Non-Vaccinated Babies

[Starry91]

Hi All,

I am considering not vaccinating my LO (7 weeks) for MMR, Polio etc... due to my own findings into this topic showing the side effects which children have already experienced as a result of being vaccinated.

How many of you have not allowed your kids to be vaccinated and have you experienced any issues as a result of your decision?

Also, how is the general health of your child(ren) since choosing not to go down the vaccinating route?

Any feedback will be much appreciated.

Thanks!

Vaccinate your child. Vaccinations are safe. The illnesses they protect us from a serious and can cause death.

Most of the information relating to vaccinations on the internet is biased towards the anti-vaxx movement but dressed up in a way to look like it's medical and professional. Dig deeper and you'll see the websites are funded by large anti-vaxx groups.

The sooner the government makes vaccination mandatory the better. My child’s nursery won’t accept unvaccinated kids, which I think is excellent.

The DTP vaccine not only protects against diphtheria and tetanus, but most importantly against whooping cough, which still kills a number of unvaccinated children every year.

Please vaccinate your poor baby.

Yet another irresponsible, anti-vaccination idiot who thinks they know it all after a few hours with Dr. Google reading questionable websites.!!

Anyone can say anything on the internet. It doesn't mean that it is true, and much of it is unscientific mumbo jumbo.

My three children were all fully vaccinated for everything on offer. Their health is fine. Get yours done. Don't be foolish and leave it to chance. It isn't making an informed decision, it is playing Russian Roulette with their health and that of others.

Have you ever spoken to anyone whose had these diseases? They are horrific and ruin lives and I'm grateful every day I don't have to worry about my child catching diseases like that.

Oh, I forgot to post this:

A great grand aunt of mine lost six of her eight children to diphteria in one year.

If your child gets SSPE (Subakute sklerosierende Panenzephalitis) a late onset possible consequence of measles, you have a long time to explain you decision to your child.

donquixotedelamancha I love that! Stealing it for next time I come across one of these

When I volunteered in Ghana one of the little girls in my host family had a lifelong disability caused by polio. Parents there would walk for miles and queue all day for a chance od a vaccine for their child. You don’t know how lucky you are, take advantage of that privilege and protect your child

I think with our low child mortality rates we take a lot for granted.

My husbands colleague has just had diptheria, contracted in the UK. Fortunatly he had been vaccinated and had a mild case, but it shows that it is still firmly out there

My ds has all the vaccines that cross both the UK and KSA schedules. Vaxxed AF. He's totally fine and I am settled in the knowledge that I've done all that I can to protect him from preventable and potentially fatal diseases. And that he's born a danger to those that are immunocompromised, vulnerable, and not able to have the life saving vaccinations through no fault of their own. Get your child vaccinated. It the parental and socially responsible thing to do.

NOT a danger, not born 🙄

Have you investigated the side effects of measles, mumps, rubella, whooping cough, polio, diphtheria etc? How do they weigh up against the side effects of vaccination?

My grandmother's sister died of diphtheria at 4 years old. Thank goodness we live in a time when we can vaccinate against these deadly diseases.

As time goes by, the collective memory of those who died or have lived with significant consequences of these diseases is fading. I have known two people who have lived with the consequences of polio. One had a paralysed arm and the other struggles to walk. I suspect they were lucky not to die.

I cannot imagine the experience of choosing not to vaccinate and then having to live with my child catching and potentially dying of a preventable illness. Nor can I imagine the guilt if my unvaccinated child passed a preventable disease to a child who couldn’t be vaccinated and was reliant on herd immunity.

Electra don't be silly. Please see the UK vaccination schedule, it's NOT just DTP given to young babies.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachmentdata/file/699392/Completeeimmunisationscheduleeapril2018.pdf

Please please get your children vaccinated. I work in the NHS in infectious diseases - the consequences of not vaccinating can be major. I have seen patients almost die from measles.

I'm glad I was vaccinated. Age 31 I was diagnosed with autoimmune neutropenia. I don't have enough neutrophils to fight off things and so I'm immunosuppressed and need to inject myself for life with a drug to mean I'm less susceptible
If I hadn't been vaccinated I would have been at much higher risk during the EIGHT years I had this condition without being diagnosed
I'm still at a greater risk but much less than if I hadn't been vaccinated

You don’t have findings you have things you have read on the internet. I’m a university lecturer in microbiology and have actual research findings in the field. Not vaccinating your child is basically child abuse.

I hope one of your 'side effects' isn't autism. You would be saying that you'd rather risk your child dying than having them be like me.

It really stings when I see posts saying they aren't vaccinating because of the risk of autism.

I know a family that lost a daughter due to measles 😞

I didn't think twice about vaccinating my son. An afternoon of cold like symptoms to protect him from a multitude of illnesses that could kill him was a no brainer for me.

I wish we followed other countries in making immunisation mandatory to go to school. The sooner the better.

Actually, the risk of contracting dipheria in UK has been a recent concern, because of the changed immigration patterns and ease of travel from Eastern Europe.

I do wonder about the depth of OP's 'research' when she alludes to one component of a multivalent infant jab (and not the other infant jabs) plus a jab that is given from age 13 months onwards.

"I wish we followed other countries in making immunisation mandatory to go to school. The sooner the better."

Oppose this. DC are entitled to an education, regardless of their parents choices.

The Aussie model of no child-related government payments seems a good one though. I'd give exemptions on medical grounds and being a JW only (few in number, and definitely a tenet for them and not just icw vax, no other conscience clauses)

You can get the value ccinatilns administered separately. You'd have to pay, of course.