Re: vaccines for children
Originally Posted by
susan m
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I refused my child the whooping cough vaccine when she was a baby as there were some dreadful reactions in children ,
So did I thanks to my rather odd hippy GP in Dorset who was against vaccination, big mistake
. (He was into candlelit none invention births too not much use when your baby is stuck and can't be born )
I have a lung condition as a result of having my lungs damaged by whooping cough as a child.
My son had whooping cough when little and was very ill, I blamed myself for not finding a GP who would vaccinate him but the other GP in the practice was dying of leukaemia and my husband was seriously ill at the time so I never got around to it.
My stepson wasn't vaccinated against measles, I don't think it was available at the time. He contracted measles and was seriously ill in hospital for weeks and was unable to eat/speak/ move, it was touch and go whether or not he lived.
I am against unnecessary medication but would advise parents to vaccinate their children whenever possible.