Should I Vaccinate My Child?

By Jini Patel Thompson
ByronChild, Australia
June-August 2005 Issue

As the mother of a newborn, it became important to find out what is really going on with infant and childhood vaccination and whether it is conclusively a beneficial or necessary procedure. Thus I embarked on four months of research into immunisation -squeezed in between the demands of caring for and breastfeeding our new baby Oscar! The facts opposite highlight a different face of the vaccination question; effectiveness, adverse effects, and long-term consequences. The unspoken thread running through each of these is a pressing question: Why haven't more people been informed of this evidence, and indeed, why is vaccination presented carte blanche as a positive, imperative requisite for our children's health?

Do vaccines actually work? As I researched the issue, I was amazed to discover that there is a large and growing body of clinical studies, fieldwork (in developing nations) and historical data refuting the safety and efficacy of vaccination. Unfortunately, the propaganda campaign for vaccination has been so successful that mostof us automatically believe that vaccines are so effective they are responsible for the virtual eradication of serious childhood illnesses. In reality this is not so, and if you examine the actual rates of incidence for each disease (from mainstream sources such as the Lancet, WHO and UNICEF), the graphs show a clearly different picture.

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A former journalist, Jini Patel Thompson's health articles have beenpublished in numerous magazines and newspapers throughout Canada,t he United States and Europe. She is the author of two books on natural healing methods for Crohn's, Colitis and IRS, and a DVD titled: Baby Fart Aerobics: And Other Natural treatments for Colicky Babies.

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