Information About Vaccination’s
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Note: Just because there has not been an outbreak of a certain disease (that you have heard of) does not mean that disease isn’t still out there. You can bet it is and doing research (internet or you tube) into how certain disease will affect a person if they contract it is a very smart thing to do before making a decision NOT to vaccinate a child.
I read all sorts of conflicting information about vaccinations. Why some are good for you and some are not. I read where many people are completely opposed to them and swear to never give them to their children. There are sites that list ton’s of ingredients that are in these vaccines that the school DEMANDS we HAVE to give our children if we want them educated. These sites piqued my interest because like millions of other mom’s, I got both of my kids vaccinated, without question, because I was told it was good for my children. That is not something I will ever do again, simply because in this day and age, we do not know what we are giving our children because the FDA can choose if they want to put all the ingredients on the label or not.
So my next move was to go straight to the source. The CDC, also known as The Center For Disease Control. The following information I found on their website;
What You Should Know:
- Millions of doses of vaccines are administered to children in this country each year. Ensuring that those vaccines are potent, sterile, and safe requires the addition of minute amounts of chemical additives.
- Chemicals are added to vaccines to inactivate a virus or bacteria and stabilize the vaccine, helping to preserve the vaccine and prevent it from losing its potency over time.
- The amount of chemicals in vaccines is very small.
- All routinely recommended pediatric vaccines manufactures in the U.S. markets are available in formulations that contain no thimersol or only trace amounts.
Additives Used in the Production of Vaccines;
- Suspending fluid (e.g. sterile water, saline, or fluids containing protein)
- Preservatives and stabilizers to help the vaccine remain unchanged. (e.g. albumin, phenols, and glycine)
- Adjuvants or enhancers to help the vaccine be more effective.
Common Substances Found in Vaccines Are;
- Aluminum gels or salts of aluminum which are added as adjuvants to help the vaccine stimulate a better response. Adjuvants help promote an earlier, more potent response, and more persistent immune response to the vaccine. See also, “Aluminum in Vaccines: What you should know.”
- Antibiotics which are added to some vaccines to prevent the growth of gems (bacteria) during the production and storage of the vaccine. No vaccine in the U.S. contains penicillin.
- Egg Protein is found in influenza and yellow fever vaccines, which are prepared using chicken eggs. Ordinarily, persons who are able to eat eggs or egg products safely can receive these vaccines.
- Formaldehyde is used to inactivate bacterial products for toxoid vaccines, (these are vaccines that use an inactive bacterial toxin to produce immunity.) It is also used to kill unwanted viruses and bacteria that might contaminate the vaccine during production. Most formaldehyde is removed from the vaccine before it is ever packaged.
- MonoSodium Glutamate (MSG) and 2-phenoxy-ethanol which are used as stabilizers in a few vaccines to help the vaccine remain unchanged when the vaccine is exposed to heat, light, acidity, or humidity.
- Thimerosal is a mercury-containing a preservative that is added to vials of vaccines that contain more than one dose to prevent contamination and growth of potentially harmful bacteria.
The CDC states that if you want to find out what ingredients are in a specific vaccination you can request the information through your pharmacist/doctor at any time. They also highly recommend that if your children or you have any adverse reactions to the vaccines that you report it to, Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) @1-800-822-7967
Pediatrics Review addressing parents concerns about vaccinations.
Vaccine Safety: Misinformation about vaccinations can often cause parents to become confused about whether or not they should vaccinate their children. According to the CDC,
Vaccination is a common, memorable event, and association of events in time often signals cause and effect. While some of the sickness or reactions that follow vaccination may be caused by the vaccine, many are unrelated events that occur by coincidence after vaccination. Therefore, the scientific research that attempts to distinguish true vaccine adverse events from unrelated, chance occurrence is important.
Vaccine Safety and adverse events.
Basic and common questions about vaccines.
Vaccine Ingredients sorted by vaccine.
