To vaccinate or not - flu shot and H1N1 shot...

Stifler's - posted on 08/19/2010

I believe in vaccinating for everything else though.

Stifler's - posted on 08/19/2010

I refuse to get the H1N1, it's too new. The flu shot isn't necessary.

Kim - posted on 09/18/2009

Roybn,it sounds to me you are trying to convince yourself as to what your doing is right. If your children are vaccinated for everything including the flu shot...why are you worried about the kids that are not vaccinated giving them something..they won't get sick if there vaccinated right? you should be 100% of that.

As for me, I don't vaccinate. I'm not worried about him getting sick. It's natural for our bodies to fight these things, not inject toxins and who knows what into our bodies... our immune system will be great if it's not being compramised.

Heather - posted on 09/17/2009

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Jodie - posted on 09/14/2009

I used to get my children flu shots every year but found they got sicker more often so I stopped but I am really thinking about the H1N1 shot for them because the swine flu virus really scares me!

Robyn - posted on 09/13/2009

with regards to the flu shot i get one and so does my 6 year old, i doubt i'll get the h1n1 vaccine just because it is so new and relatively untested, being at school his first year my son got the flu all the time, the next year i got him vaccinated and he got the flu alot less then he normally did, also my father has a heart condition if my son or me was to bring the flu home to him it could be more detremental, as well as we make regular visits to my hubbys moms house she is a nurse so we need to have one for her as well so were less likely of infecting her with the flu and then her infecting patients. also being pregnant myself at the moment, the last thing i need is my son to bring me home the flu or the H1N1 virus which can be fatal to children and elderly people, pregnant woman or people ask risk with lower immune systems. if you chose not to get the flu shot or hell if you have the flu then at least be respectful to others, ive known seen people who get the flu and then decide to go run around out in public, risking infection in god knows how many people and people just dont comprehend going out in public when your sick with the flu and go to the grocery store you risk giving the flu to seniors and kids and anyone else who touches whatever you might have touched, as for parents of kids in school gettin the flu, its common for kids especially in their first year or 2 of school, to get sick alot, so if your child gets a flu shot and then comes down with the flu a few days later thats actually quite normal for kids in the first and second grade of school they go from being home to a public building where germs are spread like wildfires, or other parents send their kids to school sick, or they just plain dont wash their hands enough, so flu and colds are very common in kids who are just starting in schools/day cares and what not, as for regular vaccinations parents who get no vaccinations what so ever are risking other peoples children for serious illness, people who want to vaccinate their children but have the wait for a certain age , their children can get exposed to something that could possibly be fatal because some other parent decided not to vaccinate.

Kelly - posted on 09/13/2009

On a morning show last week I saw a representative from the CDC saying that every student in America up to age 24 will receive a free swine flu shot, paid for by the government. That is extremely scarey to me. If they start offering to pay for it, the school are going to line the kids up and give it to them, and will be pressuring us as parents into allowing them to get it. I will not allow my kids to have the shot. The government and media are pushing this way too hard, makes me very suspicous.

Amanda - posted on 09/13/2009

My son last year got the flu shot a and b but this year i am not going to do it and i am DEFINATELY not giving my 2yr old or 5 month old the h1n1 shot...i have never personally had a flu shot and i have been fine. my pediatrician did say that he would have to see vast improvements before he would recommend giving his patiants the h1n1 shot.

Heather - posted on 09/13/2009

I refuse to get any flu shot.. I delay vaccines.. I ddint get the second chicken pox shot

Kim - posted on 09/10/2009

they have more deadlier things in them than mercury...so it's your choice!

Kim - posted on 09/10/2009

Quoting Monica:

Hi, every body, I don't know why? but pediatricians recommend vaccination cause is safer for kids, none of them have thymerasol or mercury anymore, they are offering me right now a flu shot without preservatives, so I will take it for my and my 2 year old, I wont take the H1N1 vaccine, cause in the past they haven't had luck with it, and had people dead, so far since my little one, has gotten the flu vaccine, she seems less sicker of the flu now a days, and if is truth the organism can do the own antibodies, the vaccines are here just for help the bodys stronger, but like im still have some concerns Im still will doing research for myself and our own good. :) Hope this help.

