Do you get your child(ren) vaccinated?

Question

1) why or why not?

2) do you believe vaccinations are linked to Autism?

3) has your child ever got something they wouldn't have if you would have vaccinated them (if you didn't)?

4) has your child ever got any side effects from the shots?

Answer 1

Yes, I do.



I got my children vaccinated because they didn't any negative effects- until one child DID have negative effects and we no longer vaccinate her at all.



2). I'm not sure what I believe that vaccines may trigger for certain children but I do know it triggered something very awful in one of my daughters and we almost lost her to a blank dark hole.



3).My eldest got chicken pox 3 times despite being vaccinated. all 3 times were officially diagnosed from doctors and although she didn't get chicken pox bad she still had to stay home from school for 7 days each time.



4.) My youngest daughter got 3 shots at 15 months and hours later it was as if someone sucked the "life" out of her. It went on for almost a month. She went limp and stopped eating so much, slept upwards 16-18 hours per day, could no longer walk or crawl, barely lifted her head up, her eyes were in a daze, she didn't cry for weeks and absolutely didn't talk. Doctors kept assuring us this was a possible normal reaction. somehow, someway- we pulled her out of this over the course of a month. It was a devastating time and I was convinced she would have lasting problems, at the time. We stretched the rest of her shots out - never more than one at a time and after she was done with the absolute bare minimum we decided she would get no more. Im not saying all kids should not get vaccinated- but as for MY daughter- she simply cannot. We can't go through something like that again with her and I refuse to risk it.



*Also, it breaks my heart when people make jokes about side effects from vaccines. Although the majority of children will have next to none- for those who do, it's very serious and heartbreaking.

Answer 2

Whats with all the thumbs down peoples, vaccination is a choice and one that should be respected.

In my area our children have to be vaccinated to go to school, so yes my children have had their shots up to date.



I do not believe they are linked to autism.



No my children have not.



No side effects from either child other than a bit grumpy, which is fair enough!

Answer 3

Yes- but not for any thing that isn't life thretening. But I have six children, one's 15 and is compleatly immune to needles :) She can't even notice them go in. Neither can my 4 year old. 1 is compleatly terrified, so I think it would be cruel to vaccinate over something that can't kill them. Anouther has side effects, just like plastic described. And the other two aren't terrified but do notice them, so they're in the middle.



2. No, and I never did



3. Never. Even from the one who can't have them! But to be honest, and I am prepaired for thumbs down, some parents religously follow the advice of doctors and do practically every vaccination invented. Some are nessary, some arn't. The last vaccination they got was a fairly long time ago...one has asma so needed one from swine flue. Gosh..that hurt her allot.



4. Yes, like I said



Here's a link to a website that you may or may not find interesting. I think you shoul just look at it!

http://www.thinktwice.com/



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Answer 4

1. No - first one was partially vaxed (up to 6 months), then I did more research and stopped

2. Yes - I personally know a mom who has video of her kid playing & talking with dad in the morning, recieved mmr that afternoon, screamed and never stopped for 3 or 4 days - lost speech and regressed in many areas - eventually diagnosed as autistic

3. No

4. Yes - also on reviewing my baby records I had increasing reactions that weren't caught. Scary thing is I had an anaphlatic reaction to the tetanus shot at 12 - had a connection been made sooner that I had a worsing reaction everytime I had the DTP shot they may have considered not giving me the shot. Older sister caught whooping cough from the vax. The only kids I know my kids age who have ever gotten chicken pox WERE vaxed and had MUCH worse cases than I did as a kid (back when they didn't vax for chicken pox)

Answer 5

1) yes I do because I believe in doing what I can to protect my daughter from the diseases they vaccinate against. I couldn't have all the pertussis vaccines when I was a child due to a reaction to the first one. I ended up getting whooping cough when I was a child and was sick for a long time. My parents said there were nights they didn't think I would live through thats how ill I was. Thankfully I did recover but its not something I want for my daughter and will do what I can to help prevent it.



