Vaccinations ~ IMHO

[Guest guest]

I respect your choice to vaccinate your child because you believe it is in

her best interest.  However, there are many parents, scientists, physicians,

and other experts who do not believe vaccinations provide sufficient benefit

to justify the risks.  Like it or not, there IS a legitimate and valid

controversy surrounding the issue of vaccinations.  You can call all

arguments you don't agree with garbage, emotional propaganda, and

sensationalism if you wish, but it doesn't change the fact that those

arguments are taken very seriously by highly educated and intelligent people

who have researched this controversy in depth.

 

I maintain that all parents need to educate themselves thoroughly about BOTH

diseases vaccines are meant to prevent and the vaccines themselves.  The

difference between propaganda and education is that propaganda tells you what

to believe, and education allows you to decide for yourself what to

believe.  A true education has got to include inconvenient facts. 

Otherwise,

all we got is mainstream propaganda that " vaccines save lives from terrible

fates, and don't you ever question it. "

 

Why don't you explain exactly what is factually inaccurate, and

scientifically incorrect?  

 

First, it is the toxic substances people object to, not things like sodium

chloride (salt).  So let's limit our discussion to toxic compounds.  Which

foods contains these toxic substances, for example?  I can't think of any

food that has formaldehyde or sodium hydroxide, but I am willing to be

educated on this.  Yes, some (not MANY) foods contain MSG, but a lot of

people won't eat foods with MSG either. There is the BIG difference between

being exposed to Drano, and injecting even a little bit of it directly into

the bloodstream.  Perhaps you feel this is acceptable, but others may not. 

We have a right to discuss these legitimate issues. What may be offensive

information to you, might be valuable thought-provoking points for others. 

I'm not trying to begin an argument, I'm simply attempting to show you where

non-vaccinating parents are coming from as well.

 

 

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[Guest guest]

, jomanji13@a... wrote:

> I respect your choice to vaccinate your child because you believe it

is in

> her best interest.  However, there are many parents, scientists,

physicians,

> and other experts who do not believe vaccinations provide sufficient

benefit

> to justify the risks.  Like it or not, there IS a legitimate and

valid

> controversy surrounding the issue of vaccinations.  You can call

all

> arguments you don't agree with garbage, emotional propaganda, and

> sensationalism if you wish, but it doesn't change the fact that

those

> arguments are taken very seriously by highly educated

and intelligent people

> who have researched this controversy in depth.

 

Hm. I *think* you are talking to me, because I responded and said that

I did feel the benefits of vaccination justified the risk, based on

some experiences I have had in my own family and elsewhere. Nowhere

have I used the terms you quote to describe anybody else's arguments,

so I can only conclude that you must be talking to somebody else ...

 

Be well, Hadass in Winnipeg.