Parents Share Why They Will Never Vaccinate Again

On October 11, 2015, I, Larry Cook, asked my Facebook friends this question:

A few questions for you. How did you decide to *truly* start researching vaccine safety and efficacy? What do you think was the defining moment – that “ah-ha” – that convinced you to never vaccinate again? Have you ever regretted not vaccinating? (why, if yes) Very importantly, was it a person (personal relationship) or was it an educational material (book, article, video, etc.) that *first* got you started on this path of investigation?

And over 180 people responded. Their responses are below. I hope you find this helpful in your quest about whether or not you should trust what you are being told by the medical establishment, or if you should do your own research and come to your own conclusions. Comments classified into Death, Injury or adverse reaction, Coerced or forced, Nurse comments, Research or Family Experience.

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1. My Son died 40 hours after his 2 mos. shots. I NEVER knew of vaccine injury before. I feel guilty everyday because it was the one thing I didn’t look into and wish I did. Death

2. After my daughter suffered an adverse reaction to her 2 month shots, we were made to believe it was normal and that she’d be fine. It didn’t sit right so we delayed heavily. She received her 6 month shots at her 8 month appointment and then they suggested we catch her up. I was so angry that they would even recommend such a thing! So many shots full of multiple vaccines in one sitting. We never went back. In fact, my daughter has never been to a doctor appointment since then except her follow up with a specialist after breaking her arm and visiting the ER.  Injury or adverse reaction

3. I wish that were the case for me. I get blackmailed into well child visits. I work for a state gov and the insurance is fantastic. The whole family is on my insurance. However I also have to participate in this “health enhancement program”. We have to do physicals and well visits and things like that. They say it’s a choice but if you choose not to be a part of the program the cost of insurance triples and I can’t afford that. Luckily we like our pediatrician who doesn’t force the vax issue. But I hate being told I have to do things which are unnecessary. If the program ever made childhood vaccines something you had to do I would have no choice but to drop this insurance and we would be screwed.  Coerced or forced

4. For me it was when I had to be revaccinated for hep b to take a job in the medical field. I had records showing I’d had the full series, yet was being shown through a titer for hep b that I had no antibodies towards it. I thought how could that be, don’t vaccines make you immune….why do I need more? I started my research from there, this was years before we had kids.  Research or Family Experience

5. I’m a nurse and I worked giving the flu vaccine to employees all over los angeles. We were told to lie about the shots and the contents. Also the way we handled the vials was very important. We were not supposed to get vaccine on our hands.  Then my daughter started getting reactions and I found myself praying she didn’t die after her round of shots from the dr. When I finally realized I could say no, I did.

What were the lies specifically? That there wasn’t mercury or other ingredients or anything else? I’m in another group where there is a pharmacist who insists all vaccines are safe and effective and should be given on schedule in their entirety.

We had to tell pregnant women the preservative free shot really has no Mercury. It does. Just trace amounts that aren’t required for labeling.  And the fact that it makes everyone sick. The company I worked for told us people usually got sick from the shot but we had to tell them it was coincidence. Yea. We Also HAD to wear gloves while handling vaccine vials but when administering the shots gloves were optional, what?!   Nurse comments

6. I started looking into vaccines when I was pregnant. I originally decided on a delayed and selective schedule based on I felt the risk of chicken pox was less than the vaccine same with others. There were a few I originally decided to give her based on information from my doctor, much of which I later found to be false. As I continued researching I decided the risk of any vaccine was greater than her risks of contracting and suffering serious or lasting injury from the diseases. My only regret is that I ever gave her a single shot. But thankfully she is healthy and thriving.  Research or Family Experience

7. Multiple people in my family have had vaccine reactions. My cousin had a baby die after getting vaccines, my niece has one child with an auto immune disorder and one Autistic child. She tried to not get them vaccinated but the school had CPS come to her home and threaten to take the children. She gave in and is living with that decision now.  Research or Family Experience

8. When I was pregnant with my 1st in 1993, I was going to an acupuncturist who began giving me eye-opening articles on all kind of child and health related topics. From there I started reading (pre-Internet) books. One that really brought clarity was called The Immunization Decision (later re-named The Vaccination Decision).

