Don't want to offend you, but I see refusing standard vaccinations for your children as incredibly selfish. Not only are you putting your child at risk for an otherwise preventable disease, but you are endangering the welfare of people in the community who that vaccine will not work for. I'm talking about the Measles-Mumps-Rubella vaccine in particular.And recent outbreaks (even in the US - a few recent cases in California) because of parents who refused to vaccinate their children.
Interesting article about Measles in the world:
http://www.usatoday.com/NEWS/usaedition/2012-03-20-Measles_ST_U.htm
While its understandable to be skeptical about something you don't know about in its entirety, all vaccines go through numerous regulated and monitored animal and human safety trials to prove that they are safe and effective. So let's stop all of the unfounded assumptions. There is absolutely no evidence that vaccines cause chronic illness or disease of any kind. While some people can experience mild allergic reactions or mild cold-like symptoms from some vaccines, these side-effects usually don't last more than 24-48 hours. Vaccines are designed to enhance our immune systems - and in many cases have been key to ending epidemics (like polio). Even the flu vaccine - which is tricky because of multiple strains and mutations - continues to help to reduce both infections and deaths from flu over the last several years. The CDC has some pretty graphs to depict this trend if you don't believe me: http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/
For the sake of healthier communities - get your vaccines and get your children vaccinated properly.
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