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Wgles

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83. yes but i admit i did it slower ...

Tue Feb 3, 2015, 05:30 PM

Feb 2015

When my first was born, I had a very good friend who is a naturo path (not a right wing nut) who recommended a slower pace for vaccinations. He said that they put too many in at 2 month old and I am allowed to pick the pace. I was a stay-at-home mom and could keep my kids from others, so I opted to wait until they were 6 months old before they got their first vaccination. They were up to date by the time they went to preschool, and I got polio as soon as i could.

For me it had nothing to do with autism, but to do with the fact my family has a history of auto-immune diseases.

I don't agree with this thought-process TODAY -- but at the time I had severe post-partum depression and it made sense to me. I am in no way anti-science, and think that vaccinations are important.

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Let's cut to the chase. Raise your hand if you have, or would, or will, vaccinate your kids. [View all] WilliamPitt Feb 2015 OP

We don't have kids but our cat objected to her vaccinations. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2015 #1

Yeah they get pissed (literally) about the vet. Warren Stupidity Feb 2015 #5

I hate those dirty looks. Enthusiast Feb 2015 #91

Yep. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2015 #98

Of courrrrse libodem Feb 2015 #2

...^ that 840high Feb 2015 #45

Of course. I don't subscribe to Bad Deal rightwing selfish stupidity. Warren Stupidity Feb 2015 #3

I listened to Thom Hartmann's radio show this afternoon and I was dismayed Raine1967 Feb 2015 #80

Bad Deal rightwing ideology - 35 years into it - has permeated everywhere. Warren Stupidity Feb 2015 #104

That's truly sad. nt TBF Feb 2015 #132

Two teens, both fully vaccinated. Arugula Latte Feb 2015 #4

Will, wouldn't a poll work better? yuiyoshida Feb 2015 #6

Nope. WilliamPitt Feb 2015 #7

not to late to edit and include a poll yuiyoshida Feb 2015 #9

Done years ago, two children fully vaccinated. Laurian Feb 2015 #8

My daughters are fully vaccinated and healthy. Avalux Feb 2015 #10

*raised hand* In_The_Wind Feb 2015 #11

Two sons, both in college now, but fully vaccinated as children. 11 Bravo Feb 2015 #12

I don't have kids, and don't plan to. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2015 #13

I will not vaccinate my kids. strategery blunder Feb 2015 #14

My sons are 27 now, both were fully vaccinated. HappyMe Feb 2015 #15

Three sons, all vaccinated, one has autism. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2015 #16

You are right that autism has environmental triggers and all avenues should continue to be examined. pnwmom Feb 2015 #34

I'm looking into what vaccinations I might need to get, or to get again. n/t Orsino Feb 2015 #17

When I took my daughter to get her polio, she had remembered being there before shraby Feb 2015 #18

Don't have any kids (or cats), but if I did . . . markpkessinger Feb 2015 #19

Yes, I care about public health. Maedhros Feb 2015 #20

Of course. herding cats Feb 2015 #21

2 by first marriage, and 3 came with second marriage jberryhill Feb 2015 #22

Never, but only because I'll never have kids. N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Feb 2015 #23

She Who Must be Obeyed went a little slow with the program and spread them over a bit of time Brother Buzz Feb 2015 #24

From personal experience with contagious diseases gopiscrap Feb 2015 #25

Of course I did. Only an idiot wouldn't. Lyric Feb 2015 #26

I wish there had been a vaccination for cancer Downwinder Feb 2015 #27

Two here! woodsprite Feb 2015 #28

My children, grandchildren, and great-granchildren chillfactor Feb 2015 #29

I am autistic, janlyn Feb 2015 #30

Thank you!!! n/t Sheepshank Feb 2015 #57

+1,000,000 ... 000 HuckleB Feb 2015 #59

Two of my three kids are fully vaccinated. Xithras Feb 2015 #31

yup--kid now almost 40 fully vaccinated MindPilot Feb 2015 #32

Of course. But who ALSO has vaccinated THEMSELVES for their kids or grandkids? pnwmom Feb 2015 #33

My wife and I did. It never occured to us to do otherwise. Paladin Feb 2015 #37

With the recent outbreaks HappyMe Feb 2015 #52

Called my doctors office yesterday to have the test that determines the need for boosters. jwirr Feb 2015 #55

Everyone who ever came close to my child. HuckleB Feb 2015 #63

I had to get boosters and a couple of new ones when i started college Rhythm Feb 2015 #124

Yes. All 3 kids - decades ago. Plus boosters. Pathwalker Feb 2015 #35

3 Boys Bettie Feb 2015 #36

Yep, they were. One was a National Merit finalist and the other really successful accountant. Shrike47 Feb 2015 #38

Two children FLyellowdog Feb 2015 #39

Yup, kind of a no-brainer. Daemonaquila Feb 2015 #40

Both of my kids were vaccinated back in the 1960's, even when we had to scrape to pay the doctor. Paper Roses Feb 2015 #41

have would and will... ileus Feb 2015 #42

I did vax mine fredamae Feb 2015 #43

Will never have kids, but of course. hifiguy Feb 2015 #44

Of course. Bluenorthwest Feb 2015 #46

Yes Gothmog Feb 2015 #47

/hand raised (nt) LostOne4Ever Feb 2015 #48

My children, grandchildren and great grandchildren have all been vaccinated. jwirr Feb 2015 #49

yes, all four of my sons shanti Feb 2015 #50

Did it with every child. No regrets. Healthy children. Agnosticsherbet Feb 2015 #51

