Vaccine Vent

*** This will be long, I'm incredibly annoyed at the moment******

We do months of research before we buy a car, we check out housing foundations, neighborhoods, school districts before we purchase a house, we even check movie reviews before we spend 20 bucks on a movie but for some reason parents are scolded for doing research on vaccinations.

Why?

Vaccine information is not only found on anti-vax sites. Its found on the center for disease control and the AAP websites too (yes, the sames sites that doctors also look at) but people are told they are idiots when they choose to delay vaccinations or only selective vax or ::gasp:: not vax their children at all. What I find most amusing about this is those same individuals that point their judgemental finger don't do any research at all and blindly follow the doctors reccomendations.

Heres why I find it funny. Do you buy a car from a dealer just because the salesman says "this is a great deal, wonderful car blah blah", no of course not. But because someone spent 8 years in medical school and has the title of "doctor" what they say is gold. Forget that they too get paid by parmaceutical companies to give you those same vaccinations and although they may not be slimy like a car salesman they definetly have more of a motive to go with vaccines instead of another route of treatment, don't you think?

Usually when I say anything about vaccines I immediately hear about Jenny Mcarthy and the autism MMR link and why would you listen to a celebrity? The answer: I don't. I do my own RESEARCH. I'm not talking about the risk of autism when I talk about the dangers of vaccines, what I'm talking about things like chronic arthritis (which has been linked since the early 90s to the rubella vaccine) or allergies, brain damage, deafness and skin issues all which are clearly stated on even the pro-vaccine websites.

Some people say "hey, those are the risks and i'd rather take those small risks than having the HUGE risk of my child catching what we vaccinate against". Well, can you tell me what the chance of your child getting something like polio or diptheria is? What the risks are? How about how well the vaccines work? My guess is no since you were trusting someone else to do your research for you.

For example right on the CDC's website they say "pertussis remains endemic in the U.S. despite routine childhood vaccines". So if the vaccine for whooping cough isn't working to reduce the number of cases of whopping cough why do we still vaccinate for it?

Or how about the Hep B vaccine. Can someone explain to me why it is now a routine for our BABIES to get a vaccine that is mostly caused through sexual intercourse or IV drug use? Sure, if my kids going to get a tattoo at some unsafe place I would make sure he was vaccinated but i'm pretty sure my almost 1 year old isn't planning on swapping fluids or getting tats anytime soon.

Or how about how in the last 15 years the number of vaccines children get has gone from 10 to 36? We now vaccinate for chicken pox for heavens sake! and guess what! YOU STILL GET CHICKEN POX AFTER GETTING VACCINATED!!!

MMR has been proven to fail if given before 15 months of age but the AAP suggests giving it at 12 months. None of this is hidden information its right there in the studies done by the Gov't and Pharma companies so why aren't you reading it before injecting your kids with chemicals? Why does the rating of a car or movie become more important than your child and whats going into their bodies?

I could care less if someone chooses to fully vaccinate their children, but it drives me nuts when they don't do any research then give me the speak about how i'm a bad parent and i'm selfish and i'm uneducated. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Point is.. research.
Vent Over.