2) No I don't. I think autism is just a diagnosis doctors jump to just to satisfy parents who want a label put to their children for any little problem they might have. My parents said when I was a kid they never heard of it. All of a sudden everyones kids have autism even though vaccines have been around for ages.



3)No but I did as mentioned above.



4) Nothing other then a sore leg

Answer 6

Yes, I do.



Personally I feel the shots are far less risky than the illnesses.



No. I don't think they are in any way linked to Autism, and I have a son on the spectrum. They have never had any evidence of a connection, anything they thought they once had was unfounded.



All of my children have had chicken pox, they weren't vaccinated for that.



Low grade fevers and redness around the injection site are the only side effects they've experienced. It only lasted for a day or two.



Whether a parent vaccinates or not, as long as they're doing what they feel is best for their child, I have no problem with it. Just as long as they are basing there decisions on their opinions of the research and statistics, and not just on everyone elses opinions. I do not support uninformed or "on a whim" decisions either way.





* While I would be happy to look at any link provided, the one Holly gave is practically a blog site, anyone can write anything.



Make your decisions based on real evidence, please. Not a propaganda web site. Yes there are risks and reactions, but please read about them on legitimate web sites, or better yet, from real live sources. That is, after all, REAL research.

Answer 7

1.yes,i have had my son vaccinated



2.no - the 'maybes' aren't worth the 'definites'.vaccines are only maybe linked to autism,but everyone knows the definites of catching measles,mumps or meningitis



3.N/A



4.the worst was a sore arm from his MMR - he was also a bit miserable for a few weeks.he also developed a temperature after one lot,nothing that wasn't cured by cool water and calpol



i did medical history for GCSE.the first vaccine was against smallpox.edward jenner observed that milkmaids often caught cowpox but never caught smallpox.he surmised that cowpox offered protection against smallpox.he took a young boy who had had neither disease,made a small cut and rubbed some pus from a sore of a maid with cowpox.sure enough,he developed cowpox.when he had recovered,th doctor repeated the method with smallpox.he didn't get full blown smallpox.this was repeated periodically.the result?there was now an effective treatment against smallpox.even then.people were sceptical - many were led to believe that the jab would turn them into a cow or grow horns or some such nonsense.lies surrounding vaccines aren't new by any means!we get the word 'vaccine' from the latin for cow = vacca.vaccines save lives,THAT isn't fiction!



@holly - shut the F**k UP.what a load of rubbish - its funny how all non vaccinators spout that nonsense about healthy immune systems.how about children who are sick?even a cold can compromise a childs immune system to the point where measles or mumps or rubella could be life threatening.people like you never think of the kids with cancer or who are recovering from serious illness.just because YOUR child will likely recover,doesnt mean that someone elses will when they catch the disease from your child.childhood diseases KILL and MAIM children for life - THAT is a definite.in the UK,they said measles had been irradicated so stopped the immunisation programme.what happened?less than 2 years,it came back - i was part of the new immunisation programme.vaccinations help the body produce anibodies to lessen the effect,not prevent it - no one here has suggested that it doesnt mean a child will get something.and nor do the jabs 'give' you the disease - anyone who says that is causing panic

Answer 8

1) Each vaccine for each kid on time, no delays.

2) F-no! My in-laws have Asperger's and they were not vaccinated as children, my husband has it, my oldest son had it before he was vaccinated (it never changed who he is). There are some very medically fragile children who might have their brain changed by a vaccine, but again I bet they'd die without it and if they didn't there will be many illnesses in their lives that would have tipped them that direction anyway. If the is a change that causes autism it will happen with or without vaccines, better to have a living child then a dead one.

3) Nope.

4) Just discomfort and a slight fever, so much better then the actual illness.

