Shots for babies/children did you get them for your child/ren? Does the good outweigh the bad? Been researching individual shots for babies. What did you do?

I used to tell my kids that it was better for them to have the short pain of a shot than the long illness of the illness.

I still feel that way. I'm old enough to remember before the polio shots, when each summer we'd see hospitals with kids in iron lungs, and when the first vaccines came out we were all lined up in school, and given shots.

That wouldn't happen today, but then, today you don't see crippled kids like you did back then, now its gone.

I almost died from measles related pneumonia. A young pregnant mother was exposed to German measles and her baby was born deaf. Now we can stop that. Yes, I got everything possible for my kids, and you know what, now that I'm older, I get everything possible for myself and my husband too, shingles, flu, pneumonia vaccines, and never once has anyone I've known had any reaction from any of it.

Well, are migraine headaches worse than death by whooping cough or measles? The autism argument has been debunked several times--just because kids show symptoms of autism (which does not manifest itself right away anyway) around the same time as vaccinations does not mean the vaccinations caused the autism. Correlation does not equal causation. That's like the mom who thinks getting her child's teeth pulled caused her child's autism because he started showing symptoms right after his teeth were pulled. Kinda ridiculous.

I was vaccinated, and I'll vaccinate my kids. I'd rather have a child who is alive. Did you see the story about the mom who has changed her tune since all 7 of her unvaccinated children contracted whooping cough? Herd immunity doesn't work if the majority of the herd isn't vaccinated.

Yes, I did have my children vaccinated. When my son had an allergic reaction to one of the shots, his pediatrician suggested that we wait until my son was older before continuing that particular series of shots. So that's what we did and my son was fine the next time. I know someone who was crippled for life from polio. Why would I take that risk with my children's lives? I've heard people coughing from whooping cough (church members that I took a meal to); I would NEVER want to experience that illness or put my kids through that. It's irresponsible not to vaccinate your kids.

I am getting all the recommended shots for my child, but never more than one at a time. I know too many people who refused vaccinations and their children got sick, and then they passed it on to everyone around them.

Modern technology is well-researched and beneficial. Cases of something going wrong are very rare and highly publicized.

There are thousands of other ways to fight disease. Shots are not the best. homeopathic medicine is very good. Also, just letting your child get sick isn't going to hurt them. Eating Healthy is a very good beginning. When a person has a fever, it is because their body is fighting germs and other unpleasant things, subduing this fever can cause major problems. Avoid antibiotics, as they not only kill unwanted germs, but they destroy the good bacteria that fights disease.

I hope you never ever take ibuprofen. Why? Because if I took ibuprofen, I would die.

I hope you never ever eat cashews. Why? Because if my granddaughter eats a cashew, she will die.

Therefore, because I would die from ibuprofen, and my granddaughter would die from cashews, ALL PEOPLE should avoid these horribly DANGEROUS substances!

Does this make any sense to you? I surely hope not, because it is ridiculous.

Citing one case of one child who may or may not have developed migraine headaches due to a vaccine *in no way* outweighs the hundreds of thousands of deaths of children throughout history from diseases which are now preventable.

The study which links autism to the MMR vaccine has been *entirely* discredited. The person who published the study literally made it all up.

Please read up on the history of each of the diseases these vaccines prevent. Diphtheria used to be know as the Strangling Angel of Children. This is *not* a disease you want your child to contract. My mother well remembers the terror of polio, and I know several adults in her generation who have permanent disabilities from polio - and they were the ones who survived it. Many many did not.

There is simply no benefit to not vaccinating your child, and a lot of misery and possibly death if you don't.

Vaccinate. Look at how many children died before the vaccinations were created. That should tell you something. It's not just for your children. It's also for the general public who are too old, too young, too sick to be vaccinated.

Do you mean vaccinations?

Yes, please make ssure your child doesn't bring back diseases that shouldn't been gone A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.

Also, the autism thing is bullshit. The doctor who even said that lost his license.

Vaccines can't cause autism. You can only be born with it.