Anyone NOT like the Sears Vaccine Book? - Page 2

[Gitti]

In my opinion, for what it's worth, any reading you do about vaccines is a start. Look at all the parents who bring their child to the doc office, offer up their little thigh, know nothing about what is in the needle and take everything on blind faith.

We were one of them a long time ago. :

Originally Posted by Molck

This book is pretty much my first step into educating myself about vaccines, and it's useful to have everything laid out for me. My non-researched gut says Don't Vax!

And that is what you should stick with. A vaccine-free human body is the default. You have to look for a totally convincing reason to vaccinate. I don't think you'll find it. Since we researched the issue, we have not found one reason for any of the vaccines that were sold to us.

[amnesiac]

Moving this to Books...

[delphiniumpansy]

I have recently found that Dr Bob's problems with aluminum are totally unfounded by current research. The article in the current mothering magazine likens aluminum to the new mercury/thimerosal and that is totally off base. There is plenty of research on the effects of aluminum in humans but for some reason Dr. Bob chose to ignore it. A quick check of his website shows that this has been pointed out to him by numerous persons and he is still, rather arrogantly, imo, choosing to believe that there is some mystifying problem with aluminum that has not been researched. He is wrong. His arrogant refusal to accept that he is wrong about aluminum leads me to believe that he is not very well versed on the vaccination topic as a whole. As such, I think this book is a mediocre way to start doing research. As with ALL the other vaccine books I have read, it falls short of truly being helpful.

And, yes, a vaccine free body is the default but so one could argue that a body without any medical intervention is the default. There are, however a great many medical interventions that have been invented to help humans live longer and healthier lives. One could argue that vaccines fall into this camp. As such, I would rather not live without them entirely.


And, I would ask Gitti, who is "we?"

[annettemarie]

This is not the forum for a vaccine debate. You are welcome to start a thread in the vaccination forum, as long as you follow both the forum guidelines and the UA, but this is the books forum. Please limit your discussion to the book. Thanks!

[prettypixels]

I liked the Vaccine Book but right away I had some concerns that his anti-vax position was a bit alarmist.... and it turns out, I was right. Most especially his concerns about aluminum, as delphiniumpansy pointed out... he basically is ignoring the studies about aluminum to cherrypick a few studies that prove the point he wants to make. Most of which, btw, weren't even on humans; they were on rats. I too wish he'd give the issue more consideration on his website; it would IMO give him a lot more credibility.

That said, I do think it's a good starting point. It's interesting to see so many people WHO HAVE NOT READ IT talk about how pro-vax it is. But they haven't read it, so you have the advantage in that department.

[delphiniumpansy]

I agree that it is not very pro vax. There are a lot of options presented in it in a very positive point of view. For that I have to say he does a good job. There is even information about not vaxing.

[LavenderMae]

I don't know how anti-vax he could be since he vaccinates his own children and not only offers vaccines in his office but recommends them.

I haven't read the book and most likely won't unless someone I know has it then I might borrow it. But I have read on his vax board and parts of his book that have been posted on here and other sites I go to.


I agree that just getting parents to read about vaccines is a start. Most vaccinate with out a second thought.

[thepeach80]

I don't know how anti-vax he could be since he vaccinates his own children and not only offers vaccines in his office but recommends them.

I think you might be thinking of Bill, not Bob. From what I've heard, Bob is pretty anti-vax. I'm still waiting to read the book, who has time?, but it seems to be a book about presenting both sides, not trying to make up the mind of the person reading it, but to let them do that for themself.

[ChristyM26]

Ok, I had to check to make sure I'm not crazy. And I'm not. He specifically says that the book is NOT anti-vax (preface, xii) and points out that if you are looking for an anti-vax book there are plenty of those out there. And there are. I've read a couple.

What I think he does well is summarize a vast quantity of information to get a good starting point to do more research. It's not the end all be all vax book. Such a thing doesn't exist (wouldn't that sell well?). He presents you with options and thoughts and places to start. For that, I like it very much.

[annettemarie]

Please don't link to discussions on other message boards (or talk about them). It's against the User Agreement:

Do not post to invite MDC members to other boards for adversarial purposes or post inflammatory information about MDC discussions at other boards, or about communities and discussions elsewhere, regardless of whether or not you link to that discussion or community. This is to maintain and respect the integrity of our own and other communities.

Thanks!

ETA: I'm removing the posts that did discuss/link to other boards.