Answer 9

1) Yes, I get them everyone thats necessary for school and anything that could be life threatening. For normal reasonably mild childhood illnesses, like chickenpox, I dont get them vaccinated, I think thats just part of being a kid and they need to build an immune system, but for life treatening things, like measles, whooping cough, tetanus, and meningitis, they get vaccinated. I do it because I feel that it is my responsibility as a parent to protect my children and to keep anything they may get from spreading to other children, thousands of children die around the world from common diseases, like the measles and polio, because they dont have access to vaccines, so how can I not vaccinate my kids when I have the power to stop them from ever suffering like that.

2) No, its been proven that there is no correlation between autism and vaccines, that was a big money scheme pulled off by a "scientist" who falsified results and paid off parents to lie because he was getting paid to say that they caused autism. I believe he ended up in jail for it. Unfortunately, many people have not heard the ending result and only heard the myth that vaccines cause autism, so the rumor still spreads.

3) They got the chicken pox, I didnt vaccinate them for that and it went away after a few days, but nothing else because we vaccinate. I do know someone who does not vaccinate and her child got the whooping cough and ended up in the hospital.

4) My second son once got a mild fever and small rash from a vaccine, both went away in a day, but besides that, no

Answer 10

1, yes. Just because we don't remember people dying of the measles and polio doesn't mean it never happened. There is a reason why the vaccinations were invented and I don't intend to forget that.



2, no, not at all. If that is the case then why now? Vaccinations were much more primitive and more mercury in the 50 and 60's. Why now? No, no link has been proven. Simply our definition of ASD has grown to encompass too many quirks that are nothing more than personality differences.



3, n/a



4, no, nothing at all. Maybe a little sore arm the next day but no redness or swelling or anything worrisome at all.

Answer 11

1.) Yes. I did my own research and asked my kids' pediatrician to also for unbiased research. She does her own as well. She and decided it was best for my kids to be vaccinated. I feel the benefits outweigh the risks.



2.) Nope.



3.) n/a



4.) Other than their arm or leg being tender for a day or so, no there have been no side effects.



I will say that while we do choose to vaccinate, we refuse to give our daughter Gardisel. REFUSE. Not enough long term research on the effects of this vaccine.



** I'm not understanding the amount of TDs over the "yes" answers. Ok, so we do differently with our kids than non-vaccinating parents. Doesn't mean we are bad parents or that we are wrong. **

Answer 12

Yes.



1) Because I don't believe in taking unnecessary risks, and the risks of bad side-effects from the illnesses vaccinated against are FAR higher than the risks of bad side-effects from vaccination.



2) No.



3) My kids both had chicken pox - there's a vaccine for it, but it isn't offered in the UK.



4) Not beyond short term grumpiness and the occasional rash.

Answer 13

Yes.



1) I did my own research, talked to my children's pediatricians and made the decision that vaccinating had far more benefits than not.



2) I don't know enough about autism. I do believe that anything can be a trigger to someone who is already predisposed to a condition.



3) Vaccinated, so does not apply.



4) Other than a minor fever and some sensitivity at the injection site, no.

Answer 14

Yes i do. Both of my children.



1. Because vaccinations protect children from diseases and illnesses that can kill ur baby and it wouild ber hard to deal wiht if u knew u could have prevented it by just getting ur child a shot.



2. No. They already said the guy that said that was lyeing



3. No cause i vaccinate them



4. No not really. a lil cranky the day they got the shot because their lil legs were sore but that can be solved with a lil ifants motrin or infants tylonal

Answer 15

Yes, of course I vaccinate. I would never forgive myself if my child died from a preventable disease and I skipped the vaccination.



There is 0 proof that vaccines cause autism. The study that said they did has been discredited and deemed a pile of trash.



My children are healthy. Other than some minor discomfort at the injection site for a few hours they have always been fine.



Even if vaccines did cause autism (and they don't) I would prefer to take the chance of my child being autistic and living a full life than them dying as a toddler to a preventable disease.

Answer 16

Yes.



1. Because I want her to be safe from preventable diseases. I also want children around her to be safe in case they can't get vaccinated.



