Posted May 10, 2019
My husband and I chose to have our children vaccinated. We think some immunizations are worthwhile. We are not in favor of others, but the law is not set up in such a way where doctors and parents can make decisions together about which particular vaccines children receive. Only with our continued insistence did our children’s pediatricians separate the administration of the shots. Otherwise our kids would have been exposed to as many as seven diseases at a clip. And unless your child has a sound medical reason not to get a particular shot, such as a known allergy to certain vaccine ingredients or he or she has a compromised immune system, it is unlikely a doctor will allow a medical exemption. So in many cases a reaction must occur first, and only then might a child be excused from further dosages of a particular vaccine. That’s like putting up a traffic light at a dangerous intersection only after people are seriously hurt. Right now, it’s a ready, fire, aim approach. It feels like a game of trial and error-of wait and see. That’s simply not good enough, and that’s why I give my kids vitamin C, and lots of it. Read more.