> Sonja wrote- > Well that's just it. Some of the vaccinations can seriously debillitate a > child or even kill it. I'd like to know about those risks, _all_ the risks. > In the Netherlands the former minister of health Els Borst said that it > wasn't necesary for parents to have the full information as to what side > effects certain vaccines hold, because they only occur in few cases and too > much information would only make parents worry too much. I find that > insulting to my intelligence. As I found out it is rather difficult to find > any information as too side effects of vaccines. At the moment I'm deciding > on whether or not to vaccinate Tom with a new vaccine, it is against > menigitis C. It hasn't been around for all that long (about year) and in > order to get all children vaccinated medics have been rather shady as to the > sort of side effects it can cause, that is side effects in the short term, > because they simply don't know about any long term effects. Also it is a > vaccine that only vaccinates against the much less common (although there > has been an increase in the number of cases over the past few years) > meningitis C not the much more feared meningitis B. > I feel that vaccinating just because we can, isn't a good idea. First > considering all the options with the pros and cons, then weighing the risks > and only then choosing what is best for the child, to me seems a much better > idea. So although I'm not against vaccinations in general I'm against > thoughtless vaccinations.
I tend to question most info on vaccines to some degree as I get a bit older. Being a healthcare worker we were some of the first to be required to get Hepatitis vaccines in the US. They had only barely come out with a synthetic, and the military base was still using live vaccine with a much higher rate of seizures/actual subsequent hepatitis. Less than 3-5 years later they started immunizing children under 2....... although the highest risks were in the highschool years (supposedly it is easier to regulate entrance to school with earlier vaccination). What amazes me is that they did this with the expectation that a large portion of the vaccinated youth would need boosters (you guessed it) around high school years. (I still don't even think about the supposed anthrax vaccine they give the military/DOL/etc) I must be "behind" on my knowledge of vaccines.. my sisters kids got one I had never heard of since they were premature, and I didn't even know they gave menigitis vaccines, or letter codes. The recent movement in this state is mandatory chicken pox vaccine over the next 3 years. (I recently heard this vaccine can only be given once- not so sure about that, but looks like we move from uncomfortable kids to uncomfortable adult chicken poxers :-) Dee _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
