Article on msn.com (from mayo clinic) - Page 2

[rlneub]

Hmmm,

I do believe vaccine side effect are dangerous! That is why I don't get them!

[swissmom]

Originally Posted by rlneub

Hmmm,

I do believe vaccine side effect are dangerous! That is why I don't get them!

You know I was kidding, right?

[Storm Bride]

I'm particularly bothered by the expert weighing in on the "fact" that vaccines don't cause problems in the immune system. He brings up white blood cells, as though that's all the human immune system comprises.

In the last few years, I've seen new studies talking about vitamin D and its effect on the immune system and cancer prevention. I've seen articles about the function of the appendix finally being discovered, and it's related to the production of gut bacteria...which are also related to the immune system. The "experts" still don't really know how the immune system works (fair enough - it's tremendously complicate), yet they feel safe in stating that vaccines don't cause any problems? Right. No matter how common these disease were pre-vax, I never heard of a child getting four diseases at two months old, but that's how many needles they wanted to stick in ds2 at that age. I'm actually not anti-vax...but I do think it's out of control.

ETA: That article also touches on my pet peeve - the mumps vaccine. We have to give our children temporary immunity to mumps, because if they get it when they're post-pubescent, it could cause sterility??? Who the f**k thinks that makes sense??

[honeybunch2k8]

Originally Posted by KLM99

From the article:
"Take chicken pox, for example. If you’re old enough to be considering vaccinations for your youngster, chances are you are old enough to remember the chicken pox as a rather mild childhood illness, provided that you contracted it at a young age. In fact, only 4 in 100,000 young kids will die from chicken pox. Even if those are risks you’re willing to live with, you need to ask yourself if you want your child to suffer through the disease and if you or your spouse can afford to take a week or two off of work to care for your sick child."

I still don't see why this is a valid reason for vaccinations for most people - you don't want to take a week off? Obviously some people would lose their jobs if they took a week off, so I see that, but for a lot of us, it would just mean taking a week of vacation time and maybe doing some work from home or something. Also, I remember having the chicken pox - yeah, it sucked, but I have fond memories of my mom paying extra special attention just to me, getting to stay home from school for a week and watching tv whenever I wanted to Not such a bad experience, and not exactly suffering....

I had suspected "productivity" to be one reason vaccines are pushed so hard. If that's a concern, why not have laws for that. I mean, in some countries aren't parents guaranteed 60 paid sick days? Wouldn't that be better than injecting kids with *insert god or goddess of your choice* knows what???

I remember cp,too. I mostly remember being home with mommy and playing video games all day and drinking sprite.

[antifreak]

sick sick sick

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why is it that people blindly trust pharmecutical companies with extreme conflicts of interest?
Sure...they'll back any article to help sell more of thier injections....license to kill....
it's sick