There is not a chance in hell that my daughter will get a vaccine that been linked with 32 deaths. No way. I dont find that safer than not getting the vaccine.
Just the act of putting on a seat belt wont kill you. But getting this jab into your child could kill them. Having a crash without a belt practically ensures you will be harmed. Not getting this vac does not ensure you will get cancer.
The small risk of actually getting the type of strain the vac is for, weighed up against the damage it can do just doesn't sit well with me at all.
There definatly isn't a concensus on the safety of vaccinations. Actually just the opposite. For all the reasearch done on how wonderful they are, there is more and more research on how damaging they can be, and every parent needs to work out which risk they want to take with their own child. Vaccinations have never claimed to be safe, and the full list of side effects and complications is a very very long one.
32 deaths possibly linked compared to how many people actually vaccinated - the amount of girls in America who have received this must be astronomical - I would be more interested in the actual percentage.
I understand your reasoning PB because we all have that fear, but it comes with every medication not just vaccinations. Ie- If Dr prescribes my daughter antibiotics because of an ear infection I know there is a much higher risk of her having a lethal allergic reaction to it then to most of the immunisations - but compared to the risk of leaving the infection it's a risk I would take - I think most of us who have immunized our children use the same reasoning, other than the social responsibility - we weigh up the risk of a serious side effect compared to the risk of the disease it's immunized against. Plus some of that depends on your background. Ie- I went to school with two kids who were both deaf and one retarded as a result of measles meningitis. I think though even those of us who do choose to immunize on this reasoning still have the what if fear though.
When it comes to this vaccine though being protection against a predominantly Sexually transmitted strain of HPB, I will raise my daughter with the same religious beliefs I was raised with, if she chooses not to follow them (we do not baptize babies, they make their own choice) than she can choose to have this vaccine - but it's not really in teh same ball park to me as whooping cough or measles, think I follow your reasoning there a bit glamourcide.
(As for seatbelts - 10 years ago my 16 year old friend had her spleen, pancreas, and duodenum ruptured BECAUSE of a seat belt injury in a car accident - but they save more injuries and lives than problems they cause - Tenar makes a valid point.
Reply With Quote
Bookmarks