Am first time mum and having to decide about immunisations - I wasn't given the whooping cough vaccine and had whooping cough, but only recently learned how serious it can be for some children. However, my parents decided not to let me have it as they knew of children who had had the vaccine and had brain damage. OK, this was over 30 years ago (just!) and I know things have progressed, but am finding it very difficult to find impartial advice based on the safety of these vaccines. I know they are much safer and most people have them without a second thought, but my HV's response that "of course parents of children who were healthy and suffered a permanent change after vaccinations want to blame the vaccine, but the truth is we'll never know" actually made me more nervous - I have met adults who had this negative reaction as a direct result of the vaccine...
My DH has no thoughts on this matter - did anyone else have these thoughts when deciding about consenting to vaccines? If so, what alleviated your concerns?
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squishy · 01/12/2006 11:45
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