds at all) until 10 1/2 mo. old. I know that the vaccines are to blame for his injuries.
After going through this nightmare, I looked through my 14 yr old’s baby book and discovered that he too had the same type of strange congestion after his vaccines. It was probably due to the large amount of formaldehyde that both of my babies were exposed to. I recently learned that my 14 yr old’s lazy eye was due to his first dose of Hep B at 6 mo. old 9that was the only new vaccine given to him). This vaccine can cause eye nerve damage according to the drug manufacturer. All this time I blamed it on his dad’s genes, but I can now see that his eyes were fine before his 6 mo. vaccines in the hundreds of pictures that I have. He also suffers from ADHD, a math disability, and a Visual Processing Disorder.
If I could go back in time, I never would have vaccinated myself or children. The risks are just not worth it. I am very angry that I was lied to by the AAP, CDC, NIH, FDA, and uneducated doctors such as yourself. Every vaccine contains ingredients that damage the brain – just how much the person will be affected depends on many things….diet, genes, other environmental factors, etc.
You are not even concerned about these ingredients? I just don’t understand? Do you feel comfortable with the fact that 1 in 67 children now have Autism according to the U.S. Dept of Education in 2007. This figure represents the number of children in elementary school! A local 4th grade teacher has informed me that 25% of her students have Autism! This is not due to better diagnosing either. California has discredited that theory.
www.generationrescue.org
Dawncrim | 1 year, 8 months ago
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What employer is this
I have never heard of any practice required staff to be “up on their shots”. I have 3 friends who are nurses and 2 relatives who are also.
Where is your scientific proof that herd immunity exists? I would love to see it. I have to argue with you there because if there was such a thing, then why on earth would people now need repeat boosters? That means that studies have proven that vaccines wear off and that people at some point were no longer immune. I haven’t heard of masses of people falling off the face of the earth due to these so-called deadly diseases. Have you?
Dawncrim | 1 year, 8 months ago
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The REAL reason why insurance is not affordable
Thanks to vaccines, children today are neurologically damaged and chronically ill (which leads to numerous life-long medications). Vaccines are the sole reason why insurance rates are so high and many cannot afford coverage.
Dawncrim | 1 year, 8 months ago
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Food Allergies
One thing I honestly cannot figure out is why doctors tell you not to give your babies eggs until at least 1 yr of age or peanut butter until 2 yrs of age. Milk is also not recommended either until a certain age.
Well, at the same time, these doctors are injecting your newborn with eggs, lactose, and peanut oil! These ingredients are all found in vaccines!! Does this make any sense? My baby was on formula at 4 weeks old due to breastfeeding problems. Well, after his first round of vaccines at 2 mo. old – all of a sudden he could no longer handle lactose. Coincidence? No, the vaccines are to blame. Just like vaccines are to blame for many other food allergies. This has been proven in studies involving lab animals.
Dawncrim | 1 year, 8 months ago
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