Julie - posted on 09/10/2009

NO WAY!!! what happened to our land of the free...? This's a ccarey move... they've not tested it long enough to know all the side effects and THEY ADMIT THAT!

Jana - posted on 09/10/2009

If vaccinations cause Autism, then how come every child that has been vaccinate doesn't have Autism???

Shannon - posted on 09/10/2009

My sister asked her both her pediatrician and family doctor about the H1N1 vaccine and they both told her not to get it. They agreed that they are in too much of a hurry to get a vaccine made.

Tara - posted on 09/09/2009

Absolutely not. The reason that the CDC is not researching about how immunizations could be causing the increase in Autism is because the FDA won't allow it. It would then make the US financially liable to the millions of children who have been harmed by the shots that were changed in the late 70's.

Jarika - posted on 09/08/2009

i think that the shot is for some people and not for others, for me i do not want my son getting the h1n1 i think that it is just going to make the flu worse then it has become, and i am not going to put something in my son that was made over night..not happening..but people are different and think i am crazy. i also do not listen to everything my dr. tells me, just because they agree with it does not mean i do!

Colleen - posted on 09/08/2009

hi mom of three..I too wonder about this until I got the flu 1 year very sick for about three weeks also 8 months pregant at the time..well my doc said getting the flu shot does not stop you from getting the flu just make it not so bad..so my thought is why get stuck with needles if you can still get the flu....your choice I opted out of the shot..

Monica - posted on 09/08/2009

Hi, every body, I don't know why? but pediatricians recommend vaccination cause is safer for kids, none of them have thymerasol or mercury anymore, they are offering me right now a flu shot without preservatives, so I will take it for my and my 2 year old, I wont take the H1N1 vaccine, cause in the past they haven't had luck with it, and had people dead, so far since my little one, has gotten the flu vaccine, she seems less sicker of the flu now a days, and if is truth the organism can do the own antibodies, the vaccines are here just for help the bodys stronger, but like im still have some concerns Im still will doing research for myself and our own good. :) Hope this help.

Jackie - posted on 09/08/2009

I have two children; girl age 6 years and a son age 6 months. I was also wondering if I should give my son the flu shot at his next well visit. I gave my daughter the flu shot at her 6 month check up because we were going out of state. Well, she was so sick by the next day or two that I had to take her to the local hospital 5 STATES AWAY FROM HOME. I am convinced that getting the flu shot makes people sick. I personally stay away from it! Don't let those doctors pressure you into getting that stupid shot. It's like they get incentive for however many people they "recruit" or something. My doc pushed me everytime I came into her office...so I switched docs. It should be your decision, NOT someone elses. As for the H1N1...I don't feel safe injecting my children with that! I don't feel there has been enough research done. Just try to be cautious of your surroundings and wash hands after going into public places. I hope this helps :) Good luck!

Hillary - posted on 09/08/2009

Vaccinations given to infants in the U.S. contain the amount of Thymerisol (Mercury) that would normally be recommended to adult males weighing 200 lbs or more. Vaccinations containing Thymerisol have been BANNED in Canada. Studies have shown that there is no need for Mercury in vaccinations, and the only reason they started using Mercury in the first place was to preserve the vaccinations (in the 1950's). My husband and I have decided that when our children are old enough to personally decide if they want vaccinations they will have that choice. The only location in the United States where vaccinations without Mercury in them are offered just happen to be the health department in Virginia, where the politicians' families are likely to go. Doesn't that seem odd to you? No, we will not be receiving either of the flu shots, and have decided to keep our 9-month old out of daycare until the spring, after the flu season has passed. Try to keep your child as hydrated as possible, wash their hands often (yes, even babies) with soap and warm water for 20 seconds, and monitor any changes in behavior. Apart from fever while she was teething, Bella has been healthy every day of her life!

