14 Common Vaccination Questions Answered

In the first two years of life, your baby will get shots to protect her against ten diseases. There's continuing controversy about these vaccines. Let us set your mind at ease!

By Michele Bender

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What You Need to Know

When my daughter was born seven years ago, I followed the vaccine plan that my doctor recommended without question. But when my son arrived three years later, I questioned this schedule. My playgroup had many talks about the shots -- several of my mom friends were forgoing them, and celebrities on the talk show circuit suggested a link between vaccines and autism. I was confused and overwhelmed. One mention of the word "vaccine" would set my heart racing. I know I'm not alone -- which is why we talked to experts to set the record straight about this controversial subject. Here are the top things you need to know about vaccines.

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Comments (21)

faraway32 wrote:

The reason why Naturalpathic remedies have not passed peer review in the US is because there isn't any profit involved. The ingredients can be grown in any backyard. Why would any Pharma Firm support these remedies when they are making billions off of their chemicals?

8/26/2010 02:12:06 PM Report Abuse

faraway32 wrote:

thank you for all of your info. So glad to hear I'm not the only mama out there who doesn't want to inject her child with 4 doses of 17 vaccines! And people wonder why our children now have auto-immune disorders, learning-disabilities, life-threatening allergies, asthma etc. etc. funny how these disorders just happened to develop the same time the number of vaccines tripled. Craziness...

8/26/2010 02:04:32 PM Report Abuse

treh wrote:

http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&lr&q=related%3AdjlcFAHcn0kJ%3Ascholar.google.com%2F&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=t-Z1TPWyB4OB8gb208TqBg&sa=X&oi=science_links&ct=sl-related&resnum=6&ved=0CDYQzwIwBQ

8/25/2010 11:34:59 PM Report Abuse

treh wrote:

http://www.vaclib.org/basic/measlesvac.htm

8/25/2010 11:34:44 PM Report Abuse

treh wrote:

My kids goes to school without them and it's not as hard as the media makes it out to be. I even got out of mine and i work at the hospital...no questions asked.

8/25/2010 09:44:10 PM Report Abuse