Vaccinations: What To Do (or Not Do)
Written by:
Kim Sawyer)
My husband and I are expecting our first child so I have been reading up on the controversy concerning vaccinating childen. This is some distrubing stuff. To think that more and more people believe that vaccinations play a huge factor in children developing Autism, Asperger’s, ADD, ADHD, etc. is not something a new mother wants to hear. Some people say DON’T DO IT! Others say trust your doctor - they know what’s best. Then, there are those who say, spread the vaccines out, over time. A friend of mine just told me her son has Asperger’s and she truly believes it’s from him being vaccinated early on as a baby. She’s referred me to books, websites, etc. and she told me to do all the research that I can. But then, I have other friends who say they followed what their children’s doctors said, and they haven’t had any problems, but they have girls. I have read that Autism affects boys more than girls. I know people, especially parents, feel very strongly about this. Just when I decided to blog about this, I received my Time magazine with the cover story being: The Truth About Vaccines. How convenient for me, right?
Time magazine states the following: By the age of 2, children will receive 28 vaccination doses, which is what is recommended by the CDC; 77% of kindergartners in the US are up to date on their vaccinations; 2% - 3% of school age US children have received an exemption from vaccinations; scientists do not believe vaccinations cause autism; as families forgo immunizations, cases of measles are on the rise. As far as I’m concerned, all of this information is overwhelming. How do you feel about it?
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http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2008/05/12/vaccines-do-not-cause-autism/
Going to an astronomer for advice on vaccination makes about enough sense as going to your hairdresser to get a tune-up for your car.
Hi Harry,
Thanks for the link. This definitely helps me in my research. I’m getting a better understanding of the whole controversy.
Kim, I feel so bad for you and your dilemma. I raised two children who had all their vaccinations. As far as I’m concerned, they are perfect, but I have heard the other side. Interesting, my new next door neighbor has a four month old son who just got four shots at once. I’m not sure what they were, but I suspect vaccinations. Who knows what the future holds, but I did ask them the day he got the shots if the doctors warned them that in a few days, or a week, or two weeks, he might have a reaction. And they happily said no. A few days later, for one week, he did not eat and they had him at the emergency room. Ok, my thing is, are doctors just coasting through life??? Why in the world don’t they tell us all the side effects of things these days? I am confident that baby Johnny was just having a reaction to the shots, but when they went to the hospital, they could give her NO answers. I told her, surely it was a reaction. Her (the mother) comment was, I wish they would have at least told me that. My point, keep researching Kim and make up your own mind. I guarantee you; you could walk into five doctor’s offices, and probably come away with five different answers. They might be similar, but each and every doctor puts his/her own slant on things and/or always leave something out you should know! Go in prayer. Let ‘THE DOCTOR” lead you on this one.
I hear you loud and clear Kathy about THE DOCTOR. It’s covered.
Kim, I agree with Kathy. My girls took all the shots and never had a problem. It’s funny though that as an adult I had a horrible reaction to a Tetus shot. It just takes prayer for EVERYTHING. I don’t know of any girls personally with Autism but personaaly know a few boys and the ones we hear about on TV all seem to be boys too.
Karol Ann, I”m with you on prayer. I have to do it - I don’t have any other options.
There you go! Take the shot, pray for God’s anointing on the shot and move on. I could speak on that right there…I’m back, I had to run around the room real quick!