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I am posting this to get more awareness of public opinions of vaccines. I found it interesting.
From WebMD Health News
SURVEY SHOWS PARENTS WORRY ABOUT VACCINES
Jennifer Warner
March 3, 2010
Most parents believe vaccination is a good way to protect their
children from potentially deadly diseases, but a new survey shows more
than half still worry about the possibility of vaccine side effects.
The study shows 88% of parents follow the child immunization schedule
recommended by their doctor, but 54% are concerned about serious
vaccine side effects. Although parents overwhelmingly share the belief
that vaccines are a good way to protect their children from disease,
these same parents express concerns regarding the potential adverse
side effects and especially seem to question the safety of newer
vaccines,” write researcher Gary L. Freed, MD, MPH of the department
of pediatrics and communicable diseases at the University of Michigan
in Ann Arbor, and colleagues in Pediatrics.
Researchers say parents who are concerned about vaccine side effects
are less likely to vaccinate their children. In fact, the study showed
one in every eight parents has refused at least one vaccine
recommended by their child’s physician.
Newer vaccines, such as varicella, meningococcal conjugate, and HPV
(human papillomavirus) were more likely to be refused than older
vaccines like the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella vaccine).
In the study, researchers surveyed 1,552 parents about their attitudes
regarding vaccines. Overall, 90% of parents said vaccines were a good
way to protect their children from disease, and 88% said they
generally do what their doctors say regarding vaccination.
However, the results show that despite a lack of scientific evidence
supporting a link between autism and vaccinations, more than one in
five parents continue to believe that some vaccines cause autism in
healthy children.
Women were more likely than men to believe some vaccines cause autism,
to be concerned about vaccine side effects, and to have ever refused a
vaccine recommended for their children by a doctor.
The study also showed that Hispanic parents were more likely than
white or African-American parents to say they followed their doctor’s
recommended immunization schedule and less likely to have ever refused
a vaccine. But Hispanic parents were also more likely to believe in a
link between autism and vaccinations and be concerned about vaccine
side effects.
“Although information is available to address many vaccine safety
concerns, such information is not reaching parents in an effective or
convincing manner,” write the researchers. “Continued high childhood
immunization rates will be at risk if current safety concerns are not
addressed effectively and increase in the future, resulting in more
parents refusing vaccines.”
SOURCES:
Freed, G. Pediatrics, April 2010; vol 125: pp 654-659.
News release, American Academy of Pediatrics.
Authors and Disclosures
Journalist
Jennifer Warner
Jennifer Warner is a staff news writer at WebMD.
WebMD Health News © 2010 WebMD Inc.
I am not a fan of vaccination, I just can’t get my head around why you would want to inject a pathogen into the body, when a pathogen enters the body through the normal entry points such as nose mouth or skin a response system is set up to deal with it. When it is injected in then this is a different story and the body goes into battle mode and creates chaos.
Then there is what else might be in the vaccine? Toxins for the body to also deal with.
I say let the body deal with what enters through the natural process in its own way.
As a natural health practitioner I recommend to my clients that they investigate for themselves whether to vaccinate or not.
Good recommended reading is Hillary Butler’s book Just a little Prick.
My name is Raelle Connolly and I’m a Homeopath from Napier, New Zealand. I love to work with people and help them become the person that they want to be. I believe that a healthy body and mind is the key to happiness and that it’s a constant journey.