Equally important, I believed, was to create a healthful environment for my children including whole foods, enough sleep, and a peaceful home, to name a few. My children have had chicken pox, high fevers as needed, colds, and other stuff to help them develop natural immunity. We don’t use antibacterial soaps, and have only used antibiotics on a handful of occasions (4 kids, ages 14-21), with my son never having any yet.  Research or Family Experience

9. My daughter had an adverse reaction and the doctor said it was normal and that I was overreacting. The nurse pulled me aside and told me I wasn’t overreacting and that some kids do have adverse reactions to vaccine. She said not to tell anyone she told me. Then I started researching and was appalled at what they hid from me. I tried confronting the doctor to ask why he didn’t have me sign a consent form or tell me any of the vaccine risks but he would never take my calls.  Injury or adverse reaction

10. Someone sent me a picture of ingredients while I was 2 months pregnant I had never thought about vaccines at all – I instantly said what is aluminum for and how do these shots work – I started reading no internet – pro vac books and anti – it took almost a year before I was fully confidant but knew with in my first book I would never vaccinate.  Research or Family Experience

11. After my son had whole limb swelling from his 4 yr dtap and I was told lots of kids react to that shot. I regret not researching earlier when his sister got lumps in her legs for 4-6 weeks from her dtap shots.  Injury or adverse reaction

12. My daughter had a severe reaction to her 18 month shots, she was 19 months old and we nearly lost her. I reported what happened and they didn’t bat an eye lid! I took her to a naturopath who was the first person to agree and relate to our daughter’s story! That’s when I really started researching! It was a huge wake up call and I only regret not listening to my gut and not researching before I had her. No one in my family will vaccinate again!!!!  Injury or adverse reaction

13. After my son was injured by the Dtap vaccine I watched The Greater Good…I cried through the whole movie. It started me down the path of his recovery and studying everything I could on the subject.  Injury or adverse reaction

14. 19 1/2 years ago when my daughter was severely vaccine injured. I never knew vaccines could destroy health and life as they can.  Injury or adverse reaction

15. I always like to say that I was “lucky” because my dog had an adverse reaction to a vaccine. He was three months old, and I took him to the vet to get a “complete series” of puppy shots because I didn’t know his status, and more vaccines would just make him healthier, right? He developed a tumor over the injection site less than 24 hours later. My vet actually agreed it was the vaccine because he had “seen it many times before.” I began to research that day in 1996. We didn’t have kids until 2003, and we’ve never vaxed.  Injury or adverse reaction

16. I read a book called “natural cures they don’t want u to know about” by Kevin Tredeau. I saw it advertised late night and ordered it since I was diagnosed lupus positive and did not want to end up on a bunch of meds. Like my mom n grandma. That book led me to become really interested in natural holistic health and I enrolled in a program to learn more…….Also, my hubbys chiro warned me about vaccines while pregnant, and gave me another book to read all about them and with that book, I was totally sure what my stance on the issue would be. So thankful for Dr. John Erdman, my 4 children are all vaccine free…….and so now I will be homeschooling. Research or Family Experience

17. Watching Trace Amounts was a real eye-opener for me.  Research or Family Experience

18. Hours after my son’s 12 month “well doctor visit” I remember being in the car and reaching to look back at him and his eyes were rolling into the back of his head and he was spitting up in an unusual way. I screamed so loud and drove 75 in a 35 to the ER in our town like a crazy mad woman. He was hospitalized for almost 3 days with a high temp of 105.7…. They put tubes in his head to drain the swelling. I remember yelling at the nurses because when administering the tubes, they kept missing the location they needed for draining as my baby is screaming. I was told to calm down because vaccine reactions like “this” were normal. What’s normal about that?! … And then I got to take him home. The entire thing made no sense. And I did the thing that we all tend to judge on the most when we can’t understand why they would do it again, why didn’t they see the signs… I vaccinated him again. I didn’t know, I just did what I was told. You know when you go against your intuition? I think we’ve all done it at least once. After that, I started reading and reading and reading and found out that what my son went through wasn’t “normal.” I have a beautiful 9 year old boy who hasn’t been vaccinated since that last day. And a 6 year old boy who has never been vaccinated. My oldest was diagnosed on the mild/medium Autism spectrum at the age of 5. It took three and a half years before anyone would listen to me. People don’t understand the passionate road this has taken me. We gain nothing publicly for telling the truth. Thankful for this group everyday.  Injury or adverse reaction

19. Behaviour changes to my 4 yr old after MMRII and DTPa-IPV is what did it. Eczema, sleep disorder, glassed eyes, drooling and anger. I noticed she was not herself and the only difference had been vaccines. Once I researched I realised her tip toe walking at 12-18 was also vax related and long lasting conjunctivitis too. I never knew they could be adverse vaccine reactions. But now I do know better.

