I haven't posted any Easter pics yet, because I have become increasingly concerned with some information that I learned about vaccinations. My good friend Shawna researches all of the information she can about immunization shots because her son Alex's apparent autism is suspected to have been triggered by harmful chemicals they still have in vaccinations. Jenny McCarthy (and many other autism activists) are hesitant to outright say that they blame the shots, but it is obvious that it is one of the main suspects in environmentally-caused cases. Shawna just had a test done for the chromosome syndrome "Fragile X" on her 2-yr old Alex, which basically determines if the autism is genetic. Well, his wasn't. And he was talking around 1-1 1/2 yrs just before his last round of shots, and suddenly stopped. I think it is pretty convincing, that possibly along with other environmental factors, the harmful preservatives in the shots could have contributed.
It has weighed on my mind heavily, and we decided we would have his 2 month shots anyway and take the risk. While he is obviously okay as of now, I heard something shocking that I guarantee most of you haven't heard. Shawna told me that some of the shots were created with aborted fetal tissue...ahhh!!!!!! I honestly couldn't believe it when I heard it because I was sure I would have heard about it from Catholic or Pro-life groups. Well, I looked it up online and talked to another mom from my church who just had her 5th baby in February and she said it is true too. Many of the shots have harsh chemicals/human or animal tissue, or were cultured on aborted tissue from 2 abortions back in the 60's. They don't even give the 3 month old fetuses names; just the label WI or MRC-5. I am going to talk to his doctor next month (when he would get his next round) and to our priest.
After reading some more articles, there are certain pro-life alternatives for some of the vaccines, but some of the new ones like for chickenpox, don't have an alternative so we are not going to vaccinate him for that--he can get chickenpox like we did. Some of them also contain MSG and sorbitol (which I am badly allergic to) so I will be asking my doctor if we can either delay or substitute those as I don't know if Lucas is allergic to it too. I can tell it is already going to frustrate me with the doctor if A.) he does know about the fetal tissue and doesn't care, or B.) he was ignorant to it to begin with. I am also going to ask him to sign the previously posted AUL (Americans United for Life- against forcing all OBGYNS to perform abortions). If he doesn't meet my expectations, I am not going to keep him as his doctor because we are now paying the big bucks to see him instead of going to a base.
The main problem is that schools now will not admit kids who are not vaccinated for everything, but I heard for certain ones you can be an exception for religious reasons. Shawna (who is pregnant with her 2nd!) and I hope that by the time our kids start school, things will have changed regarding vaccinations. It is scary to think what our kids are (and what we were) being injected with.
here is the site with some of the vaccines and whats in them:
http://www.informedchoice.info/cocktail.html
I just bought this book by Dr. Sears on Amazon.com:
It has alternate schedules which I may consider doing also.
Considering how many of my friends are soon going to/have had babies recently, I thought it my responsibility to pass all the info on- Thanks Shawna + Kirsten!
7 comments:
Thank you so much for the information! This subject is very important/scary to me.
I never was worried about the vaccinations since I felt I got them when I was young and I'm fine. Though there is an increase or maybe it's a more awareness about autism. Maybe I should be more concerened about it then I've been. Ethan is fine as far as I know from his shots and Sophie is too, for now, but she does have more I think. Now it has me worried for her.
That's crazy about what's in it but it's weird that it's not known. I've never heard that before until I read your blog. About your pediatrician I don't know any pediatrician that recommends not getting your child vaccinated. And about what's in it does make you think that all pediatrician's just don't know.
I think our pediatrician is awesome. Since she's not like our other one, that told us Sophia needed iron supplement drops just because she's a breast feed baby! No other reason. Her iron wasn't even checked. We did our research and never went back. Our pediatricain is so good about taking her time with us and answering our questions and doesn't push medicine for something she knows Sophie will just get over it on her own. Now I'm going to ask her about these vaccination questions I now have. Thanks for the info.
Yeah, I know I will be disappointed with my pediatrician; they all push for the vaccines, but I doubt most of them even know whats in them.
I never worried about it either; but babies get 6 times as many shots than you and i did! isn't that crazy? Most of these diseases have treatments, so I am not too worried about opting out of some of them. I hope the shots don't adversely affect lucas or your kids, or any kids of course, but I think it depends on the baby, and how much of these wierd preservatives they can tolerate. It seems like a lot of the stuff they put in the shots isn't necessary anyway, but I hope more studies are done to explain the rise in autism. I will post another study shawna sent me later today.
your welcome for the info- good luck talking it over with your doctors!
Thanks Sam. I get so worried about everything that I almost want to avoid learning about something new each time. But I know it's our responsibility to take care of them.
i know what you mean iris--it's almost like everyone/everything is out to get your baby and you have the endless duty to protect them. It even made me question having another baby soon like we had talked about. I want to get this book and read all I can, and if opting out of the vaccines means he can't go to a public school, I will just have to home school him. But yeah, I sometimes feel like I wish I didn't have to learn about all the safety precautions, and then the precautions to those precautions etc...it's hard to trust anyone else (much less pharmaceutical companies) with your child's well-being.
All public schools allow children without vaccines, it is a matter of asking for a waiver and filling it out. Children cannot be discriminated against for this reason.
good to know. I never heard that but I will either do that or maybe even homeschool him. depends on where we are and what is going on around us.
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