Comments on: The Vaccine Debate

By: Arlen

Arlen — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 20:51:42 +0000

I won’t talk to other parents about vaccinations, period. It’s one of those topics where people can hold very strong opinions on both sides of the issue. I’d only talk about it if someone asked me and even then I don’t think I would be particularly enthusiastic about replying.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 11:36:31 +0000

Cindy made a statement in her comment that really took me back. “not vaccinated…I don’t feel like it is a decision a parent should be allowed to make for their child..” Wow. This type of thought is scary to me. Of course parents should be making this type of decision for their children. They are the ones who live with their children, know the ins and outs of the their lifestyle and their choices for their children should reign supreme above government or socially accepted practices. The vaccines are marketed and make some folks very rich. They also have a place and do prevent some diseases for some people but they also have some questionable origins and can make some people very, very ill. A parent is exactly the person who should be making these choices for their children. If we ever get to a place that a woman can choose death for her unborn child, but a woman cannot choose to delay vaccines or even withhold them altogether…yikes! Look at the statistics and see how many children actually die from chickenpox or measles…even in their rampant years. The odds are that even if your child got several of these diseases, they would come out with natural immunities…not death.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:00:34 +0000

There are so many opinions and I hate to start a B****ing match here when you can find one so many other places. So, I encourage following posts to be polite and not argumentative and to express your point of view without putting down other posts. This is a manners site after all. Anyhow, my opinion is that you should at least try the vaccine. I would rather have an autistic child than a dead child. If your child ever has to go to the hospital it is likely they could catch what they are not vaccinated against and the reason we vaccinate is to prevent DEATH. I don’t really care if you choose to vaccinate or not for me, my child is vaccinated so she is good, but I don’t fee like it is a decision a parent should be allowed to make for their child, unless like above they know their child has an adverse reaction to the shots. To me it is like a parent who chooses not to let their kid wear a seat belt, you are choosing a shot that your kid will be hit by a car and die and not be protected which is of course illegal now. I don’t think you should be able to choose possible death for your child with out knowing for sure that the vaccine is worst than death.