Friday, January 9, 2009

Today's trauma - MMR

Did you watch tonight's "Private Practice"? Well, my daughter is not immunized for MMR as yet. This episode did a great job of scaring the bejezers out of me. Having a daughter with multiple food allergies, I'm worried about how all these immunizations are doing a job on my daughters immune system. After all this is what the allergies are about, the immune system. The problem is that the MMR and other vaccines and its relationship to autism is what is scaring me the most. Its not that I don't want to give it to her. I'd rather split it up or give it to her later when she is older and her body is more mature. I need to do more research and started doing so today from several sources, including Dr. Sears Vaccination Schedule. The egg allergy (which my daughter has) also scares me but since research has shown that it is less of a concern I'm a bit less concerned about that. If the episode was written to scare you - it worked. I was a VERY annoyed that it was very one sided. The storyline was only geared towards the "Vaccinations are totally fine" attitude.

What do you know about this? What are your thoughts?

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