If you have children, will you get them vaccinated?

If not, why not, and how do you reconcile that with the fact that a preventable disease could hurt your child and possibly other children?

oneheartnow: How and why were vaccines first developed, and what caused the massive reduction in polio cases at the exact time the polio vaccine was developed and deployed? Have you seen anyone with developmental deficiencies due to polio recently?

There's absolutely zero medical (not anecdotal) evidence supporting vaccines as a cause of autism.

And at the risk of inviting all sorts of woo in response, who is this medical monopoly, why do they pay doctors, where do they get the money from, and if all of this is true, why do medical professionals have some of the highest vaccination rates of all for them and their children?

Definately not, I want them to live a long disease free life. Vaccinations do not heal as so many uninformed people believe. They actually make you sick. Vaccinations cause autism in some children, also drinking pasteurized milk. Each time a doctor gives a vaccination he is paid by the Medical Monopoly for each shot. Vaccinations are known to also cause brain damage. I have a book written by a doctor entitled Avoid all Vaccinations if You Want to Live a Long Life. Don't be fooled by all the hype about vaccinations. It is all a ploy to exterminate the people.

I have three children and as long a the benifits outway the risks they will be vaccinated. My children are also all over 4 now and none of them have ever had any bad reaction from shots.

Ok so the fact that vaccinations actually got rid of smallpox and other diseases means nothing?
There will always be quacks out there with conspiracy theories...
Oneheartnow - I can't seem to find the book online, who was the author...

I can understand researching medicines and vaccines, but don't vaccines need government approval before they get put to the masses? That means the pharmaceutical companies would need some figures to present to prove their vaccine is a little more than liquid in a vial.

The thing that annoys me is this mass paranoia in consumer society that 'everyone's out to get us- it's a conspiracy!' Is it too much to think that maybe, just maybe, people can dedicate their lives to finding ways of preventing childhood illnesses (which can and have left people crippled, or even kill them altogether?), simply because they want to help? At this rate, let's stop making vaccines altogether- I mean sure, it leaves kids open to terrible illnesses, boosts the mortality rate, leaves people impaired in some way for the rest of their lives, but at least we don't have to fork out fifty bucks to, y'know, save their lives, on the off chance that maybe they won't even get the illness in the first place.

I'll absolutely get my kids vaccinated. My grandfather had polio which left him crippled, and I don't want to disadvantage my children in living a full, healthy life.

There is NO link between autism and the mmr jab INFACT the scientist who claimed there is was recently in the newspaper as he had NO evidence to prove it and he experimented on children without their parents concent to 'cure' them of their MENTAL illness. he was a idiot

I have 2 kids and they have had all their vaccines. Some people think that the rise in autism is bc of vaccines but I wonder if those people have ever thought that maybe autism isn't on a rise? Back in the day anyone with any kind of mental disorder was labeled retarded and sent to an institution or sent to suffer without treatment at home. They didn't know that there were many types of mental disorders. Now that the world isn't as big anymore bc of T.V., the internet and mass publications we can stop to see how so many people actually have autism. The only thing someone came up with was hey, the kids that have autism have had their vaccines, that must be it. Even if it were true, which they have no proof of, wouldn't it be better to have autism then a dead child? I think so. And for those of you who do not vaccinate your children, keep them away from other children who have been. If you want your own kid to get sick or die then that's your irresponsible choice but don't make the other kids who's parents actually want better for their kids get sick from yours and suffer.

I have two children, and yes they have both had their MMR etc. the evdence to support the benefits of having vaccines etc is clear.

however, people who don't vaccinate their children are being ignorant and totally relying on other parents to vaccinate their children in order for the problems not to be one of a epdemiological problem. by doing this, they are, basically saying, yup, your childs life is worth less than mine. it is only because of the parents that DO vaccinate that things like measels mumps etc have been all but completely irradicated.

if you don't get vaccinated then the child should not be allowed to mix with other children. harsh? yes! why? because the parents are making an actual decision to endanger the health and welbeing of those they assosiate by withholding PREVENTATIVE treatment - very important word!
and the evidence to support autism is very weak. the major problem is that people are more aware of the varying degrees of autism now, and cases haven't been increasing, it is simply the screening and child development checks in the last few decades have dramatically improved, and as an effect, autism is being detected at the earliet possible stage, which incdentally co-incides with the childrens vaccinations.

the media are ver responsible for a lot of destorted information, if they think it will sell a paper, on it goes...that is there only motive. they pick one piece of evidence and highlight it, there is always a huge number of debates going on at any one time, arguing the pro's and con's - if you only pick out one piece, then yes, you will be biased.
I've completly gone off on a tangent - but yes - I have got my children vaccinated, not just for their health, but the health of others around them