20. I have a step-granddaughter that STILL tip-toe walks at 13 years of age. So gut-wrenching to see. My own bio grandbabies are all vax-free, except the oldest one. Very thankful that my boys believed me and then did their own research.  From Larry Cook:  The toe walking is because the foot pressure points stimulate the gastrointestinal area, which usually has lesions. Fix the gut and the toe walking will probably dissipate. Injury or adverse reaction

21. It’s all here: http://www.luvablehealth.com/blogs/news/53260037-why-my-children-are-vaccine-free-by-tami-mays-white  Research or Family Experience

22. While I was pregnant with our second child, my husband began researching vaccines in depth. I remember how on the fence I was about whether to vaccinate or not for awhile as he kept showing me more and more evidence about risks associated with vaccines. Finally, after our son was born, I wasn’t sure what to do, so I decided it best to delay vaccinations and skipped the HepB in the hospital all together. I am so glad we at least made that choice at the time.

When our child was born, it turned out he had an already irritated, overtaxed immune system, and vaccines may have caused him a severe reaction. As soon as his own started to show evidence of becoming active, a few weeks after birth, while I was nursing him, there were so many signs of it. From inflammation of the skin with severe eczema, to mucous and blood in the stools, among other signals, his responses were very inflamed.

I was advised to quit all dairy while nursing from the Pediatrician, as she said this is usually the main culprit. I did, but it wasn’t enough to soothe the responses. He continued with issues for almost three years, and even had severe speech delay. I later discovered, after removing gluten & dairy strictly for a dedicated period of weeks, that finally, his symptoms improved. One such sign was he began to finally speak, almost within two weeks for the first time of strictly removing gluten and dairy.

My husband had come across a university study online somewhere that showed a higher correlation among those with dairy intolerance and the increase in dangerous reactions to vaccines. It was bingo moment for me. I suddenly realized it was a very risky idea to vaccinate all children as infants when we may not even have picked up on such vulnerabilities in thier physiology yet. And especially true for our own child.

Yet, I was a bit nervous about having this discussion with my child’s Ped. So, I delved into as much research as I could find. Another defining moment for us was during that discussion. After expressing the desire to at least postpone vaccination until older to her, she warned of the risk of death for infants from Whooping cough and how the risk was real because of a local breakout where she saw some of these kids in her office. While agonizing over what to do internally, I had at least the clarity of mind and seen enough information to ask if these children who got whooping cough had been vaccinated. The answer was yes! It was definately an A-HA DUH moment for me. It demonstrated very clearly that vaccination does not exactly equate to immunization. She then explained they began recommending boosters because she believed the immunity wears off.

I decided, with the risks involved, and the fact that we could all see our child clearly already had an irritated immune system, I would rather take the risk of Whooping Cough over the risks of vaccination, for which did not even guarantee my child immunity. He may have had a severe reaction, and it wasn’t worth it. I had read about so many parents who saw this happen, and knew I did not want to become one of them. Like I said, it was clear our child already had stressed immune system responses that was reacting to other things, and I thought it wise not to add to that burden.

BTW, I also asked about aborted fetal tissue in vaccines, and she admitted it was in at least one of them. Then I asked if I decided I wanted to give vaccines in seperate dosages, were they available like that? I had developed major concerns about MMR and the idea of bundling dosages together. I found out they were not. The more I asked, the more crazy our vaccine policies started to appear. I left feeling confident that this was the best option for our child.

I have since continued to keep up on learning about the issues. I am now confident mandatory one size fits all vaccination policies without a right to exemptions is not only dangerous and full of risks, but an infringement on our rights as human beings over medical choices that should be optional and adjustable, at best. Also, I saw it is not all it is often portrayed to be, as I had imagined it was in my ignorance of the finer details.

This does not even touch on a myriad of other concerns I have about the longer term effects of vaccination on the immune system. Since we never have any long term studies on these, we are really in the dark about it, aren’t we? I am not holding my breath…but maybe one day. I wonder what else might come to light.

This journey began for us almost 11 years ago, and we have yet to find a compelling reason of risk vs benefit to recieve any vaccinations since.   Research or Family Experience

 

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