[tri-med] Re: vaccine question

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From: "Debbie" <debbwebb@xxxxxxxxx>
> The reason why unvaccinated children don't get sick is because all the
> other kids are vaccinated.  If everyone stopped, it would be bad for
> everyone.

Exactly. It's really only a recent trend for people to opt out of 
immunizations.
As the population of UNimmunized people grows then the spread of those 
diseases will increase and more people will be affected.

Also keeping in mind that just because someone has been immunized it does 
not guarantee they will never get the disease.
In some folks it just doesn't 'take'.
Others the immunity wears off or becomes weakened not offering full 
protection.

One of the reasons for immunizations causing issues is the lack of following 
the guidlines.
For instance, having a child immunized on the RECOMMENED schedule and NOT 
taking into account weakened state, the small size/under weight children can 
and are being 'over dosed' with the vaccine.
The dosage is for a child of a certain age, within size/weight paramaters 
NORMAL for that age. If a child is half the size but getting the full dose 
then they are getting too much vaccine equaling an overdose.

Also, blitzing a child with more than one vaccine at a time is putting a 
strain on the child's system--just think of the reaction overload of having 
all this stuff pumped in at once, 3,4,5 different vaccines at a time!
I think the health system is nuts for doing this to anybody.

 > Claire has had all her vaccines including RSV and I'm thankful she
> didn't get that awful virus.

Our two have had most of the immunizations.

They only received one vaccination at a time (made it nuts for the schedule 
but I insisted).
Alex, being underweight, didn't get his first injection until he was 10 lbs 
(that was 6 months or so). We followed a schedule based on his weight 
increases, not chronological age.

Also, developementally Alex was delayed, his systems were 'younger' than his 
chronological age as well (ie: neurogically behind).

We wouldn't do any 'new' (ie: less than 20 yrs old) vaccines. In the past 
there have been vaccines pulled from the market after some years of usage 
because it took a while for the issues/symptoms to show up and it get 
figured out that it was the vaccine. Jim's Dad (a dr) had seen it happen.

> How do children get admitted to school without them?

You have to get a waiver. It can be done. You have to state why you're not 
doing it. All you have to say is 'religious beliefs' and it's a done deal.
Nobody can force your child to be immunized.
The UNimmunized children are the ones at risk, not those who've been 
vaccinated.

> P.S.  Hope this doesn't offend anyone but we all have our opinions,
> and I do respect yours too. I've heard of the horrors of vaccines...
> but also the horrors of no vaccines.

Yep, it's the 6 of one and half dozen of the others!
Like with anything else it's a personal choice based on many criteria.
Finally, it's a 'time will tell' situation.  :0)

Michelle mom to Alex (19, partial trisomy 14 mosaic) and Molly (15)
MichiganUSA 


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