Vaccines for specific groups of people.
Vaccines and Preventable Disease.
Vaccine Safety and Emergency Preparedness.
Questions about MMRV Vaccination we give our children.
RotaVirus Vaccine (A MUST READ on why it was discontinued)
Possible side affects from listed vaccines.
Sudden Infant Death and Vaccines.
My conclusion: There are always going to be risks involved when it comes to giving our children medications or vaccinations. It is up to us as parents to research the things that are being suggested to us to give to them and decide if the risk outweigh the end results should our children contract one of the diseases we are trying to prevent. We should never listen to only one source before making a decision that could be fatal, but we should always use our common sense and maternal instincts. I hope that these resources will help you become better informed about what we give our children and encourage you to dig deeper on your own.
Keepin It Spicy,
Jalapeño Gal
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My children (8 and 1) don’t get vaccines because of the chemicals, poisons, and fluids used from aborted babies that are in them.
I am curious, how do you get around not vaccinating your children for school?
In CA and I believe 8 other states there is an exemption for philosophical views. You fill out a paper and your kids can go to school. However for the uninformed the schools will try to make you think your kids have to be vaccinated. Only 1 state mandates your kids be vaccinated and does not have a religious or philosophical exemption. I believe it West Virginia but don’t quote me on that. All other states have religious exemptions and 9 states have both religious and philosophical exemptions. I personally believe in delayed vaccines. I didn’t have my kids vaccinated til after 5 years of age, and my youngest isn’t vaccinated at all do to medical issues.
The point of the article is to let people know that there are ways to find out what ingredients are in these vaccinations and that they are able to research and find out what the ingredients are versus reading incorrect information. No matter who you ask, everyone has different opinions on whether or not they should vaccinate their children or whether or not to trust the CDC. My opinion is, that even IF, and thats a big if, the CDC has its own agenda, we can still find out the basic ingredients in the vaccinations. I personally do not know where I stand with the subject. Both of my kids have had their shots and nothing is wrong with either of them. So based on my *own experience*, there is nothing wrong with the vaccines. To this date I hear all sorts of *rumors* about what these drugs can do to people but i have not found any proof of the accusations. Only blogs by people who *think* that is what caused their children to have mental disorders. I feel that if it were the vaccinations, then wouldn’t ALL children be affected in the same or similar manner? That being said, if you have *thoroughly* read the facts with the CDC they state the side effects and possible effects each drug can have on a person and they also openly state which drugs have been recalled and why.
J Gal, I’d like to address your comment about all children being affected similarly from receiving vaccines….my understanding, is that due to our individual chemical makeup, or exposure to other toxins, environment etc…, we are not all affected exactly the same or even similar from medications or vaccinations…for instance, when we read side effects of a particular drug…that is just a guideline to let us know that some people experienced some or all of those particular effects… some experienced none…say if you took BP meds and read the possible side effects, which could be dizziness, or fainting, yet had no side effects to that particular drug, that does not mean that many did not experience them and possibly even some that are not listed.
Good point Michelle
JG
While I respect Jalapeno Gal’s decision, I really have to question why *anyone* would go to the CDC for information… they are right there with the FDA with corruption and shenanigans. Anyone remember the “swine flu pandemic”? Yeah… not really on my list of accurate or reliable sources for information. I’m a mother who used to selectively vaccinate, we delayed, did one at a time and picked and chose which ones our kids would receive. Until one of them got a vaccine injury. It isn’t that I don’t think the science isn’t behind vaccines… the issue is the safety of them as they stand. Too many shots, too many chemicals and additives that just don’t need to be there…too risky.
Interesting….
Its funny how many fully qualified scientists there are making decisions on what inoculations to give their children. It makes me laugh that some people say that the CDC etc are corrupt and give out false information and then jump on Google, Wikki or similar to get “the real” facts! Lol
Nobody is able to give an accurate opinion using factual data unless they happen to be a qualified scientist in medicine and have played a major part in numerous human trials and studies.
