Comments on: School Immunizations: Are they Needed? http://www.blisstree.com/articles/school-immunizations-are-they-needed/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:35:29 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Krista http://www.blisstree.com/articles/school-immunizations-are-they-needed/comment-page-1/#comment-405230 Krista Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:35:06 +0000 http://www.blisstree.com/?p=85790#comment-405230 This is a very touchy hard subject because so much is on the line. These are our kids, the most precious things we have and are charged with taking care of them and protecting them. The fact that this is even a questions stands to challange the fact that we did or did not adequaely protect our child. Whatever choice you have made, just by discussing it with someone who made a different choice, is likely to cause outcry. You might as well stand in the street and yell, "you suck, you hurt your kids". After months, now years, of research I think it is unclear with any amount of certanty what is the safest choice. I do believe you are trading a known risk, the chance for your child to get a vaccine preventable disease, with an unknown risk, the chance for your child to be injured by the vaccine itself. Now, it is not time to condemm the other moms who chose differently than you. They chose to protect thier kids the way they thought best, the best for them. The important thing to think about is they got to choose! Weighing the decision, debating what is right for your circumstances, history, lifestyle it can not be a cookie cutter mentality, for we are all different cookies and that is what makes America so great. For me, my decision is to do without the vaccines, to file an exemption with the state, to know what my choices are and why and not let any authority scare me away from they choices I believe in, to protect my child the best way I feel I can. This is a very touchy hard subject because so much is on the line. These are our kids, the most precious things we have and are charged with taking care of them and protecting them. The fact that this is even a questions stands to challange the fact that we did or did not adequaely protect our child. Whatever choice you have made, just by discussing it with someone who made a different choice, is likely to cause outcry. You might as well stand in the street and yell, “you suck, you hurt your kids”. After months, now years, of research I think it is unclear with any amount of certanty what is the safest choice. I do believe you are trading a known risk, the chance for your child to get a vaccine preventable disease, with an unknown risk, the chance for your child to be injured by the vaccine itself. Now, it is not time to condemm the other moms who chose differently than you. They chose to protect thier kids the way they thought best, the best for them. The important thing to think about is they got to choose! Weighing the decision, debating what is right for your circumstances, history, lifestyle it can not be a cookie cutter mentality, for we are all different cookies and that is what makes America so great. For me, my decision is to do without the vaccines, to file an exemption with the state, to know what my choices are and why and not let any authority scare me away from they choices I believe in, to protect my child the best way I feel I can.

]]> By: Diana http://www.blisstree.com/articles/school-immunizations-are-they-needed/comment-page-1/#comment-334448 Diana Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:32:48 +0000 http://www.blisstree.com/?p=85790#comment-334448 My kids had their immunizations on time. I remember going to the pediatrician, he was an older guy, and he said we're so lucky to have the immunizations. I've seen so many sick children who have died or were permanantly debilitated before the immunizaions came about. Then he looked at me and said - "you know I say that to my parents, because I believe it, but I forget sometimes and say it to people like the parents I just saw, who lost a child before the immunizations came about. They were understanding, but I felt bad for reminding them. " My sister in law didn't believe in them. I told her about the doctor, and she said she depends on everyone else to have theirs so that they won't pass the disease on to her children. I thought, but what if someone is a carrier and gives it to your child, and your child passes it on. Who's responsible then? My kids had their immunizations on time. I remember going to the pediatrician, he was an older guy, and he said we’re so lucky to have the immunizations. I’ve seen so many sick children who have died or were permanantly debilitated before the immunizaions came about. Then he looked at me and said – “you know I say that to my parents, because I believe it, but I forget sometimes and say it to people like the parents I just saw, who lost a child before the immunizations came about. They were understanding, but I felt bad for reminding them. ”

My sister in law didn’t believe in them. I told her about the doctor, and she said she depends on everyone else to have theirs so that they won’t pass the disease on to her children. I thought, but what if someone is a carrier and gives it to your child, and your child passes it on. Who’s responsible then?

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