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Originally Posted by kdogg
No, I'm not ignoring the fact that 99.99999999% of the people are probably okay from the vaccination. It just isn't a chance I don't want to take with my child. He will receive the vaccination one day.
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What chance are you taking? Delaying vaccinations has its own set of associated risks, if the child isn't vaccinated they have an increased chance of contracting whatever it is they were to be vaccinated against as well as decreasing overall herd immunity.
If you are making a value judgment of risks, you have to quantify those risks to ensure you are making the right judgment.
Since there's zero evidence of vaccinations causing autism (and evidence against it), it seem to me that the increased risk of getting sick far outweighs the zero risk of getting autism from the vaccine.
But you said it isn't a risk you want to take, what's your evaluations of all the risks and how do they stack up against each other in order for you to make that judgment?
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Originally Posted by kdogg
If now is the time he will develop autism
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No, now is the time he'll exhibit symptoms. The autism was determined long before they were born.
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Originally Posted by kdogg
, I just don't want kick myself later on if he happens to develop autism right soon after he was scheduled to get the vaccination.
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This is still flawed reasoning, thinking because B follows A, A caused B. You can't kick yourself over it because there's no causal relationship. Again this is like kicking yourself for potty training them because they got autism at the same time, or kicking yourself for putting them on solid food, or switching to huggies at the same time they started to demonstrate behaviours.
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Originally Posted by kdogg
Is there much harm in waiting a year or two?
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The risk of getting sick and decreasing herd immunity. Look at recent outbreaks of diseases that haven't been prevalent for a long time because enough parents are doing what you are doing. There is harm, both potential and real.
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Originally Posted by kdogg
I just feel like his body can handle a little more.
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Based on what? And what do you mean by handle? Vaccinations trigger the production of antibodies, it's not a question of handling or not handling, it's a question of having them or not having them.
Sorry, no evidence, and I shouldn't have stated it as fact. Just pure observation on my part.
I am no means a pro on the issue, and by no means I have evidence. Just wanted to say that my two points has made me feel uneasy about the vaccination (mostly the MMR), and that I am going to take some sort of precautions.[/QUOTE]