I sighed a sigh of relief when I read this article stating that the 1998 British study linking the Measles, Mumps & Rubella (MMR) vaccination to Autism was a fraud.
Thankfully neither of our children have Autism. If the connection was actually true, there's nothing I could have done about it because both boys were immunized before the study ever came out. Heck, they were immunized with vaccines that still used mercury as a preservative (as was I and anyone over the age of 14).
Now I'm relieved to have confirmation of what I believed to be true. That such a fantastic, scientific, public health advancement as a vaccine isn't harmful to our children. I may have an overly optimistic point of view but I do truly believe that the benefits of vaccines outweigh the risks.
So to all of those people who have previously criticized me as a parent for having my children vaccinated on the typical schedule... go fly a kite.
Yea, too bad none of them read my blog.
8 comments:
"Give 'em hell !" I think vaccines are the responsible thing to do!
Unfortunately, I am one of the unlucky ones who has a sensitivity to Thimerisol, the mercury preservative STILL used in some vaccines, including the annual flu shots. I don't take the flu shot because I am not sure what a injection containing the preservative would do to me. My past exposure was a long time ago , to the old formula contact lense solutions. I can tell you it was not a pretty scene. Itchy, watery eyes that will not clear! My mother thought I had pink eye! Not fun!
Are you kidding? You've actually been criticized openly for vaccinating your children? I hope you are not friends with them anymore, if they ever were friends.
My son's daycare provider is adamantly against vaccines and has made it known that she disapproves of me getting him vaccinated. I am going to try very hard to bite my tongue when I drop him off tomorrow, just to keep the peace. (It's really freakin' hard to find part-time daycare for an infant around here.)
Um, that anonymous comment was from Heather at Jackadillo Princess, BTW. Blogger's not letting me identify myself.
I had all the required shots, and I still got various forms of measles and scarlet fever (multiple times). These days, everyone I know who gets the flu shot, gets sick. I don't get flu or pneumonia shots ever, and I don't get sick. So I don't think the vaccine industry is terribly trustworthy, autism aside.
I'm a big fan of vaccines. I would rather vaccinate than have the only kid with polio. We all need to use our common sense with this stuff.
As an Army wife and mom didn't get ask if I waned the kid shot up or not. As a mom and health care worker I know he is much better off for having to have them. I'm with Wendy "Give em hell".
I always had mine vaccinated as well. I do know someone who has a child with autism and she is convinced that vaccines are horrible and advocates against them. Fortunately, we are actually aquaintances, not really friends, so we don't have to have these discussions. It's horrible not to know why someone has a disease/disorder and I think it's comforting for them to be able to pin it on something as in the not knowing is a horrible place to be. Remember that vaccine when we were young that left a scar on your shoulder? I had that four times because it didn't leave a scar and every year the school system insisted that I had to have it...finally the doc sent a letter to put in my school records so I would not have to endure yet another year of it!
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