What are your top reasons for not vaxing? - Page 2

[Arduinna]

I've seen first hand what happens with vax reactions.

[CookAMH]

1. We'd like the immune system to function naturally
2. Ingredients in vaccines
3. We'd like our kids to GET some of the illnesses (chicken pox, rubella, mumps)and have true immunity from them. It also helps the immune system to get sick (and get better)
4. Many illnesses do not exist in our kid's environment (polio, diphtheria) or they are not at risk (tetanus)
5. Many vaccines don't work (pertussis to name one, hib & prevnar b/c of serotype replacement)
6. There are lifestyle diseases that are a consequence of their actions (but not a risk as a baby), if they get it, it's their fault (hep b)
7. Not gonna mess with reactions to the shots and risk loss of mental ability or screwing with their gut and health

That covers most of it.

Originally Posted by JMJ

Note: I am not completely anti-vax. I vax against illnesses that I believe my daughter is likely to come in contact with, and if she does, it's reasonably likely that she could die or experience long-lasting side effects from the disease... and only if the vax is not made from aborted fetuses.

I'd be curious which ones are left after these criteria. To me, there are none left.

[MyLilPwny]

There are so many reasons for why I refuse all vaccines, but here are a couple of reasons that I am thinking of off the top of my head at the moment.

1. I've never seen any proof that vaccines are effective. The standard criteria for vaccine "effectiveness" is measuring antibody production, but I don't agree that the presence of a certain number of antibodies equates to immunity.

2. I've never seen any proof that vaccines are safe. But I've seen plenty of proof that vaccines have killed and maimed millions of people.

[Laur318]

big pharma isn't held liable for the injury they can cause to my child. there is a BIG risk, bigger than they know, bigger than i will ever comprehend. no more vax for us! (and yes, thanks mothering!)

[claddaghmom]

I've come across a lot of reasons that span medical, philosophical, societal etc levels. My current number one reason: I consider vaccines a human rights violation, an assault on my little one's body and mind.

nakking...

the industry is corrupt
the people who profit are immune
if my daughter is harmed, it will be ignored, dismissed and I will be 100% respsonsible for all her treatments and treatment costs
the theory is flawed
it goes against my morals to use aborted human cells
I don't want to play a part in shifting the epidemiology of disease
you can't cheat death and you can't trick the human body

[MountainMamaGC]

Originally Posted by claddaghmom

I've come across a lot of reasons that span medical, philosophical, societal etc levels. My current number one reason: I consider vaccines a human rights violation, an assault on my little one's body and mind.

nakking...

the industry is corrupt
the people who profit are immune
if my daughter is harmed, it will be ignored, dismissed and I will be 100% respsonsible for all her treatments and treatment costs
the theory is flawed
it goes against my morals to use aborted human cells
I don't want to play a part in shifting the epidemiology of disease
you can't cheat death and you can't trick the human body

Pretty much this. I have a serious autoimmune condition and vaccines have been linked to autoimmunity. I would not want this to happen to my child. She will most likely get over measles or whatever, but crohn's is for life and its a pain I cant imagine my child going through.

[ILoveMyBabyBird]

1) the pro-vax research is biased
2) in the first 28 months of ds's life, the only time he got a fever was from a vax, he was breastfed during this time. I stopped vaxing him at 9 months
3) dh broke out in eczema shortly after receiving vaxes for immigration and i later found out that eczema can be caused by vaxes.
4) i didn't like playing genetic russian roulette with vax harm potential. My dh is from india and his family has not been vaxed, so i don't know the possible genetic consequences, same with me, I don't know and never met father or his side of the family, so I don't know half of my family genetic history and whether autoimmune diseases are common.
5) Researching has led me to the conclusion that germs are not that bad as long as your body is well nourished and cared for, a healthy immune system is the best defense against a virus/bacteria.