My friend Audrey has an Autistic 22 year old son. He is very chemically sensitive and she kept daily records of both her daughter and son as they were growing up. She has detailed records how they reacted and when they had vaccinations, etc. Very powerful story.
As you can see from our posts below she is well informed and has good advice.
Bill
Bill -
No, I am not opposed to all vaccines, but most. My geologist daughter stepped on a rusty nail at a jobsite a few weeks ago. She panicked, not so much because of the injury, but because she was worried about whether or not to get a vaccine. She was relieved when her overbearing and very opinionated mother said, “Absolutely–you need a tetnus shot.” However, I told her she was going to have to fight to get a mercury-free shot and I told her to say she is allergic to thimerosal. I instructed her to very carefully read the actual container and never accept their word that it doesn’t contain thimerosal. That played out exactly as I had warned. The nurse was “certain” there was no mercury or thimerosal (though she couldn’t pronounce it) in the shot, but of course upon close examination my daughter pointed it out to the nurse. Then they said they didn’t have any other tetnus shots available. But, just as I advised, she told them she knew they were legally required to have a mercury-free version because it’s illegal in this state to give children under the age of 3 vaccinations with mercury. So she finally got it. So, the consumer must always be very well informed and intensively insistent. It took her 45 minutes of arguing, but was well worth the time and trouble.
Regarding childhood vaccines, when I advise my nieces I tell them never to get any flu shots—EVER!—for themselves or their children. The vaccine manufacturers must guess 18 months in advance which flu strain is coming to town out of the possible many hundreds. To cover their bases, they chose three to inject you with. After several months of fear-invoking media blitz beginning in the fall, the CDC might quietly mention in March that they guessed wrong—then again, they probably won’t. Meanwhile, you were exposed to those three viruses in addition to whatever actually DID come to town. To top it off, you’ve suddenly exposed yourself to mercury which is a severe immune system disrupter. Great. For your money, you get more viruses, less immune protection and a boost of heavy metals.
I also tell young mom’s not to get the Hep B vaccine until or unless there is a reasonable risk factor. The risk factors are 1) any prior intraveneous drug use of the mother or 2) sexual intercourse (involving the baby, that is). It’s ridiculous to vaccinate a newborn baby for a sexual encounter they may have in 15 years. The timing is merely for convenience and has never been tested for long term safety or even effectiveness. That’s right—never. If the mom is unsure (as to whether or not she’s been shooting up), she can be tested for Hep B.
The very worst time to vaccinate is during the first year of life—this is especially true if the baby is not primarily breast fed that first year or if the mom’s immune system isn’t perfectly healthy. Another insane vaccination is chicken pox. For crying out loud, it’s a rash! And, keep in mind that vaccines do not provide the same immunity as if the body has to actually fight the real disease. This means that those kids that don’t actually get the chicken pox will be more suseptible as adults when their own children are in school and exposed to everything. When my children were 3 and 5, I purposely exposed them and had a chicken pox party, several neighbors sent their kids since it was June…a very good time to be laid up for a little while. In hindsight, I should have done the same with measles.
Anyway, I could go on and on, but I think you’d best spend your time looking at a well-researched website. This is my favorite, most concise and most comprehensive website:
http://www.generationrescue.org/vaccines.html
That page has all the information, including links to articles, other websites and thoughtful books, that anyone will need to make a decision.
Audrey