Re: Vaccine - Autism link
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 8:23 pm
I think that's what it always comes down to, doing what you believe is best for your child. Both of my kids were vaccinated and suffered few ill effects - a fever lasting three days, but nothing more. Perhaps my kids were just fortunate to not have suffered anything more serious.
No loving parent ever wants to cause harm to their child, even inadvertently. I had whooping cough when I was 6 weeks old. I'm very lucky to have survived.
I also agree with you, Cordelia, about loading kids up with multiple vaccines in one shot. One hundred years ago, a time before vaccines, children were not expected to survive to their 7th year. Today, in no small part due to vaccines, children generally are healthier than ever.
My heart went out to the mother who had been immunized against Pertussis. but somehow lost her immunity and though not sick herself, the child she was carrying contracted Whooping Cough from her and died two weeks after being born.
How does one sooth such pain?
I do know that if I had been complicit in causing my child serious injury or lasting disability, I would never get past it.
No loving parent ever wants to cause harm to their child, even inadvertently. I had whooping cough when I was 6 weeks old. I'm very lucky to have survived.
I also agree with you, Cordelia, about loading kids up with multiple vaccines in one shot. One hundred years ago, a time before vaccines, children were not expected to survive to their 7th year. Today, in no small part due to vaccines, children generally are healthier than ever.
My heart went out to the mother who had been immunized against Pertussis. but somehow lost her immunity and though not sick herself, the child she was carrying contracted Whooping Cough from her and died two weeks after being born.
How does one sooth such pain?
I do know that if I had been complicit in causing my child serious injury or lasting disability, I would never get past it.