As mother in law would say...........if you ever saw a child die from ________ (insert vaccine related disease here), you'd agree it is necessary. And I agreed with her. Vaccines for DPT, MMR, polio, and a few other deadly things have been miraculous. On the flip side, these are viruses that are constantly mutating.....our resistance to them only makes them mutate into stronger strains. So, what happens when our vaccines are no longer effective? The idea behind vaccines was to "stamp out" certain diseases that were deadly. Problem is, in underdeveloped countries those people are not vaccinated and the diseases run amok and mutate. We *thought* we had smallpox licked and polio, and I think TB for a while. We found out otherwise, not to mention the newer strains are stronger than ever. (as in resistant)
For those it's an ongoing battle. One that even some scientists are beginning to wonder if vaccines are worth the possible repercussions of virus mutations ect. It's become a catch 22 situation.
Vaccines are important if you would like your child to survive the deadly childhood illnesses. Period. Honestly, I think if more docs put it that way more parents would get how important it really is. We've seen a couple of generations without deadly epidemics.....people just don't realize anymore what these diseases can do.
The chickenpox vaccine is unnecessary, it's not a deadly disease if treated properly, with rare exception. (but you'll find those exceptions with any disease) I had it, but I was used as a lab rat, I'm still not thrilled about that either. Poor Nichole had both measles (the 2 wk really bad kind) and chicken pox as a baby. It was a really bad year. She was miserable and yes sick with the chicken pox, she was near death with the measles most of those 2 wks. Huge difference.
Those parents and their pox parties, omg, should have their kids taken away. While I think the vaccine is unnecessary, deliberately exposing your child to a disease hoping they catch it should be grounds to have that child removed. I never understood such nonsense or ignorance. easy child brought it home from kindergarden, trust me that was bad enough.......3 kids ages 6, 4, and 1 having them at the same time I'm surprise that I survived. lol
Of course Nichole was the only one of my kids it was available for and she can't be vaccinated because she's severely allergic to the preservative in them.
I just shook my head at the HPV one, released too soon, pushed too hard, when safe sex or NO sex is probably a better preventative. I'm afraid I'd have had to go to jail in TX just to make a point.
