vaccines

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Originally posted by Griff
It kind of rubbed me the wrong way when we had to give the kids the chicken pox vaccine. They don't know with any certainty that a lifelong immunity will develop from it so there is a possibility that they'll contract the disease as adults when its dangerous rather than now when its annoying.

The chicken pox vaccine was the one that made us start questioning all vaccines, mostly just becuase it seemed unnecessary. We wondered if any others were unnecessary. A quick browse thru the cdc'c statistical rolodex of morbidity and mortality showed us that our healthy middle class white kids weren't at much of a risk for catching, much less experiencing serious complications from most childhood illnesses. However, a look thru the vaers database showed us that vaccines do have very real side effects, from minor (and usually masked by the prescribed post vaccine tylenol dose) to death, and everything in between.
Obvious medical/pharaceutical conspiracies aside, we decided to keep our kids healthy (with diet and lifestyle), instead of just not sick (with injected chemicals, known toxins and carcinogens, and unknown viruses inherent in the animal material used in vaccine manufacture (no sv-40 for us, thanks)).