It has been said that public confidence in
vaccines is
declining.
The thing is the problem is
not really with the vaccines; it is with the people who are waging a war
against vaccination.
First, it was the people who felt that their children got
autism because they were vaccinated. In
addition, Thimerosal, which is the preservative used in most vaccines is not
given in a high enough dose to be impactful.
If you get a flu shot, you get less Thimerosal than you would get in
eating half a tuna sandwich. Unless you
are allergic or have taken fish out your diet and your family’s diet. You have no excuse of not getting
vaccinated. This has totally been
debunked.
Second, the growing number of people who refuse to
vaccinate
their children is also a problem.
Diseases we once thought were eradicated in the US are now back.
Measles, mumps,
polio, etc. are making a
comeback.
The failure to vaccinate your
children makes them vulnerable to people who carry these diseases.
People from all over the world come here to
visit.
In certain places, over the
generations, natural immunity to these diseases has developed.
This is because, like the Pilgrims who gave
smallpox infected blankets to the Indians, the ones who survived developed an
immunity and, through breastfeeding, hopefully, passed it down.
Those who missed exposure, such as prior
generations who received vaccinations, had nothing to pass.
If you choose not to vaccinate your child,
you are putting them at risk.
Publicity about the recurrence of these diseases, makes
people think that it is the vaccinations that are no good.
This is far from the truth. It is the
failure to vaccinate that has brought back these diseases from the brink of
extinction.
Third, and very sadly, the strains picked to put in the flu
vaccinations, in recent years, have missed the mark. This has made very vulnerable people who are
exposed become very sick. Some have even
died. It is the mismatch, not the vaccination. Studies have shown that if you
are vaccinated every year, over time, you can develop a broader spectrum of
immunity against any type of flu. This means that if you do get sick, you will
be less sick, than if you had been exposed to the same strain of flu without
any immunity.
The most important thing in all this is that skipping
vaccinations puts you and your family at risk.
