Posted on 02/04/2006 2:28:54 PM PST by neverdem
I wonder if only vaccinated children get rotavirus? This will make, what 23 vaccinations children under 2 receive?
I'm sure there must be excellent reasons for giving this; but how many vaccinations is an infant supposed to get?
Is it healthy?
If all children were breast fed, their immunity would receive a boost from the mother's immunity, which is a far more natural method of immunizing a child.
Thank you for posting this. Will read it and look for more on the topic later this weekend. The 1998 vaccine was a disaster. The number of vaccines supposedly "required" for our children is outrageous!!!!
Rota-virus, or as Mrs. MWT and I call it, "Roto-rooter" virus is serious stuff.
Most kids get it, followed by mom and dad.
Exorcist vomit and diarreah going from each end, so bad that Pedialite cannot be kept down.
Babies, especially underweight babies, die from it.
Every one of my kids has been in the hospital for this, hooked up to an IV to prevent dehydration.
Wish this was around 5 years ago.
Was it shortly after the other vaccines were given? ( I don't vaccinate my daughter, so I'm always curious about timing of illnesses.)
*and gee, love your tag line* :)
The last of these vaccines produced as a side effect, the protrusion of the bowel.
No thanks.
My daughter had Roto-virus as well.
Puddle diapers, throwing up uncontrolably etc. She lost a pound of her 18 in a week. I would still take that over the damage of the vaccine.
Personally, keep a baby away from other kids for a while, breast feed if you can (I couldn't) and NEVER step into a daycare. The baby will have less of a chance of getting it.
(And even better if you can keep the older kids out of Public Schools)
I wonder what kind of cell lines were used for the growing of the virus.
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Wasn't it fatal, too? I'll also pass (I was luckily able to nurse my 3 and hopefully this next one, also.)
The problem is when they make the vaccine mandatory (they were in the process of doing that last time around), so that the US can subsidize the cost of giving it to developing countries. Luckily, my state allows a philosophical objection to vaccines. I took it with my youngest for Hep B and Chicken Pox vaccines.
Maybe I'm misunderstanding you, here, but "If it wasn't for those evil research scientists, there would be no reason for horribly devastating diseases." is wildly wrong. (Though perhaps you were being sarcastic. In that case, ignore me. :D)
Horribly devastating diseases have been around for millenia - for your contemplation I submit the Bubonic plague, polio, TB, typhoid.. The only reason these aren't near as devastating as they were is because of research scientists trying to discover what makes them tick - and then developing a vaccine. Or found a way to eradicate them before they get a foothold, or both.
Sometimes the only thing preventing a deadly epidemic/pandemic of something like.. Ebola, or the Marburg virus, orrrrr.. -whatever-, is scientists working to stop them in any way they can.
Sure, some vaccines are, IMO, highly unneccesary - for example, the Chickenpox one. Some may just need to be re-reasearched and tested. (My parents have long suspected that an MMR shot in my early years may have caused my deafness.)
Disease is a part of life. Some are avoidable, or easily handled (chickenpx, common cold, normal flu..). Some need these things (vaccines, whatever all else) to deal with them.
That said... can't they place some of these vaccines further on in life?? The poor kids have enough to deal with in their early life without being forever stuck with a needle :P
Again, not trying to preach, just pointing it out. And if it was sarcasm.. well Blow me down (a la Captain Feathersword :D)!
~Moshi-chan
Uh, I don't think a dirty diaper crosses the guidelines. That's reality folks, and it was in the middle of our rotavirus stint. But oh well.
DHF
Sarcasm.
Alrighty then. Now I feel stupid for bringing all that up :P
Oh well. Stupidity happens. :P
~Moshi-chan
In my state, if you homeschool you can skip the vaccines or you can say that you are Catholic and get a religious pass. I'm not sure what other religions count.
Some vaccines are made from aborted babies.
Not particularly.
She probably got it in the church nursery. It is EXTREMELY contagious and long-lived.
And thanks re: the tagline.
LOL.
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