Of course underpants Feb 2015 #53

hand raised ALBliberal Feb 2015 #54

My nine-year-old is fully vaccinated. HuckleB Feb 2015 #56

all three vaccinated. all three now healthy adults bowens43 Feb 2015 #58

Two kids, nearly grown up now. Both Vaccinated. lisby Feb 2015 #60

7 year-old daughter vaccinated ybbor Feb 2015 #61

Have n/t whatchamacallit Feb 2015 #62

*raises hand* Sissyk Feb 2015 #64

Everybody in my family is vaccinated. JDPriestly Feb 2015 #65

Here! Dyedinthewoolliberal Feb 2015 #66

Our sons, now 22 and 25 next month.. 3catwoman3 Feb 2015 #67

No kids, but I get my adult boosters and got my cats vaccinated. Warpy Feb 2015 #68

Both were vaccinated... onyourleft Feb 2015 #69

Sure vlakitti Feb 2015 #70

... tosh Feb 2015 #71

Yep, 3 kids and 5 out of 6 grandkids SwissTony Feb 2015 #72

The kids are vaccinated and so are the dogs TBF Feb 2015 #73

I did, but with an altered schedule.. Chakaconcarne Feb 2015 #74

My father was a physician, so... *raises hand* ColesCountyDem Feb 2015 #75

Raised 3 to adulthood, every vaccination and booster shot charliea Feb 2015 #76

of course. eom uppityperson Feb 2015 #77

all three of my kids vaccinated demigoddess Feb 2015 #78

Let's cut to the chase. Raise your hand if you have, or would, or will, vaccinate your kids. The CCC Feb 2015 #79

Now they're recommending that adults get the adult pertussis vaccine more often pnwmom Feb 2015 #135

If I had children, most certainly. nt sarge43 Feb 2015 #81

All 3 of mine vaccinated. trumad Feb 2015 #82

yes but i admit i did it slower ... Wgles Feb 2015 #83

I don't have kids, by choice Terra Alta Feb 2015 #84

I have my hand raised (nt) bigwillq Feb 2015 #85

Have and Would n/t zentrum Feb 2015 #86

All people and animals in this house are vaccinated...flu shots too. Sancho Feb 2015 #87

What kind of a cretan would rather their kid suffer from a disease like measles . . . another_liberal Feb 2015 #88

I did! bravenak Feb 2015 #89

I was, my kids were, my Grand kids were and my Great Grandson, my dogs and my cats. Autumn Feb 2015 #90

I cannot fathom the mentality of people who refuse to vaccinate their children Skittles Feb 2015 #92

I've got no problem with the established stuff or vaccination in general TheKentuckian Feb 2015 #93

This message was self-deleted by its author marlakay Feb 2015 #94

This is what happened to my kid. Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2015 #95

both of my little ones are vaccinated abelenkpe Feb 2015 #96

Of course Android3.14 Feb 2015 #97

Yes re all my kids...me -not the MMR - wasn't around when I was a kid KauaiK Feb 2015 #99

Hand raised here, Will! PennyK Feb 2015 #100

I have no kids, but I would have vaccinated them if i'd had them. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2015 #101

On schedule vaccinations on two kids, ages now 8 and 5 alcibiades_mystery Feb 2015 #102

Of course my kid is vaccinated LuckyTheDog Feb 2015 #103

Fully vaccinated for years and tired of all the hyperbole about NOT vaccinating!!!! benld74 Feb 2015 #105

<hand raised> Flatulo Feb 2015 #106

of course obietiger Feb 2015 #107

Two kids vaccinated according to schedule, now 28 and 24. No autism. mnhtnbb Feb 2015 #108

yes. our 2 daughters were vaccinated. NRaleighLiberal Feb 2015 #109

Both hands raised! polmaven Feb 2015 #110

I would. Jamastiene Feb 2015 #111

Both hands up VA_Jill Feb 2015 #112

If I do have kids, of course they'd be vaccinated sakabatou Feb 2015 #113

of course! nt steve2470 Feb 2015 #114

My kids are grown up..... sendero Feb 2015 #115

She's a teenager now and has received it all. xmas74 Feb 2015 #116

Yes I would without hesitation. gademocrat7 Feb 2015 #117

Of course she's fully vaccinated. Chellee Feb 2015 #118

Most definitely we can do it Feb 2015 #119

Hand raised mcar Feb 2015 #120

Absolutely vaccinated my son. Hepburn Feb 2015 #121

Both of the kids vaxxed... both Lyric and i re-vaxxed Rhythm Feb 2015 #122

All my pups are vaccinated... a la izquierda Feb 2015 #123

My kids have four feet, but yeah. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Feb 2015 #125

Yes, and my "kids" had their kids immunized. 99Forever Feb 2015 #126

Will not. MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 #127

Hyperbolic MrMickeysMom Feb 2015 #130

Not married, no kids, but Yes. Absolutely. Hand raised. DinahMoeHum Feb 2015 #128

I'm a step mother, but I certainly agreed with my son's real mommy... MrMickeysMom Feb 2015 #129

yes samsingh Feb 2015 #131

I have Vattel Feb 2015 #133

yep, have done. mahina Feb 2015 #134

One son now 35 fully vaccinated, twin grand babies just 1 yr. old JEB Feb 2015 #136

Dr Spock said it all... NoMoreRepugs Feb 2015 #137

Yes TuxedoKat Feb 2015 #138

This should have been a poll. Curmudgeoness Feb 2015 #139

All of my girls were vaccinated Blue_In_AK Feb 2015 #140

all 5 of mine had every vaccine available Moostache Feb 2015 #141

I raise my hand to let you know I am trashing this thread! closeupready Feb 2015 #142