Debi - posted on 09/08/2009

I have 3 kids ages 10, 8 and 8. None of them have ever had either shot and they have only had the flu once or twice in their entire lives. The key to keeping children well is not vaccination...it's cleanliness and healthy living!!!

Sara - posted on 09/08/2009

I think that getting the H1N1 vaccine is really a good idea, look at the stats, the ones dying from it are either really little or older?! But as far as the swine flu goes, I am on the fence..I dont know much about it and would definetley have to discuss it with my sons Pediatrician. And as far as the regular flu shot, its not a live virus so you wouldn't get the flu from the shot. Keep in mind that every year the flu changes thats why they have to come up with a new vaccine each year, the one from last year wouldn't work. So the CDC is making an educated guess as to what the flu strain will be this flu season..it could be totally wrong. So your child wouldn't get the flu from the shot, they would be getting a strain of the flu that the vaccine doesnt cover. However, the flu mist (the nasal vaccine) is a live virus..but your child wouldn't be a candidate for it.

Kylie - posted on 09/07/2009

I THINK THAT EVERYONE WHO HAS COMMENTED ON THIS PAGE SHOULD EMAIL OR GET ON CHAT AND TALK ABOUT THIS WITH ALOT OF PEOPLE...I AM FROM AUSTRALIA AND WE HAVE BEEN TOLD NOTHING ABOUT ANY OF THIS INFORMATION ....i know that it must be out there somewhere but i haven't heard anything about all this stuff????WHY NOT??? we have been told that as of next year the H1N1 vax will be in the normal flu shot and our kids will get it anyway...I am not a scare monger but is this all just conspiracy theory's or what????would like more info...real information not just feelings???

Shannon - posted on 09/07/2009

I am not getting the vaccine for my daughter for either. I feel that vaccines have their place but I also feel that the Pharmaseutical World is just getting greedy without thinking of people it could possible hurt. I also feel that the govt. has their hands in too much as well with all of their "madates", this is my opinion but the answer to your question is no her father (who is in the US Navy and has to get the shot) and I have decided not to.

RACHEL - posted on 09/07/2009

I get my son 2 the flu shot every year. he don"t seem to get sick as bad as he did with out it.

Jana - posted on 09/06/2009

Personally I think you can find "information" and "facts" to support anyside of the to vaccinate or not to vaccinate debate. Anyone can twist numbers and manipulate studies to say anything, especially when scare tactics are involved. This is a topic for your family and your doctors to discuss/debate and then after having the discussion with your doctor, you should make your choice. For me, I have followed the what our doctor recommends. My daughter is 2 and has had all of her shots, we just got her flu shot for the second year and she has never been sick with anything other then a cough. Never had a fever, ear ache, or runny nose. I have never shielded her from germs or large crowds, and she is perfectly healthy. Do what you think is best, but you need to get information from the proper sources to make the correct choice.

Darci - posted on 09/06/2009

I have never had a flu vaccine. My children have never had a flu vaccine. We stay very healthy, except for an occasional cold. I was a MS & HS teacher before I became a SAHM, and it seemed that those who got a flu vaccine ended up with a 6 week something. Those who didn't stayed very healthy.

Kayla - posted on 09/06/2009

i have never got my kids the flu shot. only the shots during there well visit checks nothing else

Pamela - posted on 09/06/2009

Quoting Caroline:

We choose not to vaccinate at all. My baby has never been sick, either, in his entire 1st year. The body is amazing at defending itself WHEN NOT MESSED WITH!

I agree with you 100% i chose not to vaccinate and my son is 16months and has never been really sick! stuffy nose here and there but thats about it!  : )

Caroline - posted on 09/06/2009

We choose not to vaccinate at all. My baby has never been sick, either, in his entire 1st year. The body is amazing at defending itself WHEN NOT MESSED WITH!