For the average parent its all pure luck whether you chose inoculation or not. We will never have the full facts.
Just my 2 cents…..
Do not trust the CDC. They have their own agenda.
I for one am a public health nurse that has gotten my children vaccinated and will continue to do so. God forbid, I have even given my daughter a HPV! She is not disabled or had any other effects from it! Are you prepared as parents to allow your children to contract pertussis and fracture ribs with coughing that is so violent? Are you prepared for the disbility of polio? How about the death caused from many of the diseases our children are vaccinated for? How about after you or your children contract diseases and your friend’s, sister’s, or daughter’s infant dies because they are to young to be vaccinated. Are you prepared for that? With all of the travel outside of the US for vacations, business travel, and missions work, contracting diseases is a definate possibility. As a prepper I would rather protect my family giving vaccines. I think maybe some parents should be more concerned with the perservatives they allow there children to eat in things like Doritos and less about what’s in vaccines. My goodness my parents even got me vaccinated. I am surprised I survived!
Sam,
Well said. I agree.
The point of the article is to let people know that there are ways to find out what ingredients are in these vaccinations and that they are able to research and find out what the ingredients are versus reading incorrect information. No matter who you ask, everyone has different opinions on whether or not they should vaccinate their children or whether or not to trust the CDC. My opinion is, that even IF, and thats a big if, the CDC has its own agenda, we can still find out the basic ingredients in the vaccinations. I personally do not know where I stand with the subject. Both of my kids have had their shots and nothing is wrong with either of them. So based on my *own experience*, there is nothing wrong with the vaccines. To this date I hear all sorts of *rumors* about what these drugs can do to people but i have not found any proof of the accusations. Only blogs by people who *think* that is what caused their children to have mental disorders. I feel that if it were the vaccinations, then wouldn’t ALL children be affected in the same or similar manner? That being said, if you have *thoroughly* read the facts with the CDC they state the side effects and possible effects each drug can have on a person and they also openly state which drugs have been recalled and why.
@ Robert Foley I am curious how you get around not giving your children their vaccinations with the public school systems. I am also curious what ingredients they use that are from aborted babies and if you could please send a link on it that I can read?
a reader just pointed me int he direction of this article which states that the number of pertussis cases in the United States looks set to be the highest since 1959, and in 2011 the country saw 222 cases of measles — the most since 1996. I do have a friend back in oklahoma who spent a month or longer in the hospital with her baby who contracted pertussis and it almost killed her. She had chosen not to vaccinate her. But that is just one incident and surely cant speak for all
Oh, heres the article http://www.nature.com/news/us-states-make-opting-out-of-vaccinations-harder-1.11548
Let’s not forget that Bill Gates claims we can reduce the population through vaccine. If this doesn’t send chills up your spine I don’t know what will!
http://www.naturalnews.com/029911_vaccines_Bill_Gates.html
You can get away with it if you sign a paper stating its against your religion. As a RN I have a very well educated background and I am still selective in which immunizations my children will get. My children did not get vaccinated against common child hood illness does them good to boost that immune system. With all the hand sanitizers and increase of MRSA we are not allowing our body to build antibodies against anything. As a parent be selective if look at it this way is their immune system strong enough to fight it.
On the “prepping” side of this – it IS important to consider that a lot of these diseases may likely rear their ugly heads again in the event of a long term emergency. In Washington State we just recently had a whooping cough outbreak this last Spring and Summer – their were causalities. So they are still out there waiting for their chance to make a come back.
If the grid were to go down and we didn’t have easy and instant access to medical care or medicines, after all of our preparing and hard work, how sad would it be lose a loved one to something as easily preventable as tetanus?? That is NOT a peaceful death – it would be a horrible way to die. As are most of the basic diseases you can get vaccinated against.
VERY good points about getting your shots!! A lot of people havent thought about it like that.
