Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Vaccines and all their associated hullabaloo have been on my mind lately.  Amazing what a fraudulent 'clinical study' and Jenny McCarthy have done to cause such chaos regarding standard immunizations. 
As this review from the CDC states:
"An infant’s immune system is capable of responding to a large amount of immunologic stimuli and, from time of birth, infants are exposed to hundreds of viruses and countless antigens that are not associated with vaccination."

Also: "Evidence from several studies examining trends in vaccine use and changes in autism frequency does not support such an association between thimerosal and autism."
(http://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/autism)


As in, 10 years without this preservative have not changed autism diagnoses. 
Now, I can understand that having your baby receive Hep B vaccines is a bit much.  And I used to think the chicken pox vaccine was silly.  But I've seen how awful shingles can be in older adults (same virus as CP), so I'm glad if such suffering can be prevented, along with all the other scary childhood diseases that have made a resurgence.  I have no idea why so many kids are being diagnosed with having something on the Autism spectrum, but there is no correlation with vaccines.

So, yes, G will be getting his full complement of immunizations.

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