Give me your list of most influential scientific papers

[Spectrolite]

I am trying to get to the core of what is known out there about vaccinations.
So that means I am trying to look at the scientific research as much as possible, as hard to read as they sometimes are.

Although I try to trust my intuition as best I can, I want to rely on professionals who have done their job by gathering research based on actual events and tests.

There are A LOT of papers out there.

For those of you who have decided: To Vax or Not to Vax, or to Selectively Vax/Delay the Vax:

Which scientific papers were most influential to you to finally help you make your decisions?

Give me at least your top 5

[carriebft]

I don't really have a top five because so much is needed to be looked at...but I can think of a few that have stuck in my head for one reason or another.

on measles/mmr/autism:

I would say there were so many here but I guess this one sticks out:
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%...l.pone.0003140

but also the other one that I cant seem to find the link to now that looked at many more children and examined blood samples for measles evidence.

a couple like this are in my pertussis section:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9...?dopt=Abstract


this one struck me on serotype replacement:http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retri...40673603137725
but i have like 10 others too but that one stuck in my head for stark wording



more later, babe crying

[Spectrolite]

Thanks

And please include your decision about vaxing

[carriebft]

we selectively vaccinate (DTaP, HIb, MMR, IPV)

I have this post marked:

http://www.mothering.com/discussions...65&postcount=8

for a few studies it has in it, esp at the end on flu vaccine and pregnancy


one that helped my hep a decision:

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/544890

http://pediatrics.aappublications.or...full/119/1/e12

(both are supposedly positive studies for Hep A but I actually saw many reasons in them NOT to do it, which was where we were headed)

[mamakay]

Originally Posted by Spectrolite

I am trying to get to the core of what is known out there about vaccinations.
So that means I am trying to look at the scientific research as much as possible, as hard to read as they sometimes are.

Although I try to trust my intuition as best I can, I want to rely on professionals who have done their job by gathering research based on actual events and tests.

There are A LOT of papers out there.

For those of you who have decided: To Vax or Not to Vax, or to Selectively Vax/Delay the Vax:

Which scientific papers were most influential to you to finally help you make your decisions?

Give me at least your top 5

Really, there are too many to make it into a top 5 list, because I evaluated them all disease by disease, and vaccine by vaccine.

I recommend reading about each of the diseases, and the rationale FOR vaccination against each of them, here:
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pin...k-chapters.htm
(start with chapter 5, diphtheria)

And to hear the argument against those vaccines, disease by disease, this is a good place to start (they reference with a link to the original research all of the arguments)

http://insidevaccines.com/wordpress/
(looking through the "quick picks" on the right is a good place to start with that site)

Now, to get a really balanced perspective, you'll have to find out if there are compelling counter arguments to those counter arguments, etc.
(hope I'm not frightening you...lol )

I wish there was a quicker way to direct people towards "a comprehensive understanding of the vaccination debate", but there's not. But, wanting to see original scientific research is a great start! In my experience, when you're first looking into the issue, it's really confusing and overwhelming, but over time gets a lot easier as you become familiar with the concepts and scientific jargon. I think most of the "sciency people" here would agree.

Good luck! And welcome to the forum!

[Juvysen]

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[carriebft]

I know there have been some good ones on IPV v OPV posted here as well as examinations of polio itself...if anyone has those, I think they would be a good addition.

[ammiga]

One thing that I found helpful was looking at the diseases that the vaccines were for, and not just the vaccines themselves. I found that most studies that were about vaccines were funded by the vaccine manufacturers (in some form or another), so they weren't very reliable to me. Rather, I looked at what each disease would be like if dd caught it. I looked into the percentages of severe cases, what years those were from, and other factors that might play into the side effects. I actually didn't find most of the VAD to be that frightening, once I looked into them. I found it especially compelling that breastfeeding babies helped to minimize effects of diseases, as it gives babies a wonderfully strong immune system.