Re: Thank God for Vaccines

[Guest guest]

When it comes to vaccines and your children I think it's every parent's right

to make their own informed choice. While reading your e-mail I become

slightly concerned that it seemed that all of your information was coming

from " the advice " of your doctor. Have you taken the time to really search

out both the " pros " and the " cons " of vaccines - using your doctor or a

medical professional as a source, but not the sole source?

While there are many arguments that can be made for vaccines (and other drugs

and medications for that matter) there is also a flip side and many negatives

to the use of vaccines - especially in certain populations. The drug

companies, doctors and states all make a lot of money off of the Vaccination

Issue, so it's important as parents that we carefully look at what they are

putting in those needles and how effective the vaccines are, then make our

choice. If your only source is your doctor, well to be nice, you're probably

not getting the whole story. The key to making an informed choice is being

informed, and the only way to be truly informed is to look at all sides of

the issue, using a variety of sources to gather your information.

Steve

[Guest guest]

I would rather take the chances of my kids having vaccines. I am very

distrubed over the emails I read about parents not getting them for their

children. I think all one has to do it go back into history and that is

proof enough that we should all thank god for them. Doctors are not perfect

and neither are the rest of us. We have to go with what we have and hope

that things are improved in the future. Both of my children have had high

temps after taking vaccines. Maybe my sons speech problems have to do with

vaccines, but if i had to do it all over i would again give him the vaccine

because the I am not going to risk something that could be quite worse.

[Guest guest]

It is a parents choice about vaccines, but when parents choose not

to immunize their kids it puts the rest of us at risk because some

immunizations do not take.

I have read a lot about vaccines. My daughter had seizures, and I

knew that I should ask about the DPT vaccine because kids with

seizure disorders are at higher risks for having problems from the

DPT vaccine. I also knew enough to ask about what type of vaccine

to change to.

Yes, I do rely on what my doctor's tell me. When they told me that

my daughters would probably die if they ever caught whooping cough,

I believed them. When they told me that the number of cases of

whooping cough in our country is going up due to illegal immigration

and people choosing not to immunize their children I believed them.

I also do lots of research on the web. I've read a lot about the

smallpox vaccine recently. I know that my daughter that has eczema

is at high risk for having problems from the small pox vaccine.

I'll have to talk to her doctor's about this before she would get

the smallpox vaccine.

> When it comes to vaccines and your children I think it's every

parent's right

> to make their own informed choice. While reading your e-mail I

become

> slightly concerned that it seemed that all of your information was

coming

> from " the advice " of your doctor. Have you taken the time to

really search

> out both the " pros " and the " cons " of vaccines - using your doctor

or a

> medical professional as a source, but not the sole source?

>

> While there are many arguments that can be made for vaccines (and

other drugs

> and medications for that matter) there is also a flip side and

many negatives

> to the use of vaccines - especially in certain populations. The

drug

> companies, doctors and states all make a lot of money off of the

Vaccination

> Issue, so it's important as parents that we carefully look at what

they are

> putting in those needles and how effective the vaccines are, then

make our

> choice. If your only source is your doctor, well to be nice,

you're probably

> not getting the whole story. The key to making an informed choice

is being

> informed, and the only way to be truly informed is to look at all

sides of

> the issue, using a variety of sources to gather your information.

>

> Steve

[Guest guest]

I hope that your son's speech problems were not due to the

vaccines.

I was really scared about giving my daughter the DPT vaccine. Thank

God, she didn't have any problems with it.

Thanks for the supporting message. It just scares me when I see

people really blasting vaccines. They really are miracles, and I

thank God for the people that discovered them.

> I would rather take the chances of my kids having vaccines. I am

very

> distrubed over the emails I read about parents not getting them

for their

> children. I think all one has to do it go back into history and

that is

> proof enough that we should all thank god for them. Doctors are

not perfect

> and neither are the rest of us. We have to go with what we have

and hope

> that things are improved in the future. Both of my children have

had high

> temps after taking vaccines. Maybe my sons speech problems have

to do with

> vaccines, but if i had to do it all over i would again give him

the vaccine

> because the I am not going to risk something that could be quite

worse.