Vaccinations

kastasia · 07-09-2018 03:00PM #1

I was chatting to a Polish mam I met in a group and she seemed unsure about vaccinations. Her daughter is 2 months old and she said she would have to convince her husband to go ahead. He seems to have read a lot of scaremongering literature about the ingredients, side effects, lack of long term research and she's saying if something comes out in the future, some unknown long term effect, e.g. some developmental issue he'll blame her for going ahead with them.
Anybody have any good links that I could send her that might help convince her?

uck51js9zml2yt · 07-09-2018 03:08PM

kastasia wrote: »

I was chatting to a Polish mam I met in a group and she seemed unsure about vaccinations. Her daughter is 2 months old and she said she would have to convince her husband to go ahead. He seems to have read a lot of scaremongering literature about the ingredients, side effects, lack of long term research and she's saying if something comes out in the future, some unknown long term effect, e.g. some developmental issue he'll blame her for going ahead with them.
Anybody have any good links that I could send her that might help convince her?

Just show her some images of kids with these diseases.
Not to mention reports of deaths of kids who weren't vaccinated

annoyedgal · 07-09-2018 06:45PM

You should encourage them to speak to their GP for proper medical advice and to steer clear of reading scaremongering articles online about vaccines.
Have a friend in a similar vein and trying to do the same. Also explain some creches will not take an unvaccinated child. This parent means well and wants the best for their child, its so sad that discredited studies have put so much fear into parents around vaccinations.

annoyedgal · 07-09-2018 06:51PM

Send them this article. Very well written and tackles the reasons why some parents opt out.

https://m.independent.ie/life/health-wellbeing/health-features/no-one-should-have-to-die-from-measles-irish-doctor-says-parents-who-dont-vaccinate-are-misinformed-37246412.html

kastasia · 07-09-2018 08:35PM

Thanks, she was saying that she didn't think the doctors seemed to know what went into vaccines. I haven't really had much experience arguing about vaccines. The best arguments I had were bringing up the measles outbreaks, but she's more concerned with the 2 month vaccines at the moment.
I've seen this re ingredients
http://www.healthmap.org/site/diseasedaily/article/just-vax-please-have-you-heard-these-“toxic”-vaccine-myths-8414

This seems to be a good overview
https://www.science.org.au/learning/general-audience/science-booklets/science-immunisation/1-what-immunisation

2xj3hplqgsbkym · 07-09-2018 08:41PM

Don’t go to playgroup with her child if he/ she isn’t vaccinated!

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