I did not get HepB vaccination at birth for my kids because they are at extremely low risk and i didn't see a need.
I began vaccinating my DD at a slightly delayed schedule. After the 2 month and 4 month vaccines, she was quite unwell for about a week. I discussed this with the Council run vaccine clinic nurses who showed little concern and just wanted to make sure she was given next lot of injections. The 6 month vaccines i split up, and again tried to voice my concerns with the clinic nurses. My concerns were not listened to, and i just felt there was a lot of bullying behaviour. The minimal faith that i had in the system was lost and so for now i have elected not to continue vaccinating.
If i had a medical professional that listened to me, and was willing to explore and answer my questions, i may be more likely to vaccinate.
I also believe that there are too many vaccines given at one time, and am disappointed that because single disease vaccines are not always available in Australia, parents have to choose between not vaccinating for one disease or vaccinating for 2 extras that they may not see as necessary.
I was previously very pro vaccination - my sister had a horrific case of chicken pox when she was two and I didn't want my kids to experience sickness like that. But as time went on and I actually starting researching it for myself instead of just blindly accepting the 'party line', I was adding up 2 and 2 and getting 6 every time, so it made me start asking more questions and a few things stood out for me which I just couldn't ignore. When I was pg with my 4th child I was almost convinced that it wasn't right, but then I just wasn't brave enough to refuse them. But when he had his 8wk rota virus vaccine and had a terrible reaction to it, my mind was made up.
The things that stood out for me and convinced me it wasn't right were;
The fact that vaccines are a one size fits all delivery - my 10lb+ baby at birth was getting the exact same dose as a 6lb baby. We don't even give a standard dose of panadol to babies and dose according to weight, so it didn't make sense to give vacinations that way.
There are too many vaccines given at once, and the burden placed of the under developed immune system of a baby is MASSIVE. This makes it harder to pin point what is to blame when reactions happen.
The whooping cough vaccine is so ineffective now that it is worthless. It only gives a 70% protection rate at best and even then it only protects against ONE strain of WC. Not only that, fully vaccinated people can still get WC, except that it is a milder case and because of the assumption that vaccination = immunity, people do not realise that their children even have WC, put it down to being a mild cold and carry on their way infecting other people who may not have any immunity.
And then there are the carrier and stabilising ingredients. I simply cannot believe that with all the money thrown towards R&D of vaccines that they still have not come up with safer ingedients to put in them.
My girls will never, ever have the 'cervical cancer' vaccine - what a joke that is! The propaganda that the Govt and Health authorities spread about this one beggar belief! It is not, and never has been, a 'cervical cancer' vaccine, yet whenever it is spoken about in the media, there is the false assumption given that it will protect against cervical cancer. It is a vaccine for the HPV virus - a virus which may trigger cervical cancer in some women. Again, it is a vaccine that gives a false sense of security because of the assumption that vaccinated = never get cervical cancer and it makes people believe that they are safe and protected. There have also been far too many deaths and serious complications from this vaccine that Govt agencies around the world are failing to investigate as directly related to the vaccine.
So basically the more aware and educated about vaccinations I became, the more I starting seeing that there are massive problems with them and I should avoid them until I feel they reach a point where they are safe. We've accepted that its alright to **** around with a perfectly normal immune system - which if working properly will successfully fight off these illnesses and that doesn't sit right with me. I can't in good conscience do something to my kids which may affect them. Even recently there have been two incidences with my youngest child where he has been injured in a way where the tetanus vaccine has been offered and I have declined both times because it is not necessary - one reason being that if he had been exposed to tetanus through his injuries then it would already be in his system and giving the vaccine would be a moot point and the other reason being that even the tetanus booster is not a stand alone vaccination, it is combined with diphtheria/tetanus, diphtheria/tetanus/pertussis or diphtheria/tetanus/pertussis/polio.. Even the ones adults get are not stand alone tetanus vaccines - how many people know that? Probably none because you only ever get told you need a tetanus booster.
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