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FallonJade21 · 2020-02-07T09:45:00+00:00

Just a quick wondering about peoples opinions of vaccinating. With all the backlash that they've had recently i'm really in two minds whether or not to vaccinate. Please let me know what you think.

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Namechangerejsjs1239 · 07/02/2020 15:55

weird first post Op?

BlingLoving · 07/02/2020 16:07

I posted something about vaccinations recently and some random weirdo anti vaxxer came on with a ridiculous statement, including one that heavily suggested that aborted foetuses are a major ingredient!

Honestly, it's just mind blowing. Truly mind blowing. I am so grateful to live in an era where vaccinations are available. I'm constantly HORRIFIED that people are actually dying of measles again.

Jaz1993 · 07/02/2020 17:17

Hi again all,
I am not making assumptions. I did enquire with my health visitor and GP regarding the ingredients in the 6 in 1 and based on my concerns and her adverse reactions to various medications she has been on, foods I have introduced into my diet and physical allergens they were happy for me to vaccinate at 6 months. It makes me feel much better about the flu vaccine knowing there isn't actual egg inside, my doctor just warned me she could have an allergic reaction to some vaccines in the schedule (MMR I believe and flu).
Often GP's are stripped of time and when asked questions do not have time to answer them, they generally just say 'you must vaccinate your child', at least in my small town.

JoshLinda · 08/02/2020 02:17

BlingLoving

I posted something about vaccinations recently and some random weirdo anti vaxxer came on with a ridiculous statement, including one that heavily suggested that aborted foetuses are a major ingredient!

Maybe not a major ingredient, but certainly an ingredient in some, and used in the research and development of others.

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6027112/

EatsFartsAndLeaves · 08/02/2020 02:32

Doctors are very well qualified to understand the risks and benefits of vaccination. Do what your doctor recommends. They ALL recommend vaccination.

vodkaredbullgirl · 08/02/2020 02:45

Both mine are vaccinated and they are 22 and 20 yrs old.

BigGreenBaskets · 08/02/2020 03:07

I think you should be a responsible parent and vaccinate your children.

MostlyAmbridgeandcoffee · 08/02/2020 03:43

I’m assuming the OP is a wind up and just wanted to create a stormy back and forth. Or a moron...
just in case it’s the latter...vaccinate your kids.

JoshLinda · 08/02/2020 09:25

EatsFartsAndLeaves

Doctors are very well qualified to understand the risks and benefits of vaccination

You really think? Try asking your GP what's in a vaccine and what to do if you child has a severe reaction. Mine has no clue. I've had doctors prescribe me completely wrong medication, misdiagnose my child and treat her with steroids when she had chicken pox (leading to her hospitalisation), misdiagnose me with a condition that needed emergency surgery...when I didn't have the condition.....
I could go on.....and on......

You might think they are well qualified with regards to vaccines but ask how much they actually learnt about them during their studies. Most of their knowledge is gleaned from pharma reps. Most GPs haven't even read a vaccine insert. Ask them!

NoParticularPattern · 08/02/2020 09:28

There are two types of people: those who vaccinate their children (within the realms of possibility ie except those allergic to the vaccines etc), and idiots. Choose which you’d like to be.

MoonlightMistletoe · 08/02/2020 10:03

@BlingLoving I wouldn't say it was a ridiculous comment because there is some truth in that.

MoonlightMistletoe · 08/02/2020 10:08

Out of curiosity how many of you are fully vaccinated and also have an auto immune disease of some sort?

All my children are fully vaccinated, as am I apart from the flu jab however I do understand antivaxxers concerns.

poseysbobblehat · 08/02/2020 10:13

My 18 month old uncle died of polio in the pre vax days. It destroyed my gran. Some of these diseases are passing out of living memory due to vaccinations, don't bring them back.

iklboo · 08/02/2020 10:27

Most of their knowledge is gleaned from pharma reps.

Not really in the UK it's not. At least not with all the GPs I know.

PixieDustt · 08/02/2020 10:28

I don't see why anyone wouldn't vaccinate their child. If I knew someone who didn't vaccinate their child I wouldn't allow my DC around them.

Just out of curiosity I wonder if these people own dogs etc and if they have their vaccinations... probably do.

happycamper11 · 08/02/2020 10:35

DD2 caught whooping cough 2 weeks before her first vaccinations it's not that uncommon thanks to anti vaxers, it's very unpleasant and she could have died. It does still affect her now nearly 7 years on.

happycamper11 · 08/02/2020 10:39

Oh and re the egg thing my friends ds is highly anaphylactic to egg. He can't even walk past someone eating egg without reacting but he is vaccinated so that argument doesn't seem valid. He was monitored by dr's post vaccination but was fine

happycamper11 · 08/02/2020 10:41

To add the monitoring was only the mmr. The rest did not require

JoshLinda · 08/02/2020 10:41

35happycamper11

DD2 caught whooping cough 2 weeks before her first vaccinations it's not that uncommon thanks to anti vaxers, it's very unpleasant and she could have died. It does still affect her now nearly 7 years on.

I'm pretty sure vaccinated kids still catch and spread whooping cough but just don't develop symptoms, so it really has nothing to do with antivaxxers. You can fact check.this easily.

happycamper11 · 08/02/2020 10:45

@JoshLinda I meant whooping cough is no longer uncommon due to the anti vax movement- the same way as measles is now more common again now - not that unvaccinated children caused my daughters whooping cough.

Zoflorabore · 08/02/2020 10:48

I know from the many previous threads I’ve read on here that a familiar phrase is “you can’t argue with stupid” which sums it up for me.

My ds is 17 next month. He has Aspergers and was vaccinated. My dd is 9 and she is also vaccinated as I know there is no link between autism and vaccines and even if there was I would rather my child have ASD than be dead from a childhood illness that could be prevented. It’s a no brainer.

JoshLinda · 08/02/2020 10:49

PixieDustt

I don't see why anyone wouldn't vaccinate their child. If I knew someone who didn't vaccinate their child I wouldn't allow my DC around them.

Most "antivaxxers" were pro vax and vaccinated their kids until there was a severe reacton, injury or death (in their own child or family member), so no longer vaccinate their children. I speak from experience.

Just out of curiosity I wonder if these people own dogs etc and if they have their vaccinations... probably do.

There is now a lot of concern about neurological (and other) diseases in pets and over-vaccination is frequently brought up as the cause.
Just one of many articles:
In my years of veterinary practice, I’ve witnessed hundreds of cases of serious vaccine damage to pets, including death.

www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com/dangerous-over-vaccination-on-the-rise/

Booboostwo · 08/02/2020 10:55

This shit just won't die a death will it. We truly live in an idiocracy.

sashh · 08/02/2020 11:42

I saw a post on Reddit from someone whose unvaccinated 4 year old had just had an autism diagnosis.

They were advised that the child's doctor must have secretly vaccinated them because that's the only way you get autism.

Nope you can't argue with stupid.

amazedmummy · 08/02/2020 11:49

DS has his second vaccinations next week. I could not live with myself if he died from a preventable illness. There are slim risks with everything, even vaccines but I did my research. Severe reactions are very very rare and the benefits outweigh the negatives in my opinion. At his 8 week ones he cried a little, came home, had calpol and slept for pretty much the whole day. No drama at all.