No matter how fanatical some of the media gets over vaccines, I am not changing my mind. I put thought into all those issues along time ago.
I think the left have developed very flawed analogies. Ebola doesn't have a vaccine and is completely unrelated to the discussion.
I think Governor Christi did well and I do think the most empowering statements to the public and parents are "I" statements. This is the way I see it. This is what I did with my children. Don't alienate the people that don't vaccinate. They have their reasons. They know the risks.
There is not enough research done to come to a definitive cause for autism. Here I go again, but, it's true. Does a week go by without the New York Times having some kind of article about autism? If any media organization can speak to the research and findings of doctors along any spectrum it is the NY Times.
I have some problems with Dr. Paul, but, I have done the same thing with my two sons. My oldest at three months old became ill when a 50% strength vaccine was administered to him. I didn't appreciate it and the vaccination regime for my son changed when I spoke with their pediatrician. A pediatrician that saw them every year until their 18th birthday.
Children are personal. Everyone talks about the most major investment anyone will make in their lifetime is the purchase of a home or car. "W"rong. The most major investment any person can make in their lifetimes is the decision to have and raise children.
Children can change your life. It is why so many women and their spouses practice birth control and DECIDE when to enter parenthood. It is many times why women don't marry until later fertile years. Children are a very big deal.
When parents bond with an infant they have all kinds of feelings about the fact they have brought a child into the world. That is a good thing.
When a pediatrician and/or nurse practitioner sees children in their practice, they don't treat the child; they treat the parents and the child. Children don't stand alone as a patient and they never had. So, when decisions like this are clouded by many people who feel the same way there needs to be a consensus to the discussion. There has to be room in that consensus for others to participate.
People should vaccinate their children. It is up to the parents to value their children enough to realize there is a time for vaccinations.
...From 1956 to 1960, (click here) an average of 450 measles-related deaths were reported each year (∼1 death/ 1000 reported cases), compared with an average of 5300 measles-related deaths during 1912–1916 (26 deaths/ 1000 reported cases) [2]. Nevertheless, in the late 1950s, serious complications due to measles remained frequent and costly. As a result of measles virus infections, an average of 150,000 patients had respiratory complications and 4000 patients had encephalitis each year; the latter was associated with a high risk of neurological sequelae and death. These complications and others resulted in an estimated 48,000 persons with measles being hospitalized every year [3]. In 1966, 3 years after licensure of the first measles vaccines, Sencer et al. [4] announced the first of 3 efforts to terminate indigenous measles transmission in the United States....
Now, if anyone wants to make a difference and have parents vaccinate their children, EDUCATE them. Tell them the odds. And make them realize the decisions they make today can cause even worse outcomes than if they vaccinate.
There is a unifocus on vaccinations and the other side of the picture is always left out. Why should any parent engage in vaccination if the anti-vaccine crowd has the sole argument in our society?
I think the left have developed very flawed analogies. Ebola doesn't have a vaccine and is completely unrelated to the discussion.
I think Governor Christi did well and I do think the most empowering statements to the public and parents are "I" statements. This is the way I see it. This is what I did with my children. Don't alienate the people that don't vaccinate. They have their reasons. They know the risks.
There is not enough research done to come to a definitive cause for autism. Here I go again, but, it's true. Does a week go by without the New York Times having some kind of article about autism? If any media organization can speak to the research and findings of doctors along any spectrum it is the NY Times.
I have some problems with Dr. Paul, but, I have done the same thing with my two sons. My oldest at three months old became ill when a 50% strength vaccine was administered to him. I didn't appreciate it and the vaccination regime for my son changed when I spoke with their pediatrician. A pediatrician that saw them every year until their 18th birthday.
Children are personal. Everyone talks about the most major investment anyone will make in their lifetime is the purchase of a home or car. "W"rong. The most major investment any person can make in their lifetimes is the decision to have and raise children.
Children can change your life. It is why so many women and their spouses practice birth control and DECIDE when to enter parenthood. It is many times why women don't marry until later fertile years. Children are a very big deal.
When parents bond with an infant they have all kinds of feelings about the fact they have brought a child into the world. That is a good thing.
When a pediatrician and/or nurse practitioner sees children in their practice, they don't treat the child; they treat the parents and the child. Children don't stand alone as a patient and they never had. So, when decisions like this are clouded by many people who feel the same way there needs to be a consensus to the discussion. There has to be room in that consensus for others to participate.
People should vaccinate their children. It is up to the parents to value their children enough to realize there is a time for vaccinations.
...From 1956 to 1960, (click here) an average of 450 measles-related deaths were reported each year (∼1 death/ 1000 reported cases), compared with an average of 5300 measles-related deaths during 1912–1916 (26 deaths/ 1000 reported cases) [2]. Nevertheless, in the late 1950s, serious complications due to measles remained frequent and costly. As a result of measles virus infections, an average of 150,000 patients had respiratory complications and 4000 patients had encephalitis each year; the latter was associated with a high risk of neurological sequelae and death. These complications and others resulted in an estimated 48,000 persons with measles being hospitalized every year [3]. In 1966, 3 years after licensure of the first measles vaccines, Sencer et al. [4] announced the first of 3 efforts to terminate indigenous measles transmission in the United States....
Now, if anyone wants to make a difference and have parents vaccinate their children, EDUCATE them. Tell them the odds. And make them realize the decisions they make today can cause even worse outcomes than if they vaccinate.
There is a unifocus on vaccinations and the other side of the picture is always left out. Why should any parent engage in vaccination if the anti-vaccine crowd has the sole argument in our society?
