Re: Another idiot blaming parents for vaccine failure

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So, are parents whose children's vaccines failed likewise idiots?

Winnie Another idiot blaming parents for vaccine failureAVN List > Whooping cough is on the rise and parents have themselves to blame> > By Kreisberg> http://austin.culturemap.com/newsdetail/05-25-12-18-48-whooping-> cough-is-on-the-rise-in-texas/> 05.27.12 | 12:00 pm> Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a highly contagious bacterial > disease that in rare cases can be fatal to children. It leads to > severe coughing that causes children to make a distinctive > whooping sound as they gasp for breath. Whooping cough is spread > from person to person by coughing or sneezing.> > Until routine child vaccination became widespread in the 1940s, > pertussis caused thousands of fatalities each year in the United > States. For the first time in nearly 60 years, communities > across America are grappling with a whooping cough epidemic.> > The only way to protect the public from infectious diseases like > whooping cough is to get vaccinated. Parents are not only > risking the health of their kids, but are also risking the > health of their communities by not getting vaccinated.> > Health officials recommend that children be vaccinated against > whooping cough in five doses, with the first shot at age 2 > months and the final one between 4 and 6 years. Then youngsters > are supposed to get a booster shot around 11 or 12. The vaccine > is not fully effective until all five doses are given. The > whooping cough shot is usually administered in a combination > shot that also provides protection against tetanus and > diphtheria (the shot is called “Tdap”).> > If kids are getting the shot, then why is whooping cough making > a deadly resurgence in Texas , as well as in other parts of the > country. In all of 2011, there were 961 reported cases > statewide. Through April of this year, though, there have been > 424 cases, including one that resulted in the death of a Dallas child.> > Well, apparently many kids aren’t getting the shot. With all the > hysteria surrounding vaccinations, more and more parents are > “opting out ” of vaccines for their kids. Twenty-one states, > including Texas, allow parents to “opt out” for personal or > philosophical beliefs and twenty-seven states and the District > of Columbia allow opting out for religious reasons. When kids > don't get the shot, they are rolling the dice. Hence, the > increase in reported cases of whooping cough.> > Parents, the disease is worse than the shot. You probably > wouldn’t know that because you were vaccinated!> > Despite all the evidence that vaccines are safe and effective > (and do not cause autism), there are still people out there who > will risk their children’s health over some misinformation from > people who are not qualified to speak about this subject.> > Parents beware — of infants younger than one who get pertussis, > more than half must be hospitalized, and the younger the infant, > the more likely hospitalization will be needed.> > Of those infants who are hospitalized with pertussis :> > 1 in 5 will get pneumonia> 1 in 100 will have convulsions> Half will have slowed breathing> 1 in 300 will have swelling of the brain and> 1 in 100 will die> There is something else parents should be aware of. The vaccine > may lose its potency after just three years, not six years as > previously believed, which could mean your children may no > longer be fully protected to pertussis. Talk to your > pediatrician about getting the booster sooner.> > Adults need booster shots too! In addition to vaccinating > children, anyone who is around infants (yes, that means you, > grandpa) also should get the shot. You don't want to give your > new grandson whooping cough, do you? The older people get, the > more their immunity decreases, so it’s important for adults to > get regular booster shots.> > The only way to protect the public from infectious diseases like > whooping cough is to get vaccinated. Parents are not only > risking the health of their kids, but are also risking the > health of their communities by not getting vaccinated.> > Parents, talk to your pediatrician to be sure your child is > fully vaccinated and be sure all the adults in their lives are > also vaccinated. It’s ridiculous to risk this disease when there > is a safe and effective vaccine available.> > Meryl Dorey,> Spokesperson> The Australian Vaccination Network, Inc.> Investigate before you vaccinate> Editor,> Living Wisdom Magazine> Family, Health, Environment> PO Box 177> BANGALOW NSW 2479> AUSTRALIA> http://www.avn.org.au> http://www.living-wisdom.com> Phone: 02 6687 1699 > FAX 02 6687 2032> skype: ivmmag> > Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; > neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set > alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate > the available choices, to argue over them -- and then, the > opportunity to choose. - C. Mills> > The authority of any governing institution must stop at its > citizen's skin. - Gloria Steinem> > We rely on the help and support of our members and subscribers > to continue offering our services freely and without prejudice.> > Please consider helping us by joining the AVN as a member. Go to > http://www.avn.org.au to become a member or donate to support > our work.> > We also sell books, videos and DVDs on vaccination and other > health issues. Go to http://shop.avn.org.au/ for more details.> > > > > Meryl Dorey,> Spokesperson> The Australian Vaccination Network, Inc.> Investigate before you vaccinate> Editor,> Living Wisdom Magazine> Family, Health, Environment> PO Box 177> BANGALOW NSW 2479> AUSTRALIA> http://www.avn.org.au> http://www.living-wisdom.com> Phone: 02 6687 1699 > FAX 02 6687 2032> skype: ivmmag> > Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; > neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set > alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate > the available choices, to argue over them -- and then, the > opportunity to choose. - C. Mills> > The authority of any governing institution must stop at its > citizen's skin. - Gloria Steinem> > We rely on the help and support of our members and subscribers > to continue offering our services freely and without prejudice.> > Please consider helping us by joining the AVN as a member. Go to > http://www.avn.org.au to become a member or donate to support > our work.> > We also sell books, videos and DVDs on vaccination and other > health issues. Go to http://shop.avn.org.au/ for more details.> > > > >