Comments on: Should the Flu Vaccine be Required for Preschool or Daycare?

By: The Flu Shot: Kids Who Get It Are MORE Likely to be Hospitalized : Eco Child’s Play

Fri, 22 May 2009 11:59:33 +0000

[...] you may know, the CDC now recommends that all children, up to age 18, receive the flu vaccine. Because, as a Harvard study showed last year, kids carry germs. Adults who live in a population [...]

By: b greg

b greg — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:20:13 +0000

The flu vaccine still contains mercury. Most vaccines also contain aluminum. Using the numbers from “Addressing Parents’ Concerns: Do Vaccines Cause Allergic or Autoimmune Diseases? by Paul A. Offit, MD* and Charles J. Hackett, PhD” – The risk of asthma from one childhood vaccination is 1%. Since most children get more than one vaccination…. 15 vaccinations would give a 15% risk of getting asthma?

There are other problems with the vaccines. Food is often used in the culture medium and food oils used in the vaccine adjuvant. Trace amounts of food protein can remain in the vaccine. These ingredients do not have to appear on the vaccine package insert. (Protected trade secret)

If you read patents for culture mediums and vaccine adjuvants, you will find everything from powdered skim milk, eggs, beef, to peanut, soy, sesame, fish, and shellfish oils.

Since none of these ingredients must appear on the label, doctors have no idea that they may be injecting peanut oil into a peanut-allergic patient.

Most vaccine studies only study the effect of one vaccine and ignore the rest. It is kinda like sticking 14 nails in someone’s foot and only taking out one. Then saying that since the foot still hurts this nail didn’t cause a problem and is relatively safe to stick into people’s feet.

By: Concerned Mom

Concerned Mom — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 20:56:44 +0000

Many people and doctors (think after doing much research) that a lot of these kids have skewed immune systems (either over or under active) because of vaccines. They are sickly and then they give their children more vaccines to “protect” them from a possible strain of flu for that year – affecting their immune system again. This is not always the best way to go – constantly bombarding the immune system of young childen instead of letting it work the way it supposed to. Or building it up with good nutrition, vitamins and probiotics – but that wouldnt make any money for the big companies promoting and lobbying for their drugs. Please do your own research before injecting your children.

By: Crimson Wife

Crimson Wife — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:58:42 +0000

I just looked up the data, and roughly 1% of children who come down with the flu will experience complications requiring hospitalization. Of those, nearly half were considered “high-risk” because of other health issues. So that means that for kids who are not high-risk, 99.5% of them who come down with the flu will NOT have a serious case.

By: Delia

Delia — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:18:05 +0000

New Jersey is the only state to mandate the flu vaccine for children…New Jersey is the headquarter state for pharmaceutical companies. See the coincidence. They don’t care about your child health needs or your rights, just the bottom line…MONEY!

By: Rose

Rose — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:05:28 +0000

Crimson Wife, i understand you opinion, but i want you to know that even when kids rarely die from flu infection, they can get serious health complications, which can disable them lifelong. older people have very weakened immune system, thus they give up earlier, but children may have more power to win the disease. but we should not forget that children are still developing and a single infection can lead to major disorders, that can sometimes be worse than death.

By: Jennifer Lance

Jennifer Lance — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 05:33:29 +0000

Crimson Wife, that is interesting. I have heard a lot of vaccines are required in children because it is an easier population to target. For example, MMR is given to protect pregnant women and their unborn children, not the kids themselves. Not sure how accurate this info is, but it is something I have read.

By: Crimson Wife

Crimson Wife — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 02:43:02 +0000

I’ve heard that the push to have all kids receive the flu vaccine is actually an attempt to protect the elderly. Most flu deaths occur among the elderly but the vaccine is much less effective in that population. So the thinking is get kids vax (even though the disease is rarely serious in otherwise healthy ones) in order to reduce the chance of them spreading it to at-risk seniors.

I did choose to have my kids get flu shots this year because we’re expecting a new baby in January. But I think it should be an optional one, not required.

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:29:39 +0000

No parent should be asked to inject their child with something that could be a potential risk to their health and thus no parent should feel obligated to protect other children or the population at large. I know I for one did not have kids to put their health second and the health of strangers kids first. We will never vaccinate our kids.

By: Robin

Robin — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:51:07 +0000

I’m from NJ, and I had a conversation about this with a mom a few months ago. I said I was completely against it. Yes, the flu is inconvenient but you get over it. And she had a different perspective.

Her child ended up in the hospital because of the flu – it was very life threatening. He gets sick very easily. I’m not sure if he has a specific problem or not. This mom has her kids get the shot but because this one child gets sick so easily, it’s not a guarantee. If he’s around children who get the flu, he could end up with it even after having the shot.

She firmly believed that everyone should be vaccinated to protect children like hers.

I don’t necessarily agree with her. I had actually forgotten about the conversation until I just read this and I haven’t thought it through. My kids are past pre-school age.

However, it is another perspective to this issue and I thought I’d mention it. If my child had almost died, I might feel the same way she does.