2. Definitely not. It's genetic. If you look at families that have someone on the autism spectrum there is usually another family member that has it too. It usually shows up in siblings but can be parent/child (like my dad and brother).



3. -



4. Not really. She may be a little more tired than usual for the first day but that's it.

Answer 17

Yes, all 4 of my kids have had all their vaccines on time except the youngest. He is allergic to the MMR injection (as am I) so he had all his vaccines except that one.



NO. LOL my youngest son is autistic. he's the one that was NOT given the MMR injection believed to cause autism. My 3 other kids were vaccinated and are NOT autistic. Go figure. lol



this one is worded wierd but I think I get it. My older 3 have had chicken pox but there wasnt a vaccine for it when they were small. My youngest had the vaccine and never got chicken pox. I was never vaccinated and never got it. None of them have ever had polio, measles, mumps, rubella, croup or any of the other deadly diseases out there



Nope. maybe a bit of fever or a sore spot but I get that from my tetnus shot (GOD THOSE HURT! LOL)



*edit I agree with Plastic over the reactions. I am allergic to the MMR. I died. 7 days after my shot in 1971. My mother came in and I was blue and having seizures. My fever was 106.8 for hours, I kept seizing because of the fever and stopped breathing. Twice. Heart completely stopped once. they packed me in a tub of ice - -which is what they did in those days. They couldnt prove it was the MMR shot but as there was nothing else happening in the right time period....I also had to have a spinal tap to rule out menengitis. That goodness I was so young that I do not remember that!. The reactions arent anything to joke about. BUT the diseases the vaccines prevent are even worse and also cause death. You have to decide what is right for your family and what kind of chance you are willing to take. Do I chance polio or take the shot (or drops)? Do I chance him dying of measles or croup (whooping cough) or any of the others, or take the shot? There is a reason most of these diseases are no longer a threat (or not a huge threat). They are still out there, but not prevalent.

Answer 18

Yes



1. Because vaccines prevent disease. It's a preventative measure to ensure my children remain life-threatening disease free. My mother had polio as a baby. It took her a long time to recover from it. They didn't have vaccinations then and she now suffers from post polio syndrome. I wouldn't wish that on anyone. She lives with severe pain every day of her life. The strongest pain medication cannot help her. I would do anything to make sure my kids do not suffer as my mom has.

2. No

3. N/A

4. No

Answer 19

Yes



1. Because vaccinations save millions of lives (if we didn't have them, North America would still be like Africa)



2. My first born was born with autism, but my other kids who've been vaccinated their whole lives don't have it. I don't see the link



3. Nope



4. Nope, but I DID have to bribe them to get flu shots when they were 4 (because they'd cry after getting poked).

Answer 20

1. Yes, they prevent diseases, common sense I think



2. No, that's already been disproven



3. N/A



4. Aside from a sore arm? Nope

Answer 21

Yes,

no

no

My first child had a 102 fever from her 2 months shots. but within a few days she was perfectly fine. but other than that no side effects.

Answer 22

Yes.



1. I believe it's what's best for her and that it does protect her health and not hinder it.

2. No.

3. No.

4. No.

Answer 23

Yes



Because i dont want my children to get measles, mumps or rubella.



No i dont believe its linked to Autism, but even if it was I would still get my children vaccinated.



Side effects my daughter suffered from was a sore leg. Oh no, call the doctor.

Answer 24

1. Yes, for the most part. We do not get the chicken pox, or flu (we won't get that HPV one either, when the time comes.) I just feel better about my choice. I've looked into it, I've read some studies/opinions/etc. And most importantly, my husband and I talked and came to an agreement.

