Posts by nicolebeth

I don't believe the flu shot causes the flu. I just don't believe that the flu shots work. I believe it's far less efficacious than the propaganda would have us believe. I know many people (and know of others) who had a flu shot--and...

Quote: Originally Posted by midstreammama  I also did a little happy dance when I saw your username..although I usually am a lurking reader and not a poster. :-)     Not much of a dancer, but other...

They were fully vaccinated! Both of the students from Lehigh had two of the vaccines before starting college.

We took DD's titres when she was 5--she was "immune" to measles and chicken pox--whatever that means. The difference, now, is that many states are now requiring two doses of mumps (or, two MMRs) whereas before they were requiring two...

Quote: Originally Posted by Igraine  How can that be possible!? I am concerned too about the things going in in Vermont that may ban the philosophical exemption for vaccines. So much is going on that I am...

Quote: Originally Posted by Taximom5  1)  My second baby was vaxed at 4 hours old, without my permission, knowledge, and against my written (and pediatrician-signed) instructions.  Instructions mean...

Quote: Originally Posted by Taximom5  I'm afraid California just passed a bill allowing children as young as 12 years old to be vaccinated with Gardasil or Hep B (or to receive any other vaccine/medication)...

Maybe this is taking the easy way out, but this is why we never talk about it--to anyone--except for a limited number of close friends. I know there is no way I could convince anyone to believe anything we have to say. And, the things...

Not to mention that there are no longer separate shots for measles, mumps, and rubella. (Correct me if I'm wrong; are there still separate rubella shots?) Anyway, I've known a few women who were recommended (and took) a rubella booster...

Thank you, Dr. Sears! I appreciate the dose of reality--both with respect to how much measles is actually out there and with respect to not needing to quarantine one child from another if we do choose the vaccine at this...