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!

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Please home school your child. And keep them away from baby groups/soft play centres.

My children are all fully vaccinated but my youngest only recently got his first MMR shot at the age of 5. This is not through direct choice, but because we move a lot and he missed a lot of the slots. In the country where we live the vaccines are done at specific times. This is actually very stupid of me but it is because we moved to different countries when he was little. Most of the world doesn't have the false sense of security that the UK has about serious diseases. They are still alive and well and kill many children annually. If you chose not to vaccinate your child, I hope she doesn't want to travel outside Western Europe in the future.
All my children rarely get sick, I don't buy that nonsense about vaccines make children weaker. I have a couple of good friends who haven't vaccinated their kids. We agree to disagree. One has even taken her son to the Caribbean and Africa. She's idiotic, but there you go!

Can I enquire as to the medical qualifications you have which enable you to make a genuinely informed decision...?

As someone who nearly died from whooping cough as a baby (late 80s) and as a result have had a lifetime of poor health due to the long term damage, my two dcs got vaccinated.

Please please do the same. Why would you risk it???

The vast majority of people jump at the opportunity to vaccinate their children. They do this for many reasons. We are so lucky to have this option. IMO it's bonkers not to have your child vaccinated.

Honestly, I can’t RTFT because this winds me up so much. I feel like this attitude is the bloody scourge of the modern age - ‘I’ve done my own research’ Umm no you sodding well haven’t, I doubt you would recognise real scientific research if it hit you over the head. You’ve googled it, and that is NOT THE SAME THING.

I am 48. I have never been vaccinated and yes i have been lucky not to get serious disease but i do worry about it a lot. My mother also didnt believe in vaccination.

I had all my children vaccinated

People who don’t vaccinate their children aren’t fit to be parents.

Bet they vaccinate their fucking pets.

I paid out nearly £200 that we couldn’t afford to vaccinate my three year old against meningitis. It’s important.

Do some research into this properly OP.

These are not “ dead diseases “ that we are vaccinating against. Yep polio is hopefully gone but whooping cough isn’t uncommon - yes the vax effectiveness declines with age too and adults can get it mildly and just have a prolonged annoying cough - but it kills tiny babies and causes long term lung damage. Tetanus is still a risk. Diphtheria - cases abroad have been imported. My mum died recently in her late 80s. She remembers twin primary school friends getting it and only one girl returned. That was so horrible my mum remembered itfor her whole life.

We now protect newborns against some strains of meningitis and hepatitis b.

I won’t bore you as regards measles but we have active outbreaks in the uk. I have seen it as “ uncomplicated measles “ where a small child was so sick it was initially thought to be meningitis. I have met middle aged deafened adults after measles. It can cause encephalitis ( brain inflammation ) and just look up the horrible complication subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. A slow progressive brain rotting complication with no treatment.

Mumps meh who cares - might deafen your child or render them sterile but is a “ minor “ childhood illness.

Rubella. Again I’m middle aged. I knew a teenager who was deaf and near blind as a result of congenital rubella - same age as me. But again it’s a “ minor “ childhood illness. Well until your daughter contracts it in pregnancy - well you are Lucky there - the rest of us DO vaccinate so she probably won’t. Won’t be able to teach or work in healthcare though unless immune ....