Georgia - posted on 09/05/2009

Well let me start off by telling you that I feel the same way about the H1N1 shot. I no longer get any of my kids the flu shot. Only because two years ago I decided to give my baby the flu shot. Well not only did he have an allergic reaction..because at the time we did not know that my son was allergic to egg whites and the flu shot is grown in egg whites , but he ended up catching the flu within the next couple of days. Then all my kids ended up catching the flu. So my baby can no longer get the shot anyways but I still don't get it for my older kids either.

Cyrenna - posted on 09/05/2009

No, these diseases have not dissappeared because we are meant to get them as children in order to build up our immune systems. Very occasionally do they have more serious consequences and those would be in children whose immune systems are already compromised. However, lots of evidence has come forward to show that there can and are serious side effects to the vaccines. I have lived in a third world country for 30 years and worked in hospitals in such places.

Lisa - posted on 09/05/2009

It would not take long for the childhood diseases of old to run rampant without vaccinating. These diseases have not disappeared. They are being held at bay by the immunization process. Go to a 3rd world country (yes i have) and see what life is really like.

Cyrenna - posted on 09/05/2009

I am anti routine vaccination. Childhood diseases were already declining BEFORE routine childhood vaccines were introduced due to improved health, nutrition and hygeine. Take a look at the facebook group - Vaccination Information Network - VINE, for more information and then you will be better equipped to make an informed choice for yourself. and your family.

Lindsay - posted on 09/05/2009

No shots here! My son is 13 months, and although we opted to NOT vaccinate at all until 24 months, we have decided against the flu and swine flu shot as well. We chose the alternate schedule for routine vaccinations to give him a chance to build up his immune system on his own, and to NOT have all of the extra and dangerous additives found in the vaccines in his body. There is just too much information withheld from the general public about vaccines and their possible side effects that we just don't want to chance with our son. As far as the Swine flu vaccine, I just can't justify giving it to him due to the lack of research and testing. I read an article saying that the actual shot that is tested is not the shot that is given. Why would they do that? The most dangerous additive in the vaccine is the same one that caused paralysis years ago when vaccines were first being used....the SAME additive!! Here's a website that just skims the surface; http://w3.newsmax.com/blaylock/47a.cfm There is so much information out there, (my husband does all of this research for me; lucky me!) but you just have to be willing to find the answers!! Please don't feel that I am judging ANYONE for choosing to vaccinate, this was our personal choice and I have become a victim of judgment based on this decision, therefore I would NEVER try to argue the choices of others. I'm just sharing the information that I have come across in hopes of an open mind finding it useful! Good luck and stay healthy!! Here's another helpful website.... http://www.vaccinetruth.org/

Shannon - posted on 09/05/2009

NO! more children and adults have had a bad outcome from this than any other "flu vaccine"

seriously only 450 give or take people have died from this flu when there ire some 35,000 people that die every year from the common flu.

think about it!

Amy - posted on 09/05/2009

My family gets the flu shot every year and there has been no problems. My 1yr old daughter had it (twice actually, the first time they need 2) and we've had no problems, and were very healthy all winter. You can NOT!! get the flu from the flu shot. The shot is made up from a dead virus. Most ppl end up sick after the flu shot from sitting in the waiting room with sick ppl, waiting to get the shot. H1N1 I haven't looked into much, but if the doctor recommends it then who am I to argue.

Misti - posted on 09/04/2009

I am so glad you asked this!!! I was going to get them for my daughter (10 months old) this fall, naively thinking that she wouldn't get sick that way. Now that I have read this, I don't want her to have it and I won't be getting it either! The regular shot or the H1N1. Thank you for asking and thank you to all of the moms that answered!! :0)

Deborah - posted on 09/04/2009

I just recently got the flu shot for my 6 month old because we were going to be doing some traveling, so we would be on a plane for a long period of time (the worst place for germs, I am told). I was a teacher and always got the flu shot which helped. If we were not going to travel, I would not have done it, so now I am wondering if I did the right thing.

