Vaccines

Not being an expert on neurological damage, vaccines or anything else, my opinions are simply that...my opinions, and nothing more. I have done a lot of research, which has influenced my opinion on vaccines in general. The conclusion that I have come to is that, for many reasons, vaccines are not safe. With that said, I do not believe everything I read. I do not think vaccines are a conspiracy. I do not believe the MMR vaccine causes autism.

Vaccine ingredients are risky
Most parents, when at well child visits, do not ask to see the vaccine insert so they can be educated on the possible risks of the vaccine. Most parents have no idea as to what compounds are actually contained in the vaccine itself. Instead, they rely on the trust they have for their pediatrician not to do anything that would hurt their precious little one. They believe their doctor who tells them that the vaccine benefits outweigh the risks, tenfold. Really? By whose standards? Who has come to that conclusion, and how did they reach it? Some kids do have adverse reactions such as neurological damage, immune problems and death. During a pediatric visit, the risks of the vaccine are always understated and the benefits overstated.

Is more better?
There are so many vaccines on the childhood immunization schedule, and it keeps growing.  Will enough ever be enough? Dr. Paul Offit of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and the co-inventor of the Rotateq rotavirus vaccine, stated that a baby could tolerate 10,000 vaccine antigens at once. Really? Where can I get in line for that one?

The efficacy of vaccines is overstated.
Just because you receive a vaccine for a specific disease, does not mean you are immunized against it at all.

It is not made clear to parents that vaccinating a child is actually a choice.
Vaccines are presented to parents as a mandate. As certain as the sun will rise tomorrow, you will be expected to vaccinate your child. If vaccination was presented as a choice, then you would need to be educated sufficiently to make an informed decision. Then you would ask questions. Then you might decide not to vaccinate. Then the sky would fall.

Vaccine inserts state they can cause adverse events, but no one admits when it actually happens.
The window given to report adverse events after any vaccine is administered is incredibly small, usually 48 hours. More instances of adverse events are attributed to coincidence than vaccine damage. When looking at the events recorded in the VAERS database, it becomes quite hard to believe that most of them are coincidental.

Though I do not believe in a conspiracy to harm people with vaccines, I do believe it is a flawed system from the start. Money for pharmaceutical companies is obviously a factor. It is a business with a bottom line. All businesses exist to make a profit. The more, the better. The more vaccines people take and the more people who take vaccines, the more money they make. I don't believe 'quantity over quality' is an appropriate standard with regard to vaccines. In addition, not admitting when there is an adverse reaction to a vaccine, just because it occurs outside of the 'window' is dishonest. Having a 'one-size-fits-all' approach to childhood vaccines seems risky to say the least.

In conclusion, with regard to autism, all eyes should be on everything which could be a contributing factor, vaccines included. I have no idea if vaccines cause autism or not. From everything I've read, no one is 100% certain. But the question remains, why is it taboo to even suggest that vaccines, or their ingredients, could cause neurological damage (call it autism if you want) in some children? Anything which insults the nervous system and/or the immune system should be studied more closely, including vaccines. Writing vaccines off as 100% non-causal is irresponsible to say the least.