Our children. Is there anything we wouldn’t do for them? These little bundles of gorgeousness obsess, charm and scare the daylights out of us! Every little thing they do is a miracle. Watching them discover the wonders around them can keep us entranced for hours at a time. But every sneeze, fever and rash has [...]
One of the most vital of these decisions is whether to vaccinate our children fully, partially or at all. All of these choices are valid but, since vaccines, like all medical procedures, can carry with them the possibility of serious injury or death, we need to be able to make our choice with the best [...]
One topic that has frequently come up in the vaccine discussion is Tetanus. It appears that culturally, we are conditioned to fear Tetanus. Many parents express their fears about keeping their children vaccine free because, “what about Tetanus?”When you think about it, using Tetanus to encourage vaccination is a great tactic. Everyone generally knows that [...]
Why can’t we have this sort of balanced reporting by Australian media? What is wrong with our journalists that they are consistently one-sided on this issue? How can we have a conversation about such an important issue if one side is always suppressed or denigrated? Flu shots should be mandatory for hospital workers: CMAJ | [...]
We are often told that vaccinations are perfectly safe or, if there is a small risk of side effects, most effects are mild and transitory with serious reactions only affecting 1 vaccinated person in a million. Since the Australian Government readily admits that as few as 1% of all serious vaccine (and drug) reactions are [...]
Theron is 14 years old and was given Hepatitis B vaccine at birth WITHOUT my consent. He has since been vaccine free & on an organic vegetarian diet. He is rarely ill, did have salmonella poisoning at 2 months of age, whooping cough at 5 years old, (caught from child who’d just had his DPT), & Chickenpox just recently. Was breast [...]
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