JG
There is a reason why being selective, picking and choosing what vaccinations to get is frankly dumb.
Example, let’s skip the varicella vaccine for chicken pox. Most of use here have had chicken pox and it’s not that bad, right? Wrong. The pox scars can permanently disfigure a child. If the airway is involved the kid will have to incubated early and kept on a ventilator for some time (been there, seen it). Oh, and just when you think your out of the woods, you kids make it into their 40s and have completely forgotten they ever had chicken pox…and then it returns as shingles. If it hits the face and eye your child can go blind for life. Anywhere it hits can cause severe pain, and that pain may never go away if there is some never damage involved. I’ve seen several people get addicted to pain killers over this…and a safe, simple childhood vaccination could have prevented it all.
Bash the CDC if you want too, but understand that they are one of he most trusted branches of government. The only recommendations that they make or ones that they have researched to the nith degree to ensure safety of all. There are very good reasons for the vaccine schedules and choosing to ignore them is, IMHO, tantamount to child abuse. I gave the example of chicken pox. What if you skip the MMR vaccine for your kid too? Years later your daughter gets rubella/German Measles while pregnant. That’s one of the times a miscarriage would be a blessing. If she carries the child to full term the results could literally be monstrous. Blind, mental retardation, heart and lung problems, etc. All things that could have been prevented had grandma and grandpa bothered to get mommy vaccinated. Got a son? If you didn’t get him vaccinated don’t worry about any grand kids from him if he catches the mumps. In adults mumps is bad and it can all but destroy the testicles. Infertility.
Sorry, but I just cannot fathom any valid point to skipping vaccinations. With the exceptions of a few, rare instances the vaccines are all safe. Your child is more likely to be injured in a car accident on the way to get the vaccinations than by the vaccinations themselves.
My children have all had the vaccinations before I knew any better. If I had to do it all over I would have staggered them instead of 3 or 4 at a time. But I do have to comment about the chicken pox vaccine. My oldest two actually had the chicken pox so we were fine there, but my youngest was exposed several times and never got it. I was concerned that giving the vaccine when it hadn’t been around long enough to know if it will last. I waited and waited then finally decided to go ahead and let her get it. Well about a year later they came back and said “oh wait” it is not lasting long enough and now children in their teens and 20’s are getting it so now you need another booster. So now they have to get the shot every 10 or 20 years?
What is the general feeling on the flu shot this year? Should I get one or not? i am 50 in fairly good health and have not gotten flu shot for years , should i get one this year?
I personally have never had a flu shot and ive never gotten the flu but everyone i know who gets the shot always gets sick. The flu shot is one shot i choose not to take.
JG
no
I am a nurse and as such, I am around sick patients daily. I stopped taking the flu shot in 2000. I eat organic most of the time and for the past 5 years have been on Mona Vie. I have not been sick inover 8 years. I have not missed a day of work, or been run down at all. I watch as my coworkers all get the flu shot every year. About 30-40% get sick. They may not get as sick but who knows. I say ditch the shot and eat right. Wash your hands anddont forget to play in the dirt. Avoid the antibacterial soaps too. We need sone germs to keep the immune system healthy.
my daughter works in idaho in boise for main hospital in city’they where told this year they have to get flu shot no exceptions or no job.
That doesn’t seem legal.
It was like that for me when I worked part-time for a medical clinic in WA. You had to be completely up to date on your ‘regular vaccinations’ plus on all the hepatitis shots and the flu shot, or you were dismissed. But I can see why. Half their staff would be home sick every flu season if they didn’t get the flu shot.
I agree with North Texas Preppers. My kids are NOT vaccinated & they are very healthy – ages 13 & 7. The youngest is sugar free vegan & LOVES healthy food which is really the key. We never get sick either as vitamin C & sunlight is the key .. sick = low immunity. Our bodies are strong enough if we give natural food from the earth with actual nutrients in it. Not processed crap !!
