To vaccinate or not?

Question

Do parents think we should be better educated with how to look after our children when they get childhood illnesses? Do any parents have concern about such additives which are in vaccines such as aluminium which is very toxic to the brain and bones? Or formaldehyde [a colorless toxic gas] that is in many vaccines? [Fortunately now in UK children's vaccines are now mercury free]. Anyone know why are parents not routinely given the patient info leaflets to read through before vaccination?

Answer 1

I was given all my vaccinations as a child and I'm OK so my kids have had all theirs and they are OK i think people read too much into things it's up to the parent whether to get it done or not I'd rather have got all the vaccinations done than my kids getting something and being really sick

Answer 2

vaccines suck, i reacted badly to them at the age of 27, i cant believe i survived that long with them before, my body finally buckled especially with a stupid hep b vaccine which i was at no risk for hep b but my dumb *** mother a doctor convinced me to. vaccines can f**k people up, look at HIV vaccines started that fcuking epidemic. scientific community and doctors are negligent and destroy peoples lives every day. then ask to be thanked for it. dont get me started.

Answer 3

I would be much more concerned about if my kids did not have these vaccines. The risks far outweigh any addidives in them. Childhood illnesses can cause severe disability and death. Why risk that?

Answer 4

I was worried about vaccinating my child as well.  He is 6 months and with no actual proof that vaccinations cause autism I decided to have him vaccinated.  I split the vaccines up so he doesn't receive all of them at the same time.  There's no proof that its better to split them up but it makes me feel better.  I would rather vaccinated my children then have one of them get a disease that was preventable.  Many of the diseases no longer exists but some do.  I think there are so many more toxins in our daily life that cause us harm than the vaccines that have been given for years.

Answer 5

YOU ASKED: Do parents think we should be better educated with how to look after our children when they get childhood illnesses?

ME: We should all be better educated about childhood illnesses---but some of that is up to US :)

YOU:

Do any parents have concern about such additives which are in vaccines such as aluminium which is very toxic to the brain and bones? Or formaldehyde [a colorless toxic gas] that is in many vaccines? [Fortunately now in UK children's vaccines are now mercury free].

ME: I am concerned about addititives in vaccines----and in everything else. It now looks like chemicals from plastic water bottles are leaching into our systems.

YOU:Anyone know why are parents not routinely given the patient info leaflets to read through before vaccination?

ME Maybe I am unusual, but our doctors have always explained about vaccinations and handed out info BEFRORE the shots. We've been told that at the next checkup you're child is schededuled to get the "_____" vaccine.

Even if we weren't told, it isn't difficult to find out what the schedule is and learn about the risks/benefits of a vaccine ahead of time. IMHO parents should UNDERSTAND what is being done to their child's body. It is part of the responsibility of being parents.

DID YOU KNOW formaldehyde is something our bodies use every day? That people who have never had a vaccination or even been within 1,000 miles of a hospital would still have formaldehyde in their systems because WE produce it, just like every other living organism.

Can it be toxic? YES. Synthesized formaldehyde is HIGHLY concentrated---much more than what we normally come in contact with and it can kill people. However, the amount in vaccines is NO WHERE near that level.

As for aluminum--that is a pretty common element and one of the most common metals on the planet. You can find traces of it in foods and there is about 1,000 times more aluminum in an antacid as there is in some vaccine shots.

DID YOU KNOW FORMULA, ESPECIALLY SOY FORMULA, HAS ALUMINUM IN IT?

A hepA vaccine has about the same amount of aluminum as a liter of some soy formula---and half as much as some other soy formulas.

To vaccinate or not? I chose to vaccinate my kids against some nasty illnesses, but I learned as much as I could about the vaccinations.

Answer 6

I agree with you completely, our son is at present being assessed for possible autism so the whole "mmr thing" is going through my mind at the moment, I am a fairly logical person but I also think there is no smoke without fire, if you question someone in the medical profession about it you get rebuffed but then they do work for the government after all. It is a minefield and I would like some information from an independent source .

Answer 7

what DOESN'T have harmful substances in it - what we eat, the air, the water..  everything used to treat everything we consume or come in contact with is unnatural.  request the booklet and compare it to what the child could come down with - the benefits outweigh the risk.  i know a friend whose nephew died because he missed a vaccine and came down with something that could have been prevented.  life is more precious than that..  i dont like vaccines, but i love my children and i have decided to vaccinate.  to date both my 2 and 6 year old are normal and healthy...  that says it all.

Answer 8

oh please...people are going to stop vaccinating their children and we are going to have to deal with  things like smallpox and polio like never before. are you vaccinated??? didnt you turn out alright????

some people say they are causing autism but that is just a theory. THERE IS NO PROOF or anything that comes close to proving that. its ridiculous. eventually people will regret not vaccinating their children.

if you can protect them for horrible diseases...why wouldnt you as a parent????

besides where i live children cannot enroll in elementary school without ALL of their vaccinations.

Answer 9

I know why. Its because if you provide the parents with info, you remind them of their right to choose whether the child is vaccinated, which will lead to a higher number refusing the jabs. Without providing the info, the parents won't think about it as much.

Plus, whatever is on the leaflet won't really give parents a full understanding of the vaccination and its risks an benefits unless they are doctors. It would just worry them.

If more parents refuse immunatsiation for their child, the vaccination scheme will lose its effectiveness and there will ahve been no point developing the vaccines or using them.

Answer 10

I am not concerned about my children's immunisations at all.

I did very little looking for information. What I needed was right there in reality, the fact I am ok & my friends, and family is all fine from Immunisation.

A lot of time and effort goes in to helping make these immunisation shots, and for that I am grateful.

Answer 11

Maybe it's your GP that doesn't give you all the information; in which case I recommend finding a new GP.

My son is due for his shots next month, and we received all the vaccine information at his 8 week checkup, so we had time to read all about it and make any decision necessary.

I find it rather odd that people will fixate on the additives in the vaccines like formaldehyde, yet ignore the fact that their children are exposed to the same additives in their house, in higher amounts. (Formaldehyde is used in pressed wood products and in building materials and diffuses into the air at a very specific rate - most homes will expose their inhabitants to a much higher amount of formaldehyde on a DAILY basis than you'll find in any vaccine.)