Welcome back, measles!

My son had his other dose of the vaccine when he was around 13. I was supposed to have another dose also but I chickened out. I don't like shots.

In light of the recent discussion on this board regarding vaccination and the increasingly trendy 'opting-out' of vaccination by parents, I present this tidbit from the CDC.
http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/2008/a080501Fact.htm

For concerned parents, the shot to avoid is the MMR. We are breaking them up with our kids, doing separate vaccinations for mumps, measles and rubella.

For concerned parents, the shot to avoid is the MMR. We are breaking them up with our kids, doing separate vaccinations for mumps, measles and rubella.

Why avoid that? Aren't you still getting them vaccinated for the same things only 3 different times? What are the benefits of this?

Why avoid that? Aren't you still getting them vaccinated for the same things only 3 different times? What are the benefits of this?

The "cocktail" immunizations should be avoided because of the plethora of live viruses and the chance there will be thimerisol in the vaccine. It's simply too much of a shock to the immune system.

This is all of course, my opinion. But I've done a fair amount of reading on the subject.

Too many kids are being diagnosed with Autism right now. What does it hurt to take this one precaution?

Too many kids are being diagnosed with Autism right now. What does it hurt to take this one precaution?

Cue the icky medical textbook pics of debilitating diseases!

I definitely think it's a good idea to research what vaccines your kids are getting to make sure they don't have thermosil in them, but skipping vaccines altogether is incredibly stupid IMO!

Thanks to air travel, the person sitting next to you in the movie theater or behind you at the grocery store could have been in a place where all of the diseases Americans don't really worry/think about are commonplace.

I also don't think we can blame vaccines for all of the increases in autism. Better awareness, screening, and testing have combined w/ a tendency to overdiagnose to skew the statistics.

The "cocktail" immunizations should be avoided because of the plethora of live viruses and the chance there will be thimerisol in the vaccine. It's simply too much of a shock to the immune system.

This is all of course, my opinion. But I've done a fair amount of reading on the subject.

Too many kids are being diagnosed with Autism right now. What does it hurt to take this one precaution?

I don't think there is any evidence that the immune system is 'shocked'. To the contrary, the most annoying side effect of vaccination is pain upon injection, so MMR kills three birds with one stone. Routine childhood vaccines with the exception of some for influenza are 100% thiomersol free.

Cue the icky medical textbook pics of debilitating diseases!

I definitely think it's a good idea to research what vaccines your kids are getting to make sure they don't have thermosil in them, but skipping vaccines altogether is incredibly stupid IMO!

Thanks to air travel, the person sitting next to you in the movie theater or behind you at the grocery store could have been in a place where all of the diseases Americans don't really worry/think about are commonplace.

I also don't think we can blame vaccines for all of the increases in autism. Better awareness, screening, and testing have combined w/ a tendency to overdiagnose to skew the statistics.

Who said we were skipping them? We're just breaking one booster shot up into three and putting some time in between them. What's more, we're doing it at our own expense.

The vaccination schedule currently being given to kids in the US is obscene. It features roughly three times the amount of vaccinations given to kids in the early 1970's.

You may want to check the case where the CDC recently caved on a vaccination lawsuit to a couple and their child in Atlanta.

Again, we're not skipping vaccinations with our kids, just taking a different schedule.

The "cocktail" immunizations should be avoided because of the plethora of live viruses and the chance there will be thimerisol in the vaccine. It's simply too much of a shock to the immune system.

This is all of course, my opinion. But I've done a fair amount of reading on the subject.

Too many kids are being diagnosed with Autism right now. What does it hurt to take this one precaution?

When we were having our son vaccinated 16 or so years ago, the mmr WAS given in separate doses then. I'd do the same thing again today. It's a crap shoot.

In light of the recent discussion on this board regarding vaccination and the increasingly trendy 'opting-out' of vaccination by parents, I present this tidbit from the CDC.
http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/2008/a080501Fact.htm

Dear Doc Holiday,

Thank you for this article. I took my daughter to her pediatrician today and he told us there were thirty cases reported (I did not ask him where but I assume it was local). Measles are not fun, I had them when I was a kid.

I will probably vaccinate my daughter for polio but still have not made my mind up on this. If I do, I will make sure there is no Mercury in it, (I will read the insert).I was looking at a video by Len Horowitz (In lies we trust) and some of the data still has me reluctant to give her any vaccinations.

Thank you for posting the link so that I could see it.

Sandy B.

The vaccination schedule currently being given to kids in the US is obscene. It features roughly three times the amount of vaccinations given to kids in the early 1970's.

It?s called progress, my friend!

It?s called progress, my friend!

No, it's called the CDC being in bed with the manufacturers of vaccinations.

No, it's called the CDC being in bed with the manufacturers of vaccinations.

Can you clarify? Is the CDC being paid by the manufacturers? Or is it that they are being pressured by politicians who are being paid by the manufacturers?

No, it's called the CDC being in bed with the manufacturers of vaccinations.

I have no basis to disagree with this statement!! However, I don't think the number of shots proves this. We've also made many medical advances since the 70's. And we've come close to eradicating some of these diseases, which I think is a good thing.

No, it's called the CDC being in bed with the manufacturers of vaccinations.

Oh come on. The buck stops with pediatricians, and believe me when I tell you, there isn't anybody getting rich vaccinating kids.