gr8blessings (6/25/2008)

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Personally, I'd rather have the uninformed lead into vaccination since it is in the best interest of society and their children. We have paid big bucks to educate doctors and scientists and continue to pay big bucks to employ them in the government. Every single agency (Canadian Pediatrics, Public Health, Health Canada), strongly endorses vaccination. These are experts in their fields.

I think it takes a lot of guts for a single person to decide that he/she has enough experience and education after a bit of reading to go against these experts. I admire these people's ability to stick to their guns because they know, in their heart, that it is the right thing to do for their child despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. I think a big part of parenting is to do what we believe is right in our hearts. To stand by what is true to us, and any parent that can teach that to their children is not irresponsible to their child or to society. They are more likely to be the leaders rather than the followers.

I have a strong interest in vaccination, and a PhD specializing in infectious disease, but I wouldn't consider myself an expert. I'm still looking for a single valid reason to not vaccinate that doesn't depend on herd immunity. I hope it exists because I'd rather not inject a vaccine into my child either. As it stands now, though, I rather my child have the vaccine then the disease.

gr8blessings
And moderator if anyone goes whining to you, tell them to shut up, because this has been the best discussion I have had on this topic in a long time.

msamanda (6/25/2008)

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We have my DS on a delayed/selective schedule and will not be doing the MMR.

luckylamb (6/25/2008)

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After researching this subject, we will also be doing an ALTERNATIVE vaccine schedule.

For those unsure of where they stand I would highly reccomend considering this as an option rather than feeling you must choose to have all or nothing. This is NOT the case.

You CAN choose to give some and not all vaccines.
You CAN also choose to give some of the vaccines individually rather than in the combos.
You CAN delay the immunizations so that the baby's not receiving so many vaccines at such an early age.
You CAN adjust the timing between vaccines so that they have a longer time between each one.
You CAN ensure that your baby's vaccines do no contain thimerosol or aluminium BOTH of which are toxic