Here's the story. DH and I work at the same place. They are offering flu shots. He already got his. I figured that I would just quietly hide in my office and never go get mine. The babies are 10 months old. I am not going to get them vaccinated.
DH called me this morning and offered to accompany me to get mine, since he knows that I don't deal well with shots. I told him that I didn't plan on going. He thinks I should get it, though he is not going to bother fighting with me over it.
In order for me to ever convince him that the flu shot is not a good idea, I need to be able to cite some sources for him. I can go on and on about my reasons, but when it comes down to it, I haven't any hard data to back me up. So, I find myself questioning my own decision, though not so much that I will get a shot any time soon.
I have a few websites that I sent him, but he reads them and quickly says, "This is written from the perspective of a fanatic, therefore, it's not exactly convincing." And they are written from the perspective of fanatics. They make good points that are worthy of consideration, but they are too extreme in opposing vaccinations and declaring pharmaceutical companies to be evil and self-serving.
I wonder if anyone can point me in the direction of more middle-of-the-road sources? Ones that have real numbers (he is a person who respects numbers) telling of problems with vaccines, or, more importantly, telling of lack of benefit of getting the vaccine. And, I could use some info explaining the severity of symptoms if healthy babies do end up catching the flu.
DH called me this morning and offered to accompany me to get mine, since he knows that I don't deal well with shots. I told him that I didn't plan on going. He thinks I should get it, though he is not going to bother fighting with me over it.
In order for me to ever convince him that the flu shot is not a good idea, I need to be able to cite some sources for him. I can go on and on about my reasons, but when it comes down to it, I haven't any hard data to back me up. So, I find myself questioning my own decision, though not so much that I will get a shot any time soon.
I have a few websites that I sent him, but he reads them and quickly says, "This is written from the perspective of a fanatic, therefore, it's not exactly convincing." And they are written from the perspective of fanatics. They make good points that are worthy of consideration, but they are too extreme in opposing vaccinations and declaring pharmaceutical companies to be evil and self-serving.
I wonder if anyone can point me in the direction of more middle-of-the-road sources? Ones that have real numbers (he is a person who respects numbers) telling of problems with vaccines, or, more importantly, telling of lack of benefit of getting the vaccine. And, I could use some info explaining the severity of symptoms if healthy babies do end up catching the flu.
Good luck!