2. No, I honestly don't. I think many more factors play into it.

3. No.

4. General fussiness after certain shots when they were infants, that's it.

Answer 25

I have put in over 300 hours of research into both sides of the vaccine debate and in my opinion the voice against vaccines just makes more sense. When I looked at the list of obnoxious vaccine ingredients including nuerotoxins, carcinogens and foreign animal tissues and then looked at the HUGE list of possible side-effects including neurological disorders and death and then read the countless stories by parents who witnessed their children have one of these side-effects including many death stories, choosing not to vaccinate was a very easy decision for me to make. Of course all the pro-vaxxers will say these stories are just fallacies or anecdotal evidence even though the side-effects these children had were listed right on the insert, they will still deny it was the vaccine, which I find to be quite ridiculous. I find it really sad that so many parents think they are protecting their children from diseases with vaccines when there is NO guarantee of this at all, it even says so right on the inserts. "Vaccines do NOT guarantee immunity". They are polluting their children's bodies for a maybe, and possibly causing many other health issues like asthma, ADHD, diabetes, Autism, cancer, allergies... just to name a few. I take great comfort in knowing that I have chosen to protect my child from death,injuries, and illnesses caused by vaccines by not allowing that stuff anywhere near him and in doing so I am guaranteed his safety from the serious injuries and health issues they can cause. Childhood diseases have very high survival rates(more than a 98% chance of making a full recovery) so long as your child has a healthy immune system that hasn't been compromised by the toxins in vaccines. So the way I look at it is you can either "maybe" protect your child from relatively harmless childhood diseases by injecting them with poisons and foreign tissues and run the risk of causing numerous other health issues and possibly death or you can be *guaranteed* their protection from suffering from one or more of the many possible side-effects caused by vaccines by NOT vaccinating. I chose to go with the guarantee because I'd rather my child suffer a short time with a disease than a life-time with a vaccine injury or illness or even possibly be killed by a vaccine. Here is a link to just a small fraction of stories via the internet by parents who wish they could go back in time and refuse the shot that injured or killed their child, after reading these stories(and bawling) during my pregnancy I knew I had to protect my son from becoming the next possible victim of vaccine injury or death.



I warn you many are heart-wrenching:



http://www.vaccinationnews.com/Books/Adverse_Reactions/Personal_Stories/personal_stories_of_vaccine_inju.htm



I just feel sorry for parents that give into the scare-tactics and fear mongering and actually believe they are protecting their children by vaccinating when the exact opposite is true. Even if their child doesn't suffer an immediate reaction it doesn't mean they won't later on in life due to the build up of toxins in their bodies from the vaccines they received as children.



If vaccines were really safe the NVICP (National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program) wouldn't exist. It has paid out over a billion dollars in compensation so far to parents of children injured or killed by vaccines. I refuse to allow my child to become the next victim.



Infectious diseases were rapidly declining way before vaccines were introduced due the improvements that have been made in our drinking water, nutrition, environment, and sanitation. Big Pharma swooped in at the tail=end of the decline and is taking credit for what was happening naturally. I honestly believe most diseases wouldn't even exist today in the well-developed countries but the vaccines themselves keep these diseases around because they actually start the outbreaks. I have read many stories by parents whose child came down with the disease just days after they were vaccinated against it. A vaccinated child is injected with the weakened virus and can shed the live virus for up to 2 weeks after being injected and not all children's immune systems can fight off the virus but instead become ill with the disease.

Answer 26

1, yes, because im not putting her at risk for a disease that ia totally preventable

2) no....there are many cases where vaccines were not even a factor.

3) no, becuase i vaccinate

5) mild fever...and fear of needles.

Answer 27

Yes.



1. My husband and I felt that that was the right decision.

2. No.

3. n/a

4. Nope, not one.

Answer 28

Yes, I think the risk of not vacination far outweighs the risk of vaccination.

No I think its linked to autism. Besides being a little fussy that day she has been perfectly fine

Answer 29

Yes, because I love them and want them to avoid getting sick for no reason.



I think they *were.* Eliminating the mercury preservative from them changed my mind.



N/A



Nothing beyond a mild fever.

Answer 30

Yes

No

No

Yes - Son rash and fever

Answer 31

yes

no

n/a

no