Jab or no jab?

I am having more and more of my friends call and ask me about vaccines. For those that are still debating the decision I found this article helpful.

What will ultimately guide your decision...

Your decision will ultimately be driven by fear or become one of conviction based on your philosophy, which fear will have no part.

Fear and the Vaccine Decision:

1. Fear of a reaction to a vaccine will outweigh the fear of the disease(s).
2. Fear of the disease(s) outweigh the fear of a vaccine reaction.
3. Fear and selective vaccinators-they won’t fear the disease(s) they vaccinated for, but may obsess over the disease(s) they didn’t vaccinate for.
4. Fear and Risk Figures-it won’t be the actual overall figure that steers your decision, but whether you think your child will be that one child. Example: the 1/1000 figure whether it be a disease or a reaction.

Fear is the biggest emotion in connection with the vaccine issue. That is why your fear must be addressed before making a decision. Things to think about:

-Vaccine trials do not represent everyone. Statistical norms bear no relationship to individual risks because that is unique to every person.
-No vaccine information, not even package inserts, disclose all information. Some information is considered ‘trade secrets’, or are sealed documents.
-Even if your child is immunologically more at risk of a disease, those same factors may make them more at risk from the vaccine.
-If vaccines were safe, manufacturers would not need federal legislation to protect them from liability-vaccine injury or death. If they were effective, no one would question their use nor value. If they were healthy for us, there would be no state mandates for daycare or schools, nor be forced.
-False evidence that appears real is the greatest strategy ever invented. So study your history.

-Research what both sides have to say, pro and con, and weigh the difference.

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