Jessica - posted on 09/04/2009

Im a supporter of getting the regular vaccines for your baby (hooping cough, measles, chicken pox, polio, etc.) but in the case of flu shots I dont see the benifit. As is explained by Sue (the wealth and wellness advisor who responded) our children need a chance to develop their own immune systems and giving them these vaccines inhibts their bodies abilities to do this. I make sure my daughter eats a healthy diet, participates in plenty of physical activities and practices good hygiene and I keep the house well stocked with vapour rubs and other such things for when flus stirke. Also (as cruel as it may seem to some) if a friends child has a minor flu rather than avoiding that family I specificly organise a playdate with that child so that m daughter immune systems gets a work out. I do this beacuse I have read that (and had confirmed by my doctor) immune systems that dont get a chance to develop due to extreme cleanliness, vaccines and lack of exposure to mild flus are more likely to react to non-harmful substances causing certain food allergies. Kids get sick and mor often than not its a good thing.

Lisa - posted on 09/04/2009

I wont be doing it my kids are 6 and 3 1/2. Last year my doctor talked me into getting the flu shot for them it was pretty late like Dec. I did it my kids got sick, because it was the first time for the flu shot ever they needed a second dose I never went back to get it, I can only hope my kids dont get sick enough to go to the hospital, but I know I wont give then the shot, they go to school they are going to get sick regardless of the flu shot or not

Bethany - posted on 09/04/2009

Nope. I've never had the flu shot and have never given it to my daughter because most of the time the vaccine is for the wrong strain of flu. Thus, we are allowing a virus to be injected into our bodies that, 80% of the time is not even what that season's flu is. I would rather have my body build up it's own immune system rather than rely drugs with unhealthy side effects to make me think I'm healthy. Also, as someone mentioned above, the last swine flu vaccine caused more cases than the disease itself. I wouldn't get it, and would just be careful about where you take your child for a while. Babies that young especially shouldn't be getting large doses of poorly-tested vaccines.

Alison Lindsay - posted on 09/04/2009

you don't have too... I never got my kids the flu shot and would never put the new vaccine for the swine in their bodies...

Sarah - posted on 09/04/2009

Quoting Michelle:

I can understand the controversy over other vaccines, but on this one I just don't get it. The last time there was widespread use of the Swine Flu vaccine (in the 70s) it had to be pulled because more people were dying from the vaccine than the flu. There is a known connection between the H1N1 vaccine and Guillain-Barre syndrome, so much so that the British NHS sent an alert for doctors to be on the lookout for GBS related to vaccines.

I just don't understand why anyone would push for such a dangerous vaccine with so little benefit.

I agree with you!!!

Michelle - posted on 09/04/2009

I can understand the controversy over other vaccines, but on this one I just don't get it. The last time there was widespread use of the Swine Flu vaccine (in the 70s) it had to be pulled because more people were dying from the vaccine than the flu. There is a known connection between the H1N1 vaccine and Guillain-Barre syndrome, so much so that the British NHS sent an alert for doctors to be on the lookout for GBS related to vaccines.

I just don't understand why anyone would push for such a dangerous vaccine with so little benefit.

Anna - posted on 09/04/2009

I was just reading yesterday that babies who have had the flu shot are hospitalised more than those who haven't.
http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blo...

I wouldn't get it myself or for my baby. Neither kind of flu are likely to make you really sick - I mean, it can be serious but it usually isn't. Also, they are not that contagious. For H1N1, each sick person is expected to infect 2 others, compared with measles where each sick person is likely to infect 13 others. I just plan to practise good hygiene, like regular handwashing, and keep flu supplies at home so I can treat fever if we do get it I tried to keep my baby away from crowded public places over the winter flu season too.

Sarah - posted on 09/04/2009

Leyla - posted on 09/04/2009

nope....not here....

Sue - posted on 09/04/2009

As a Health and Wellness Advisor I would work on building the baby's immune system.

The body has a much better natural defense system - it can adapt and make it's own anti-bodies that will not only work to kill the virus but once the body makes these anti-bodies - the next time it comes in contact with this virus it is already prepared. this is exactly how our immune sysytem get stronger.



If we do vaccinations/innoculation then the vaccine is doing the protecting and the body never lerans how to make it's own anti-bodies.



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