Is anybody still concerned about the MMR vaccine?

Question

My son is due to have his MMR injection this week. Both my daughters have already had the injection (although it was not a decision I made lightly). They are perfectly o.k, but I still can't help having doubts in the back of my mind.

Answer 1

u should be concerned about every vaccine.

Answer 2

The MMR vaccine has not changed in any way, so yes, people are still concerned about it.

If you have doubts, delay.  You can always give a vaccine, but you can never take it back.

If you decide to not give it at all, you will need an exemption for school.

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Answer 3

I'm still concerned and doubtful of the MMR vaccine, but it sounds like you know what you're doing. But if your gut is telling you something is wrong and your instincts are kicking in over the decision listen to those instincts. And don't let the doctor pressure you against your decision. You're a good mother.

Answer 4

It's natural to be concerned - but you have to look at the evidence. There have been so many studies done since that one tiny "study" allegedly showing a link with autism, which has since been completely discredited - and the only thing they've found is that there is a slightly (non-statistically valid) LOWER risk that a vaccinated child will become autistic than an unvaccinated one!

It's a question of the lesser of two evils. If you vaccinate, there's a tiny chance that your child may have a bad reaction. But if you don't vaccinate, there's a much higher chance that they will end up being damaged (or having a baby who is damaged) by a completely preventable disease. It would be great if we didn't need to vaccinate at all. But right now, with measles on the increase and TB coming back, I don't think it's a risk worth taking.

Answer 5

The MMR scare was based on research that didn't pan out in the end but this didn't end up as high on the news as the first headlines did.  MMR protects your child from some truly horrible diseases but also protects everyone else from an epidemic.  Speak to your doctor to get reassurance.

Answer 6

Im not concerned.  Because people are choosing to not vaccinate, these diseases are coming back.  Do what you want, but Im vaccinating.  

Answer 7

No, not at all. Perfectly safe.

The recent outbreak in Eastern Canada made us realize our decisions to vaccinate were fine! Who in their right mind would want these diseases to be commonplace once more? While at university, I met a woman my age with polio - and it was just heartbreaking!

Answer 8

You have 2 choices.  Let him go unvaccinated and possibly die from a fatal case of measles, mumps, or rubella.  Or number 2, you can get him an almost always safe vaccination so he won't ever get sick.  Seems simple to me.

Answer 9

I have done considerable research on this topic. There have been a couple issues I have found. 1.) The shots used to contain mercury, which may have been a link to autism, They stopped making these types of immunizations.

2.) There has been a lot of testing on if the shots actually cause autism, You only hear about the few percentage that developed autism (and a lot of mothers are convinced their child has autism from the shot, since there is nothing else to blame) but you don't hear about the 99% of children who turn out completely fine.

Check out this website, it says a lot.