vaccines or not?

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How many of you chose to not vaccinate your babies and kids? Why did you choose not to vaccinate? I want all comments to be nice, no one should attack or put down anyone for their choices.

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My husband and I are scientists. All the recent evidence shows there is nothing In the vaccines that actually can cause harm to the child. Those who don't vaccinate are doing so based on incorrect information and media hype. They are also endangering the safety of young babies and those who can't be vaccinated. My friends baby (7months old) died due to an antivaxer not getting MMR. Babies under a certain age are too young to get it and by not protecting her own children they ended up with measles which turned into measles encephalitis when passed to my friends young baby. 
Please vaccinate... please.... it's the safest and best thing you can do for your baby and the safety of others around you.

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I chose to vaccinate and I did it based on my own decision. Im mainly just here for the comments even if you ask people to be nice these kind of topics always have the know it all's no matter what.

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I will always vaccinate. In my mind it's a simple choice. I would take a potential reaction, over potentially losing my son due to diseases that could've been prevented.

Also, I vaccinate because my son is immunocompromised. He needs all the protection he can get.

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I will vaccinate. We have the opportunity to protect our children from various nasty illnesses that are still dominant in 3rd world countries. I have a bad immune system so any way to combat future illnesses is appreciated and needed lol. There is no proof vaccines cause autism and the risk of reactions or allergies to the vaccines is very very low.

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My husband and I choose to not vaccinate our daughter who is now going on 14 months. Unfortunately vaccinations are not properly tested or at least not to my liking as the studies performed are restricted to epidemiological studies. This means vaccines are studied on a restricted population, not to mention without a true placebo as all studies show the placebos have a trace or form of the virus. A true study at least to my liking would be on a variety of the population with a true placebo. Vaccines are a great concept but the lack of proper study is a epic fail that has caused many children injuries and their families heartbreak. Simply speaking the current vaccines are not a one size fits all and when it comes to the combo of chemicals along with DNA that is crossing the blood brain barrier I choose to make sure my daughter is exposed naturally but safely. Should that mean I'm highly judged? Absolutely but the blame should not be on other parents but on the pharmaceutical companies and the CDC. Many pro-vax parents will blame me and my child should a outbreak occur but the fact is herd immunity is non-existent, the CDC itself states that these vaccines given to children who are now adults have not been proven to carry through all those years. Therefore I am unvaccinated and chances are many adults are unless they have continued vaccinations through adulthood which isn't pushed or really even offered by clinicians. Furthermore your newly vaccinated child is just as if not even more dangerous to my unvaccinated child as there is a shedding process that many parents are not aware of. There's a reason why children's hospitals have warnings that newly vaccinated children can not be visitors. It's a very controversial topic and I personally do not judge. Many of my friends vaccinate and I support that they have made the best decision for their kids and they feel the same about me. It's one topic many are pointing the finger at the wrong people for!

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We decided not to vaccinate. Our daughter is 11 months old and never even had a fever. 
She also didn't catch a chicken pox while me husband had shingles, twice within last year, first when she was 3 weeks old and again when she was 10 months old.
I'm guessing she's protected through breastfeeding since I had chicken pox as a kid.
It took a lot of research to make this decision but what really helped make it is that many of my adult friends are unvaccinated and are very healthy. 
Something I had no idea about prior to researching and speaking with friends on the topic. 
Good luck making your decision.

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Most definitely vaccinate my children and will always continue to do so.

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I chose not to vaccinate. I have really bad reactions (I was vaccinated, but no longer am) so don't my siblings. Also all the chemicals... Yuck.

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My husbands family live in Asia (we are in the USA), so our son will be vaccinated.
 
Personal decision considering in Los Angeles there are so many world travelers that could carry these diseases from other countries.  Prefer to give him as much of a chance against these diseases as possible.
 
But I will read up on side effects and keep a close eye on him though.

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I will be vaccinating baby boy when he's born in a couple of months but I will delay the hep b vaccine a month or two

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