Compulsory vaccinations: Where do we draw the line?

[YarnAddict]

100. RV--rotavirus?

That was one that wasn't even offered when my kids were little, and I didn't know of anyone who had it at that time, but years later a nurse friend of mine had a grandchild who had it, and freaked out about toys in the church nursery. When she described it, it just sounded like a nasty stomach bug.

Hib was new when my kids were young, and they got it, but I don't believe it was required for kindergarten. No Hep A.

You know, that sounds like a LOT of vaccines for little kids--I heard today something about 36 vaccines (or doses) by the time they are 36 months old. Someone speculated that the high incidence of autism is not related to the vaccines per se, but to the immense number they are given within a short period of time.

As I said, I am not anti-vax, at all, but sometimes I do wonder about all the crap that gets put into our bodies one way or another.

When my dentist recommended sealants for my kids' teeth, I had some real questions--like, since they aren't permanent, where in the body do they go? And what are the possible longterm negative effects, since they hadn't been around all that long at the time.

Instead of answering my questions reasonably, he freaked out at me. Came out to the waiting room and yelled at me in front of other patients. He asked if I don't trust the ADA, or the AMA. Short answer: no. I was too stunned to say anything at the time, but the two things that popped into my mind were thalidomide and DES. Things that were routinely prescribed, but were found to have dire consequences. In the case of DES, it was prescribed for some 30 years before it was discovered to cause vaginal cancer in daughters of patients who had taken it!

Anyway, thank you so much for your reasoned and reasonable reply!