Today, I'm going to talk frankly about a sticky subject - Vaccines.
Today the "Vaccinate your baby" campaign was kicked off by the AAP, Amanda Peet, Every Child By Two, and Paul Offit with a press conference. I received an email blast from Jenny McCarthy urging parents to get out their "Green our Vaccines" signs and get into NYC if you could. I couldn't, but I wish I could have been there.
I do believe that my son, Alex, was injured by vaccines which attributed (note I say attributed, not caused.. because I think it is just part of the picture not the whole thing) to his Autism. I believe he received too many shots, too quickly and that the ingredients in the shots were a toxic cocktail that was too much for his immune system and proved damaging to him. In just a span of 2 doctor's visits shortly after my son turned One year old he received 8 different vaccines - MMR, Chicken Pox, Flu Shot, Polio, Hep B, DPT, Pneumococcal, and Meningitis. My doctor, a doctor who was highly respected in the community and a family doctor for years was following the AAP Schedule.I also received a flu shot during my pregnancy - the only time ever in my life that I received the flu shot.
Seven years ago, I was a first time mother, and I was following My Doctor's lead- I put my trust in him and that failed me. I didn't know that my child would be changed forever, and I live with this. I've dealt with the gammut of emotions on it - largely anger and guilt, the feeling of failed responsibility on the parts of myself, my doctor, and "the system". I know what I feel in my gut, and in my heart and I trust my instinct. I handled shots and vaccines quite differently when it came time for my daughter to receive them. I'm not anti-vaccine, I do vaccinate - just this time around.. I call the shots. I do not trust the doctors, the vaccine makers or the CDC who see $$$ first. The FDA is not keeping our kids safe - the corruption has been exposed by former FDA employees at Thoreau-fda.com.
Check out this CBS Segment 3 minute video clip called “Follow the Money” by CBS News’ Sharyl Atkisson from July 25th. In it Sharyl addresses some to say the least, "troubling" conflicts of interest in the approval and promotion of vaccines in our country
Important Links - especially if you are in New Jersey where MORE vaccines are mandated than any state.
Safe Vaccines
New Jersey Coalition for Vaccine Choice
NJ Alliance for Informed Choice in Vaccination
See Vaccine Nation
3 comments:
I saw Amanda on GMA this morning before we left for camp. You get personal emails from Jenny, have you met her? Did you know her next book is about Indigo kids? She had a website when she first joined TACA but took it down before book tour.
Nick had a bad rash day after vaccines and I took him to Dr the next day, that is the only thing I remember about vaccines. When we were in FL I gave him infant tylenol after a shot and I read recently that they said this is the reason for autism.
I just say it is in the genes and have never felt guilty for their being on the spectrum. Maybe since I am on my own and have lived with a sister who has disabilities it was different for me. I never had time. I remember seeing something long ago mentioning the feelings one has when the dx comes and that never rang true for me. I never cried over it, just accepted it and moved on. I do recall that when Nick was dx'ed ten years ago they said it was one in 10,000 and that kids with autism were exceptionally good looking. Never hear that anymore!
Such an excellent post! This is so well-said it needs to be circulated somehow. Maybe you can re-post it at www.autismsucksrocks.blogspot.com? They are so sweet over there and this is such a timely perspective.
I could honestly talk to you about this subject for days. I've been to conferences, met speakers, et al. And that was before I had a child on the spectrum.
I completely agree with you that a combination of various toxins/immune assaults can lead to spectrum-related issues. In my situation, my child was not vaccinated. He was breastfed for 2 years. He grew up with almost all organic foods. No cow's milk.
Yet still, he flickers around the spectrum somewhere.
I couldn't agree with you more! I have triplets who have all been affected by vaccines. I am sure it was a mixture of other things but I feel vaccines are at the top of my list. My daughter has Autism, my other daughter has intermediate virus-induced asthma and my son has severe virus-induced asthma (we almost lost him in January).
I wish people knew to delay vaccinations for preemies. I didn't know to do this. My babies were born 5 weeks early and weighed just over 4 pounds but were given the same vaccination schedule as a singleton is.
I try to forgive myself all of the time for not researching vaccinations before I started giving them to my babies. It makes me sick to my stomach to think about them getting their first round of shots at one month old (adjusted age).
Glad to see another Mom trying to pass the word on - people must educate themselves on vaccines.
Take care,
Alicia
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