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<blockquote data-quote="Nikimoto" data-source="post: 649002" data-attributes="member: 18791"><p>I am not exactly across the pond, but willing to comment on my own experiences. I have 5 children, ranging in ages from 23 down to nearly 3, all fully vaccinated to the best of my knowledge, save my toddler who is unable to receive his final MMR. According to the CDC, not only is the MMR perfectly safe, contains zero Thimerisol, and causes zero autism, but it rather unsafe to prevent our children from taking it. I saw my youngest daughter develop a mild fever for one day after her first round of shots at 2 months old, can't remember off the top of my head which specifically, but then feel secure in the knowledge she should never catch those diseases due having developed antibodies for her protection.</p><p>One good way I have seen a medical professional describe vaccinations is to compare them to seatbelts; Consider whether you were offered all the latest information, statistics, and safety data on car seats and seatbelts, yet you were told to make your informed choice because it is such a personal decision. Left to hands of those who don't take the time to read all the research, or enough of it to grasp the gravity of the situation, it seems completely ludicrous to consider leaving such a horrendous deficit in life saving safety up to choice.</p><p>One terrible experience with my eldest son will always stick me, and I wish there were some way to go back in time and change it, but in the late 90's, the Varicella (chicken pox) vaccine was fairly new, I was a divorced mom with only Medicaid to support our family's health, there was no9t a lot of info and/or availability for this vaccine at the time, and though he was thought to have had a mild case of it, I was informed he could have the Vax if I thought it was not chicken pox, but I really did not understand enough and wish they would just have told me it was necessary. Because shortly before his 14th birthday he caught the chicken pox with vengeance. It was not the least bit mild or humorous, and watching my child suffer like that renders down all the quandaries I may have held up until that point. Anti-vaxxing seems sadistic after what I saw, and I have never been opposed, just lacked the availability and knowledge. Chicken pox can be moderate to sever, but I would not call it mild. And I was stunned when people began calling me up and asking if they could bring their kids over to catch it from him. I explained his symptoms in detail, and hope it shed some light on the reality of something many people seem to take so lightly even in the information age;</p><p></p><p>Mandatory 2 weeks barred from attending school</p><p>Full body pox, torso, limbs, head, inside ears and throat</p><p>Close call going to the E.R., there were a few times I was concerned he couldn't breather past the swelling, but he had just struggled to swallow, which is necessary in order not dehydrate and to take medication and eat something solid</p><p>Moderate to high fever, 102 ish most days, sometimes spiking up towards 104 if he was in a good sleep and his Motrin wore off.</p><p>Self-described bodily misery, muscle aches, bone pain, sore throat and ears</p><p>Inability to sleep well most of the time, for the first week</p><p></p><p>And this brings me to my final point, that chicken pox is considered to be somewhat milder and less dangerous than measles, which is probable, notwithstanding my son was older than most patients.</p><p></p><p>If there is some slight, tiny, minuscule risk associated with MMR, we owe it to ourselves as parents to authorize that risk in order to prevent heavy suffering, brain damage, and the risk of death associated measles and past measles infections.</p><p>Compare it again to the car seat and seatbelt usage if you will, there is a risk of suffering whiplash, seatbelt bruising, and some broken bones if in a near fatal car crash while properly buckled. But you increase your chance of getting out alive, and that of your innocent children.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nikimoto, post: 649002, member: 18791"] I am not exactly across the pond, but willing to comment on my own experiences. I have 5 children, ranging in ages from 23 down to nearly 3, all fully vaccinated to the best of my knowledge, save my toddler who is unable to receive his final MMR. According to the CDC, not only is the MMR perfectly safe, contains zero Thimerisol, and causes zero autism, but it rather unsafe to prevent our children from taking it. I saw my youngest daughter develop a mild fever for one day after her first round of shots at 2 months old, can't remember off the top of my head which specifically, but then feel secure in the knowledge she should never catch those diseases due having developed antibodies for her protection. One good way I have seen a medical professional describe vaccinations is to compare them to seatbelts; Consider whether you were offered all the latest information, statistics, and safety data on car seats and seatbelts, yet you were told to make your informed choice because it is such a personal decision. Left to hands of those who don't take the time to read all the research, or enough of it to grasp the gravity of the situation, it seems completely ludicrous to consider leaving such a horrendous deficit in life saving safety up to choice. One terrible experience with my eldest son will always stick me, and I wish there were some way to go back in time and change it, but in the late 90's, the Varicella (chicken pox) vaccine was fairly new, I was a divorced mom with only Medicaid to support our family's health, there was no9t a lot of info and/or availability for this vaccine at the time, and though he was thought to have had a mild case of it, I was informed he could have the Vax if I thought it was not chicken pox, but I really did not understand enough and wish they would just have told me it was necessary. Because shortly before his 14th birthday he caught the chicken pox with vengeance. It was not the least bit mild or humorous, and watching my child suffer like that renders down all the quandaries I may have held up until that point. Anti-vaxxing seems sadistic after what I saw, and I have never been opposed, just lacked the availability and knowledge. Chicken pox can be moderate to sever, but I would not call it mild. And I was stunned when people began calling me up and asking if they could bring their kids over to catch it from him. I explained his symptoms in detail, and hope it shed some light on the reality of something many people seem to take so lightly even in the information age; Mandatory 2 weeks barred from attending school Full body pox, torso, limbs, head, inside ears and throat Close call going to the E.R., there were a few times I was concerned he couldn't breather past the swelling, but he had just struggled to swallow, which is necessary in order not dehydrate and to take medication and eat something solid Moderate to high fever, 102 ish most days, sometimes spiking up towards 104 if he was in a good sleep and his Motrin wore off. Self-described bodily misery, muscle aches, bone pain, sore throat and ears Inability to sleep well most of the time, for the first week And this brings me to my final point, that chicken pox is considered to be somewhat milder and less dangerous than measles, which is probable, notwithstanding my son was older than most patients. If there is some slight, tiny, minuscule risk associated with MMR, we owe it to ourselves as parents to authorize that risk in order to prevent heavy suffering, brain damage, and the risk of death associated measles and past measles infections. Compare it again to the car seat and seatbelt usage if you will, there is a risk of suffering whiplash, seatbelt bruising, and some broken bones if in a near fatal car crash while properly buckled. But you increase your chance of getting out alive, and that of your innocent children. [/QUOTE]
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