Watch Raw for 30 days on YouTube as they cure diabetes in only a few days .. people stop taking insulin .. also Gerson therapy as they cure cancer … If we give our body the best … we are not ever sick … sickness is the result of all the crap we eat & the polluted environment …
Food is medicine …
also water is so important .. we are all so dehydrated !! Headaches, cramps, depression .. all fade when we hydrate … half your weight in ounces … try it next time you have a headache or a cramp … caffeine, alcohol & sugar are all anti water & you will need to drink even more to combat their effect …
“I feel that if it were the vaccinations, then wouldn’t ALL children be affected in the same or similar manner?”
NO !! Every child has a different immunity to those different things being injected into their systems at different stages …
Also, the amount of mercury that supposedly used to be in vaccinations was way more than the toxic amount the Gov’t had established … coincidence ?? nobody fact checked that ? And mercury is one of the most toxic substances known to man & obviously had no medicinal properties .. it was only there as a preservative so they could ship twice the dosages as there is a LOT of money in vacinnating populations …
PLEASE get ALL the info .. it will shock you !!
We chose nearly 30 years ago not to vaccinate our children and they are all in their 20;s and are healthy as any peeps that we know, maybe even healthier!
I get that but that only means they haven’t been exposed to the disease itself yet. What happens if there is a small pox outbreak, or tetanus, or any number of things?
JG
Just go look at what those diseases did before vaccination. with the exception of chicken pox these are not and were not benign diseases. all of them are still out there.
GOOD point Christopher! Most of us have NEVER seen what these diseases can do to do a person or the population. Imagine this if you all will: a horrible disease outbreak, people (mostly children) are dying everyday horrible painful deaths or left crippled and disfigured, from a disease which there is NO cure. Kids become infected through swimming pools, and friends. People YOU know and love are hulled off to the hospital never to return. Its only a matter of time before you or your children are next. Then all the sudden the medical community says “WAIT we now have a vaccination! A shot you can take and then you won’t get sick. Is it really a wonder why our grandparents JUMPED at the chance to get vaccinated? No, its not – they took an unproven, little researched shot in the arm because this was their choice – become infected like all these other people or take this shot and not even get sick. Did they assume the vaccination was flawless? No, my grandma said half the people who took it expected to get sick in some way – but it was BETTER THAN living in pain or dying. (In case you are wondering I am describing our own history of polio) Nobody said, “Ahhhh you know what, those sneaky doctors are putting other stuff in that vaccine, nope, I will take my chance with the Iron Lung.” Today most of our population have only read about these bugs in history books, so we have been lulled into a false since of security. But they are still around – and waiting for their chance to make a come back….waiting for contaminated water, improper fecal disposal, lack of hygiene, and unprotected individuals. In fact those conditions kinda sound just like the aftermath of a big disaster huh?
For most it’s a personal choice. I choose to be vaccinated.
I honestly believe that vaccinations have prevented far more problems then they have created. And in at least one instance a researcher has been found to have lied in his paper to further his anti-vaccination agenda. I have served in countries where vaccination is unavailable and have experienced first hand the effects of diseases for which we have effective immunizations. We do not see diseases like tetanus, pertussis, measles or mumps because a large proportion of the population is immunized. This is the so-called “herd immunity” factor; if roughly 85% of the population is immune to a disease then there is little chance of an outbreak. By all means you are free to refuse vaccinations for your children but are you not then responsible for the consequences? If you refuse a tetanus shot and your child develops tetanus then why do you have the right to demand treatment? If your child has not had pertussis vaccine, develops the disease and infects someone else’s child wherein lies the responsibility? Wander through any old cemetery and see how many children died before the age of five in the era before vaccinations and antibiotics. Read some history about what happened in villages when a disease was brought in and no one had immunity. You feel nice and safe now because these diseases are “rare” but what happens when it all breaks down?