Autism and Vaccines
In case anybody cares to know why I've chosen not to get Jack his shots:
http://www.sistersofbreastfeeding.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61&Itemid=1
Yeah, it's not a coincidence that most parents start noticing changes in their baby's behavior and interaction at about 18 months since the last round of baby shots is given at that age.
When I had Jack, I declined to have them administer the Hep B vaccine. Mostly because it's one of the worst ones being full of mercury (thimerosol) and FORMALDAHYDE, but beyond that I have come sense. Hep B is a sexually transmitted disease. Unless Jack has sex at the age of 2 days or shares needles with someone or I have it (which I don't...they test for it when you're pregnant) he's not going to be at risk to get it. The pediatrician at the hospital got SOOOO mad at me when I told him I wasn't getting Jack the shot that he actually slammed the door on the way out.
Thankfully I have a decent pediatrician who doesn't push the subject. All he said was that he recommends I get Jack vaccinated, but he's not going to refuse to have him as a patient like other doctors do.
So yeah...people need to do their research. I'll probably get Jack certain vaxes later on (like...when he's 5). The Menigitis shot doesn't have anything particularly horrible, so I'll consider that one. MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella) is pointless, since this day in age none of those diseases is going to kill you if you're relatively healthy. Tetanus is dumb too, since if you cut yourself and go to the emergency that's the first thing they give you anyway. Hep B? Well, when he's 18 and if he decides to do heroin or have lots and lots of unprotected sex I'll inform him that he may want to look into that.
Oh, and that Gardisil HPV vaccine is the biggest scam of all. Firstly, there are over 100 types of HPV. Gardisil "guards" you against 4...maybe...if it works perfectly which it won't for everyone. It's the first ever genetically modified LIVE VIRUS vaccine. It was only in clinical trials for 5 years where it was given to girls 16+ (that's the shortest trial for any other vaccine). So, 5 years isn't enough time to see if there are any long term side effects. Merck suggests that girls 9+ be given the shots (which cost over $900 in total). Here's the kicker. Cervical cancer is one of the most treatable and least common cancers there are. Getting annual screenings...which you have to anyway even if you have the vaccine...is enough to stop you from dying from it pretty much.
And did you know that when a vaccine is "mandated" by any particular state or county or whatever that all it means is that if the vaccinated child does have a severe side effect, the pharmaceutical company is not liable.
La la la...
http://www.sistersofbreastfeeding.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61&Itemid=1
Yeah, it's not a coincidence that most parents start noticing changes in their baby's behavior and interaction at about 18 months since the last round of baby shots is given at that age.
When I had Jack, I declined to have them administer the Hep B vaccine. Mostly because it's one of the worst ones being full of mercury (thimerosol) and FORMALDAHYDE, but beyond that I have come sense. Hep B is a sexually transmitted disease. Unless Jack has sex at the age of 2 days or shares needles with someone or I have it (which I don't...they test for it when you're pregnant) he's not going to be at risk to get it. The pediatrician at the hospital got SOOOO mad at me when I told him I wasn't getting Jack the shot that he actually slammed the door on the way out.
Thankfully I have a decent pediatrician who doesn't push the subject. All he said was that he recommends I get Jack vaccinated, but he's not going to refuse to have him as a patient like other doctors do.
So yeah...people need to do their research. I'll probably get Jack certain vaxes later on (like...when he's 5). The Menigitis shot doesn't have anything particularly horrible, so I'll consider that one. MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella) is pointless, since this day in age none of those diseases is going to kill you if you're relatively healthy. Tetanus is dumb too, since if you cut yourself and go to the emergency that's the first thing they give you anyway. Hep B? Well, when he's 18 and if he decides to do heroin or have lots and lots of unprotected sex I'll inform him that he may want to look into that.
Oh, and that Gardisil HPV vaccine is the biggest scam of all. Firstly, there are over 100 types of HPV. Gardisil "guards" you against 4...maybe...if it works perfectly which it won't for everyone. It's the first ever genetically modified LIVE VIRUS vaccine. It was only in clinical trials for 5 years where it was given to girls 16+ (that's the shortest trial for any other vaccine). So, 5 years isn't enough time to see if there are any long term side effects. Merck suggests that girls 9+ be given the shots (which cost over $900 in total). Here's the kicker. Cervical cancer is one of the most treatable and least common cancers there are. Getting annual screenings...which you have to anyway even if you have the vaccine...is enough to stop you from dying from it pretty much.
And did you know that when a vaccine is "mandated" by any particular state or county or whatever that all it means is that if the vaccinated child does have a severe side effect, the pharmaceutical company is not liable.
La la la...