[blparent] immunizing.

[Veronica Smith]

And I never sat back and thought, should I or shouldn't I?  I just knew this 
is what I was going to do.  Maybe I didn't know the health risks.  It's like 
the flu shot, we all get them.  but now I know they could really harm some, 
but still I get one. It's a hard call. V
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Jacobson" <steve.jacobson at visi.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 3:17 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] immunizing.


> Shannon,
>
> It has always been my understanding that autism is generally present 
> before eighteen months even if it is not as obvious.  I am not an expert 
> and could certainly be
> wrong, but I would wonder about attributing a needle at 18 months as the 
> cause.
>
> In particular, there is a lot of attention being given to autism now 
> because it has become more common.  However, I haven't read anything that 
> I felt was truly
> conclusive, and there are really a whole range of possibilities given how 
> society has changed over the past fifty years.  Even the ability to detect 
> it has improved so
> we can't be completely certain of our statistical base.
>
> One of the things I don't like about parenting is that there is a lot of 
> guesswork, trying to choose the road that may only tend to cause the least 
> amount of problems
> rather than guaranteeing any kind of sure success.  We face this over and 
> over again, it seems.  Therefore, in my mind, immunizations probably are 
> the least of the
> evils unless one knows of a particular problem or risk in a particular 
> child.  Of course, I am not trying to deal with religious beliefs that 
> some have, that is a different
> matter altogether.  You will quickly find that you can find something to 
> back up pretty much any position you take regarding parenting which is 
> very frustrating.  While
> none of us are as experts as some authors, I believe that there is a good 
> deal that is written that is more opinion than expertise.  Sometimes the 
> opinion is backed up
> in such a way that it is very useful so I don't reject all of it for that 
> reason, but you simply are stuck with having to sort things out sometimes 
> by considering what
> makes sense to you and by talking to people you trust.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Steve Jacobson
>
> On Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:44:08 -0400, Shannan Zinck wrote:
>
>>Ok, here is an area of major conflict for me especially. I am visually
>>impaired as a result of Rubella Syndrome so you can imagine my dilemma 
>>here.
>>To immunize or not that is the question. There is endless controversy on
>>this subject. I know 2 kids that are Autistic and it seems to be a result 
>>of
>>their 18 month needle yet if people don't immunize then the risk of 
>>Rubella
>>comes back and could potentially kill countless unborn children. I have 
>>also
>>heard that there is a connection with needles and SIDS. Man I know that 
>>you
>>can't buy into everything that is said but, who is right here anyway. 
>>First
>>they say that needles are great and now doctors push for them and you're
>>faced with ticking them off because you don't know if want to get it done 
>>or
>>not. Docs around here make it sound manditory so it's hard to argue with
>>them about it. They don't seem to give you the option of not doing it. 
>>It's
>>funny but, I can see how getting it done could be harmful considering you
>>are pumping small amounts of disease into your kid yet the later affects 
>>can
>>be potentially fatal as well. I hate making these decisions. UGH.
>
>>-- 
>>Shannan Zinck
>>Survival is letting GOD take over!!!
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