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From: charli@cylixd.UUCP (Charli Phillips)
Newsgroups: net.kids,net.med
Subject: Re: Immunizations causing handicaps
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Date: Fri, 20-Sep-85 10:09:56 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 20 10:09:56 1985
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Summary: 

In article <468@scirtp.UUCP> todd@scirtp.UUCP (Todd Jones) writes:
>> We have been avoiding
>> immunizations for our child who is now 20 months old, but feel some
>> i.e. tetanus may be needed.  Thank you very much.
>
>I was born in the fifties and immunized against the childhood
>killers of the early 20th century. Many of my peers who are now
>parents think, "Diptheria?, Pertussin?, (Whooping Cough) Tetanus?
>Gee, I've never heard of those diseases lately! If there could
>be complications, I'd better think twice about immunizing my
>child."
>
>It is a medical fact that immunizations can produce harmful side-
>effects, but there are very few cases statistically. Opting out of
>innoculations is a very bad gamble compared to the horrors of the 
>diseases these innoculations are to prevent.
>                 Todd Jones


Our pediatrician gives parents a pamphlet (which I have misplaced) 
before their child is due for his first innoculations.  It explains
the chance of possible side-effects (they are really *very* rare),
explains which children should *not* receive certain immunizations
(some of them may be contra-indicated in rare instances), and what
happens when a large number of parents don't get their kids immunized.
(Yes, there have been modern day local epidemics of the "outdated"
killer diseases.)

Needless to say, my son is getting his innoculations right on schedule!

		charli


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